FED:Demon Shot triggers psychotic episode

AAP General News (Australia)
02-20-2011
FED:Demon Shot triggers psychotic episode

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By Danny Rose, AAP Medical Writer

SYDNEY, Feb 20 AAP - Caffeinated energy drinks may trigger a psychotic episode in people
with mental illness, an expert has warned after documenting the case of a young man with
schizophrenia.

The 27-year-old Maori man had two separate psychotic events a week apart linked to
his intake of the drink Demon Shot.

Professor David Menkes said these events occurred at a time when the man, who was prone
to persecutory thought and …