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This episode explores a case of sudden psychosis linked to absinthe, examining the intersection of medical and psychiatric causes.

A notorious green spirit served in a Belle Époque bar. A violent patient hallucinating and fighting invisible enemies. And a medical myth linked to some of history’s most famous artists. Your patient. Your diagnosis. Your decision. An interactive emergency medicine and toxicology case involving sudden psychosis, dangerous behavior, hallucinations, substance use, medical versus psychiatric causes, and the myths surrounding a mysterious green drink. Send us Fan Mail

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