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Effects of the acute administration of caffeine in patients with schizophrenia

Lucas, Peter B., Pickar, David, Kelsoe, John, Rapaport, Mark, Pato, Carlos, Hommer, Daniel·1990·Biological Psychiatry

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Caffeine, 10 mg/kg, was administered to 13 schizophrenic patients in a double-blind placebo-controlled study of its behavioral effects. Some measures of psychopathology were significantly increased: Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) total, BPRS subscales thought disorder, unusual thought content, and euphoria-activation, and several individual BPRS items. Nurses' Bunney-Hamberg ratings of psychosis and mania, comparing the day before with the day after pharmacological challenge, increased significantly. Compared to placebo, caffeine also produced significant increases of diastolic blood pressure and cortisol. Thus, these findings indicate that caffeine increases arousal and has a psychotogenic effect when administered to schizophrenic patients. The possible roles of various neurotransmitters is discussed with special emphasis on caffeine's actions on dopaminergic and adenosinergic systems.

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  • For schizophrenia, caffeine may exacerbate psychotic symptoms, although the majority of this literature is informed by case studies, with very few double-blind placebo-controlled studies.

    “For other mental illness, such as schizophrenia, caffeine may exacerbate psychotic symptoms (209), although the majority of this literature is informed by case studies, with very few double-blind placebo-controlled studies (210).”

    From The Safety of Ingested Caffeine: A Comprehensive Review (2017) · cites this paper as [209]

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Authors
Lucas, P. B., Pickar, D., Kelsoe, J., Rapaport, M., Pato, C., & Hommer, D.
Affiliations
National Institute of Mental Health (US)
Corresponding author
Pickar, David
Venue
Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1990-07
Volume
28
Issue
1
Pages
35-40
ISSN
0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1979225061
Cited by
125
References
29
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 4
FWCI
3.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Coffee research and impacts
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
caffeine, schizophrenia, psychopathology, arousal, psychosis, mania, blood pressure, cortisol, dopaminergic system, adenosinergic system, neurotransmitters
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Arousal, Caffeine, Female, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Male, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology

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