Vaccine-Induced Psychosis as an Etiology to Consider in the Age of COVID-19

A. John Rush, MD^d,e; Dustin DeMoss, DO^a,b; Helene Alphonso, DO^a,b,*; Cheryl Hurd, MD^a,b; Nekesha Oliphant, MD^a,b; Jefferson K. Davis, MD, MA^c

Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2022;24(6):22cr03324

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