Caffeine Intoxication

Have you just drunk too much coffee? Feel a bit wired or anxious? You may think you’ve just had an overdose of the active ingredient, but you are actually suffering the mental disorder listed as ‘caffeine intoxication’. That this is thought to merit inclusion in a psychiatric manual is arguably an example of rampant ‘diagnostic inflation’.

Article explaining that ‘energy drinks’ can cause ‘caffeine intoxication’ as well

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