World J Biol Psychiatry. 2002 Jan; 3(1): 58-9.

A case of mania induced by hypericum.

Fahmi M, Huang C, Schweitzer I.

Professorial Unit, Melbourne Clinic, 130 Church Street, Richmond, Vic. 3121, Australia. [email protected]

We report a case of mania induced by high doses of Hypericum perforatum in a 28-year-old depressed woman with no past history of mania or hypomania and no concomitant use of antidepressants.