Mania Induced by <em>Garcinia cambogia</em>

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Article AbstractBecause this piece does not have an abstract, we have provided for your benefit the first 3 sentences of the full text.To the Editor: Despite that the putative mechanism of action of the weight loss supplement Garcinia cambogia is considered to be serotonergic, literature about its psychiatric effects is limited. We report 3 stable, euthymic adults whose mania emerged when they began taking G.cambogia.Case 1. Mr A, a 50-year-old man with bipolar I disorder, had been stable off medications for 6 years before presenting to the emergency department with mania.