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Vegetarian Times, Jan, 2005
Caffeine withdrawal is a "mental disorder," according to a study by the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine published in the October 2004 issue of the journal Psychopharmacology. Symptoms can include "headache, fatigue and difficulty concentrating," says lead researcher Roland Griffiths, PhD, professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at Johns Hopkins.
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About 80 percent of American adults regularly consume caffeine, making it our "most commonly used stimulant--cheap and readily available, so people can maintain their use of caffeine quite easily." Griffiths predicts that the American Psychiatric Association will include caffeine withdrawal in its next manual of mental disorders.
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