Drug-induced psychosis can cause positional what?

• A. Positional asphyxia
• B. Cardiac arrest
• C. Hemorrhage
• D. Sleep deprivation

Answer: (A)

Positional asphyxia is about breathing being compromised by body position. When someone experiencing drug-induced psychosis is highly agitated or disoriented, they may be restrained or end up in a prone or chest-compressed position. In that posture, the chest and abdomen can be restricted, making it hard for the lungs to expand and for air to reach the bloodstream. That lack of ventilation can rapidly lead to hypoxia and collapse if the position isn’t changed or the airway isn’t cleared.

The other options don’t describe a breathing problem caused by posture. Cardiac arrest can follow severe hypoxia but isn’t itself defined by position. Hemorrhage is bleeding and not tied to the positional breathing issue, and sleep deprivation isn’t about a posture-related breathing impairment. So the best answer is positional asphyxia because it directly reflects breathing difficulty due to body position.