CANNABIS RELATED PSYCHIATRIC SYNDROMES: A SELECTIVE REVIEW

Association between cannabis use and various psychiatric syndromes does exist, but their nature remains elusive. Cannabis intoxication, ‘cannabis psychosis’ and certain other conditions related with cannabis use like flashbacks and prolonged depersonalization are discussed in this paper. The controv...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Basu, Debasish, Malhotra, Anil, Varma, Vijoy K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1994
Materias:
Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2972478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743686
Descripción
Sumario:Association between cannabis use and various psychiatric syndromes does exist, but their nature remains elusive. Cannabis intoxication, ‘cannabis psychosis’ and certain other conditions related with cannabis use like flashbacks and prolonged depersonalization are discussed in this paper. The controversial nature of the cannabis - schizophrenia link is noted, and various methodological issues in clinical cannabis research are highlighted.

Ejemplares similares