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Cannabis and psychopathology: The meandering journey of the last decade
Since its inception cannabis has been observed to be associated with various psycho-pathology. In this paper, the authors have reviewed the advancement made in this area over the last decade. The association between cannabis and schizophrenia has been researched more intensively. The controversy reg...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4462782/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26124519 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.158134 |
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author | Ghosh, Abhishek Basu, Debasish |
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description | Since its inception cannabis has been observed to be associated with various psycho-pathology. In this paper, the authors have reviewed the advancement made in this area over the last decade. The association between cannabis and schizophrenia has been researched more intensively. The controversy regarding the reliability, clinical utility, and the existence of a cannabis withdrawal syndrome has also been settled. Recent studies also buttressed the possibility of acute and chronic effect of cannabis on various cognitive functions. There has been a plethora of research regarding the treatment for cannabis use disorders. But the new and most interesting area of research is concentrated on the endocannabinoid system and its contribution in various psychiatric disorders. |
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spelling | pubmed-44627822015-06-29 Cannabis and psychopathology: The meandering journey of the last decade Ghosh, Abhishek Basu, Debasish Indian J Psychiatry Review Article Since its inception cannabis has been observed to be associated with various psycho-pathology. In this paper, the authors have reviewed the advancement made in this area over the last decade. The association between cannabis and schizophrenia has been researched more intensively. The controversy regarding the reliability, clinical utility, and the existence of a cannabis withdrawal syndrome has also been settled. Recent studies also buttressed the possibility of acute and chronic effect of cannabis on various cognitive functions. There has been a plethora of research regarding the treatment for cannabis use disorders. But the new and most interesting area of research is concentrated on the endocannabinoid system and its contribution in various psychiatric disorders. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4462782/ /pubmed/26124519 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.158134 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Ghosh, Abhishek Basu, Debasish Cannabis and psychopathology: The meandering journey of the last decade |
title | Cannabis and psychopathology: The meandering journey of the last decade |
title_full | Cannabis and psychopathology: The meandering journey of the last decade |
title_fullStr | Cannabis and psychopathology: The meandering journey of the last decade |
title_full_unstemmed | Cannabis and psychopathology: The meandering journey of the last decade |
title_short | Cannabis and psychopathology: The meandering journey of the last decade |
title_sort | cannabis and psychopathology: the meandering journey of the last decade |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4462782/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26124519 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.158134 |
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