Psychotic Reactions Following Cannabis Use in East Indians

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1974, Pages 24-27

  Chopra, Gurbakhsh S ^a   Smith, James W ^a,b  

^a Drug Addiction Clinic ^*  (India)

^b Schick Shadel Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CRIMINOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSIS; REMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANNABIS; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; MOTIVATION; PARANOID DISORDERS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0016008261     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1974.01760070014002     Document Type: Article

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