Cannabis use in psychotic patients

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 529-532

  Sembhi, Sati ^a   Lee, Joseph W Y ^b  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GRAYLANDS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cannabinoids; adverse effects, cannabis, psychosis

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0032805488     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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