Tests of causal linkages between cannabis use and psychotic symptoms

Addiction

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 354-366

  Fergusson, David M ^a   Horwood, L John ^a   Ridder, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Longitudinal study; Psychosis; Psychotic symptoms; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 14944386553     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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