Depersonalization after withdrawal from cannabis usage

Harefuah

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 249-251

  Shufman, E ^a   Lerner, A ^b   Witztum, E ^c  

^a Jerusalem Mental Health Center Ezrath Nashim   (Israel)

^b LEV HASHARON MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cannabis; Depersonalization; Treatment; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DEPERSONALIZATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; ANXIETY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPERSONALIZATION; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 21244472591     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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