Swiss psychiatrists beliefs and attitudes about cannabis risks in psychiatric patients: Ideologically determined or evidence-based?

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 86-96

  Zullino, Daniele Fabio ^a   Kurt, Hans ^b   Broers, Barbara ^a   Drexler, Anita ^b   Graf, Hans Peter ^c   Khazaal, Yasser ^d   Le Bloc'h, Yves ^d   Pegard, Baya Laure ^b   Borgeat, François ^d   Preisig, Martin ^d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Psychiatric Hospital Münsingen ^*

^c University Hospitals of Geneva   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Cannabis; Drug and narcotic control; Mental disorders

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG LEGISLATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICY; POLITICS; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 42149191248     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-007-9103-x     Document Type: Article

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