Comorbid cannabis misuse in psychotic disorders: Treatment strategies

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 29-34

  Raby, Wilfrid Noël ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; BUSPIRONE; CLOZAPINE; DRONABINOL; NALTREXONE; NEFAZODONE; OLANZAPINE; RIMONABANT;

CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MARIJUANA RELATED PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 76749169788     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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