Association between cannabis and psychiatric hospitalization

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 368-375

  Schubart, C D ^a   Boks, M P M ^a,b   Breetvelt, E J ^a   van Gastel, W A ^a   Groenwold, R H H ^b   Ophoff, R A ^a,b,c   Sommer, I E C ^a   Kahn, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Hospitalization; Mental health

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MENTAL HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 79954490121     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2010.01640.x     Document Type: Article

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