Cannabis use and psychosis: Re-visiting the role of childhood trauma

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2339-2348

  Houston, J E ^a   Murphy, J ^b   Shevlin, M ^b   Adamson, G ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabis; childhood trauma; psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK;

EID: 80054916850     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711000559     Document Type: Article

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