Can cannabis increase the suicide risk in psychosis? a critical review

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 18, Issue 32, 2012, Pages 5165-5187

  Serafini, Gianluca ^a   Pompili, Maurizio ^a,b   Innamorati, Marco ^b   Rihmer, Zoltan ^c   Sher, Leo ^d   Girardi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis use; Prevention; Psychosis; Suicidal behavior; Youths

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; LYSERGIDE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ANHEDONIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; LONELINESS; MOOD DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84875549714     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161212802884663     Document Type: Review

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