Current cannabis use and age of psychosis onset: A gender-mediated relationship? Results from an 8-year FEP incidence study in Bologna

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 368-370

  Allegri, Fabio ^a   Belvederi Murri, Martino ^a,b   Paparelli, Alessandra ^b   Marcacci, Thomas ^a   Braca, Mauro ^a   Menchetti, Marco ^a   Michetti, Rossella ^c   Berardi, Domenico ^a,c   Tarricone, Ilaria ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Bologna West Community Mental Health Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drugs; Migrants; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE;

DRUGS; MIGRANTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885832865     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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