The effect of drug use on the age at onset of psychotic disorders in an Australian cohort

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 156, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 211-216

  Stefanis, Nikos C ^a,b   Dragovic, Milan ^a,b   Power, Brian D ^a,b,c   Jablensky, Assen ^a   Castle, David ^d   Morgan, Vera A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b North Metropolitan Area Health Service   (Australia)

^c Department of Health   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Cannabis; Causality; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS USE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AMPHETAMINES; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84901848937     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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