Cannabis and bipolar disorder: Does quitting cannabis use during manic/mixed episode improve clinical/functional outcomes?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 100-110

  Zorrilla, I ^a   Aguado, J ^b   Haro, J M ^b   Barbeito, S ^a   Lopez Zurbano S ^a   Ortiz, A ^a   Lopez P ^a   Gonzalez Pinto, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Cannabis; Functioning; Relapse; Remission

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY MASS; CANNABIS USE; DELUSION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIXED MANIA AND DEPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WORK DISABILITY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGY; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84920288742     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12366     Document Type: Article

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