Cannabis and mental health

Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-47

  Beer, M Dominic ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Low Secure Units (LSUs); Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs); psychosis; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011514252     PISSN: 17426464     EISSN: 17422206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742646407001045     Document Type: Article

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