Childhood sexual abuse, early cannabis use, and psychosis: Testing the effects of different temporal orderings based on the National Comorbidity Survey

Psychosis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-28

  Shevlin, Mark ^a   Murphy, Jamie ^b   Houston, James E ^b   Adamson, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Childhood sexual abuse; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015564109     PISSN: 17522439     EISSN: 17522447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17522430802546640     Document Type: Article

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