Cannabis use and psychosis

Liz Hughes*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDual Diagnosis: Practice in Context
EditorsPeter Phillips, Olive McKeown, Tom Sandford
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons Inc.
Chapter14
Pages147-162
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9781444314571
ISBN (Print)9781405180092
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Sept 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cannabis (marijuana, hashish, puff, blow and skunk)
  • Cannabis resin-from flowering and parts of cannabis plant
  • Cannabis use and feeling of euphoria, depersonalisation, somnolence
  • Cannabis use and psychosis
  • Cannabis use in adolescence and schizophrenia
  • Cannabis use in children and prodromal symptoms of psychosis (PROD)
  • Chemical component tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
  • Evidence for specific link between cannabis and serious mental illness
  • Links between cannabis and psychosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Nursing

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