Differences in demographic and clinical characteristics between cannabis users and non-drug users: a retrospective study of patients with first hospitalization due to psychotic symptoms

It has been frequently demonstrated that cannabis use and, specifically, ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main active compound in cannabis, can induce a psychotic experience, usually of a transient nature (D'Souza et al., 2004; Gage et al., 2016). A substantial body of evidence has established an association between cannabis use and the development of a psychotic d isorder (reviewed by Casadio et al., 2011; Gage et al., 2016), and cannabis use is considered a risk factor for a later development of a psychotic disorder (Myles et al., 2015).

Source: Psychiatry Research - July 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Livia Balan Moshe, Abraham Weizman, David H. Ben Dor, Shai Konas, Zvi Fischel, Dov Aizenberg, Doron Gothelf, Avi Valevski Source Type: research