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Drugs of abuse and increased risk of psychosis development.
The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry - 1 Dec 2012
Gururajan Anand, Manning Elizabeth E, Klug Maren, van den Buuse Maarten
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OBJECTIVE: There is considerable evidence to suggest that the abuse of illicit drugs, particularly cannabis and methamphetamine, has aetiological roles in the pathogenesis of psychosis and schizophrenia. Factors that may increase susceptibility to the propsychotic effects of these drugs include the age at which the abuse starts as well as family history of genetic polymorphisms relevant to the pathophysiology of...
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