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[Can cannabis use increase the risk for schizophrenic psychoses?].
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie - 1 Nov 2012
Bugra H, Rapp C, Studerus E, Aston J, Borgwardt S, Riecher-Rössler A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In recent years, cannabis has been increasingly discussed as one of the most important environmental risk factors for developing schizophrenic psychoses. This is mainly due to the following observations. (i) Cannabis at high doses can cause acute transient psychotic symptoms even in healthy individuals. (ii) Patients with schizophrenia abuse cannabis more often than age-matched healthy controls....
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