Jan Øystein Berle

The Cannabis Pathway to Non-Affective Psychosis may Reflect Less Neurobiological Vulnerability.

Frontiers in Psychiatry 2014 Else-Marie Løberg, Siri Helle, Merethe Nygård et al.

There is a high prevalence of cannabis use reported in non-affective psychosis. Early prospective longitudinal studies conclude that cannabis use is a risk factor for psychosis, and neurochemical studies on cannabis have suggested potential mechanisms for this effect. Recent advances in the field of neuroscience and genetics may have important implications for our understanding of this...