We used a 10-question self-report questionnaire, Mini Voice Questionnaire (MVQ), for mapping the phenomenology of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH). The MVQ contains questions related to daily AVH frequency and duration, the events preceding AVH episode onset and offset, the very first AVH episode, emotional content, coping strategies, if the voice comes from the inside or outside of head,...
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...