Psychosis Associated with Cannabis Smoking
Kenneth Davison, C. Helen Wilson
British Journal of Addiction to Alcohol & Other Drugs September 1, 1972 DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1972.tb01198.x (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Case study Case report Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 1 |
| Population | A university student |
| Topics | Cannabis |
| Key findings | The authors report a case of prolonged psychosis in a university student in which cannabis smoking was thought to be a significant aetiological factor, and they argue that such casualties should be recorded as cannabis use becomes more widespread. |
Abstract
SummaryWhile the debate en whether cannabis is harmless or not continues it is helpful to record the casualties of its increasingly widespread use. A report is given of the occurrence of a prolonged psychosis in a University student in which cannabis smoking was thought to be a significant aetiological factor.
Comparable studies
Other case reports and case series on cannabis, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychotic Reactions Following Cannabis Use in East Indians Patients at an Indian drug addiction clinic who developed acute cannabis-related psychosis | 1974 | Descriptive report (case series of clinical observations) | n = 200 |
| Psychiatric effects of cannabis use Swedish cases of cannabis psychosis | 1985 | Case series | n = 70 |
| Forty-Six Cases of Psychosis in Cannabis Abusers Gunila Bernhardson Habitual cannabis users treated for psychosis at Swedish psychiatric clinics and mental... | 1972 | Case series (retrospective survey of psychiatric records) | n = 46 |
| Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder after psilocybin consumption: a case study 18-year-old man with HPPD after mixed psilocybin and cannabis intoxication | 2005 | Case study | n = 1 |
| Cannabis‐induced Koro in Americans American men aged 22-26 with years of cannabis experience who reported negative... | 2001 | Case series | n = 3 |
Citations in the library
Cited by 7
- Psychiatric effects of cannabis use Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica September 1, 1985
- Is “cannabis psychosis” a distinct category? European Psychiatry 1992
- Cannabisrygning og psykoser Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 1985
- Cannabis and schizophrenia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews October 14, 2014
- Cannabis and psychotic illness. The British Journal of Psychiatry November 1, 1992
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