Children cannabis

Duffy A and Millin R (1996). Case study Withdrawal syndrome in adolescent chronic cannabis users. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 35, 1618-1621. 

Psychosocial morbidity association. Cannabis dependence is a prevalent comorbid substance use disorder among patients early in the course of a schizophrenia-spectrum disorder. Among 29 eligible patients, 18 participated in the study. First-episode patients with comorbid cannabis dependence (n = 8) reported significantly greater childhood physical and sexual abuse compared with those without comorbid cannabis dependence (n = 10). The result indicated the preliminary evidence of an association between childhood maltreatment and cannabis dependence among this especially vulnerable population. Child-... 

N. Rawlins. Cannabis use correlates with schizotypy in healthy people. Addiction 1996 91(6) 869-877. CS458 Boros, C. A, D. W. Parsons, G. D. Zoanetti, D. Ketteridge, and D. Kennedy. Cannabis cookies a cause of coma. J Paediatr Child Health 1996 32(2) 194-195. 

Schwartz RH, Gruenewald PJ, Klitzner M, Fedio P. Shortterm memory impairment in cannabis-dependent adolescents. Am J Dis Child 1989 143(10) 1214-9. 

An individually administered self-completed questionnaire was used to ascertain the child s use of solvents during the interval between the initial and follow-up assessments. This was preferred to an interview assessment because, as explained above, the follow-up assessments were not conducted blind , and it was felt that it would be difficult to avoid bias in the degree of thoroughness with which the children were questioned if the examiner was aware of the child s prior history of solvent abuse. The questionnaire was administered at the end of the assessment after all of the psychological tests had been done. It included questions about the use of cigarettes, alcohol and solvents during the interval between the initial and follow-up assessments, and the use of cannabis, amphetamines, cocaine, heroin and any other drugs at any time in the past. 

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