Cannabis and Alcohol Abuse Among First Psychotic Episode Inpatients.

CONCLUSIONS: The percentage of cannabis and alcohol abuse in the study population is much higher than one would expect to see in the general Israeli population (according to the Knesset Research Department 7.6-10.2% of the adult Israeli population abuse cannabis). Different patterns of cannabis abuse among "predominantly affective" and "psychotic only" patients may lend credence to the preferential use of a specific substance per diagnosis. PMID: 28492376 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci Source Type: research