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Chapter 16 - Cannabis Causes Positive, Negative, and Cognitive Symptoms and Produces Impairments in Electrophysiological Indices of Information Processing

from Part V - Cannabis and Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2023

By
Ashley M. Schnakenberg Martin ,
Mohini Ranganathan  and
Deepak Cyril D’Souza
Edited by
Deepak Cyril D'Souza ,
David Castle  and
Sir Robin Murray
Deepak Cyril D'Souza
Affiliation:
Staff Psychiatrist, VA Connecticut Healthcare System; Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
David Castle
Affiliation:
University of Tasmania, Australia
Sir Robin Murray
Affiliation:
Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychosis Service at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust; Professor of Psychiatric Research at the Institute of Psychiatry
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Summary

Converging lines of pre-clinical, epidemiological, and experimental evidence support an association between cannabis, cannabinoid agonists, and psychosis (see Chapters 14 and 15). The earliest anecdotal reports on observations between the use of cannabis and subsequent psychosis have been validated by a rich literature of longitudinal studies and more recently experimental studies in humans using a wide array of subjective, cognitive, and electrophysiological outcomes relevant to psychosis. This chapter provides an overview of the subjective psychotic phenomena associated with cannabis and cannabinoids and expands on more objective cognitive and psychophysiological cannabis-related effects pertinent to psychosis.

Keywords

cannabispsychosispositive symptomsnegative symptomscognitive symptomselectrophysiologyinformation processing
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Marijuana and Madness , pp. 156 - 166
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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