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Daily Marijuana / Cannabis Use Doubles Schizophrenia Risk
A new research review published in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, finds that marijuana / cannabis causes an excess production of dopamine which can trigger psychosis or schizophrenia. The risk was especially strong In the new study the...
Emotional Intelligence, Drug Use and Schizophrenia
There has been a lot of research that suggests that children who have poorer social and emotional skills (called Emotional Intelligence, or EI for short) are at greater risk for mental health problems, including schizophrenia. People who have mental health...
50 Top Experts Confirm Mental Health Risk of Marijuana / Cannabis
A new study published in the medical journal The Lancet last week says that people who use marijuana are 40% more likely to develop some form of psychosis than are those who just say no, and the risk soars for...
You're Gonna Miss Me - Roky Erickson and Schizophrenia
A movie has recently come out on DVD on the life of Roky Erickson, a successful musician during the 1960s who developed schizophrenia. In a story that echos the life stories of Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, as well as Fleetwood...
Cannabis Use and Mental Health
Drug use has been seen as a factor contributing to later life mental health issues. Cannabis, or marijuana, is the most common recreational drug used worldwide. The Current Opinion in Psychiatry featured an analysis of the literature on cannabis and...
Mental Health Hospital Admissions Due to Cannabis up 85% in England
A new report out of the UK indicates that mental health hospitalizations due to cannabis in the England are up 85% in the 2006 calendar year, compared to the hospitalization rate in 1996. "Professor Robin Murray, professor of psychiatry at...
Test to Detect Gene Variant Responsible for Cannabis-Induced Schizophrenia
Scientists in the United Kingdom are working on a marketable test to determine if a person is a carrier of a gene which would put them at a greatly increased risk of cannabis / marijuana-induced schizophrenia. The gene type was...
Cannabis Chemical Studied as Schizophrenia Treatment
There has been a lot of press lately about the danger of Cannabis (Marijuana) causing psychosis and triggering schizophrenia. The main ingredient that is thought to be the trigger for psychosis and schizophrenia is "THC" (tetrahydrocannabinol), which is the active...
Scientists Show How Cannabis / Marijuana May Trigger Schizophrenia
Britain's news sources, The Independent and the BBC, report that scientists have shown how "THC", the active compound in cannabis (marijuana), can trigger psychosis and schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals. The study was announced at the 2nd International Cannabis and Mental...
Cannabis Use / Schizophrenia Correlation Being Studied
Researchers are studying historic trends in cannabis (marijuana) use in the United Kingdom, matching them to new cases of schizophrenia. If, as a significant amount of evidence shows, cannabis use contributes to the risk, or triggers schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals,...
UK Charity Pushes for National Cannabis / Marijuana Education on Link to Schizophrenia
The UK mental health advocacy organization RETHINK (roughly equivalent to NAMI in the US, and Schizophrenia Society in Canada) stepped up the pressure this week for a national education program on the link between cannabis / marijuana use and increased...
National Institute of Mental Health, 2008 Research and Budget Cuts
The following is an excerpt from a capital hill House Appropriations Committee hearing on the funding of major US mental health initiatives in the president's proposed 2008 budget. The discussion covers important funding issues (what programs are being cut), new...
Public Education Program on Marijuana / Schizophrenia Link Working (in Australia)
A new report titled "Australian Attitudes Towards Cannabis" shows young Australians no longer considered cannabis / marijuana harmless and suggests that the government's drugs education campaign is working, an Australian government minister says. The Australian National Drug and Alcohol Research...
Cannabis Abuse May Lead to Earlier Schizophrenia Onset, Worse Outcome
In Current Psychiatry Online, Dr. Joseph M. Rey, MD, PhD discusses the growing evidence showing that marijuana (cannabis) use can not only cause acute psychosis, but also hasten the onset of schizophrenia (bringing forward in time a first schizophrenia episode),...
Marijuana / Cannabis Harms Memory and Learning
As we've noted in the past, marijuana / cannabis is strongly linked to increased risk for developing schizophrenia. New research has recently come out that indicates that it also harms memory and learning functions (that are commonly significantly reduced in...
Marijuana and Schizophrenia - Public Policy Implications
Two new research journal articles came out in the August,2006 issue of the "Canadian Journal of Psychiatry" on the issue of how cannabis (marijuana) use is linked to increased risk of schizophrenia - and what the public policy should be...
The Long-Term Outlook for Those with Dual Diagnosis is Hopeful
A summary review of "Ten-year recovery outcomes for clients with co-occurring schizophrenia and substance use disorders" By Jennifer Barnett, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry Introduction to the study Drug and alcohol abuse are very common among...
UK advocacy group urges Govt. to Educate Public about Mental Health risks of Cannabis / Marijuana
Rethink - the UK mental health advocacy group (equivalent to NAMI in the US) today strongly urged the UK Government to act on its promises of launching a long-term public health campaign to raise awareness of the link between cannabis...
Syd Barrett, Founder of Pink Floyd band, Sufferer of Schizophrenia, Passed Away this Week
Syd Barrett, a founding member of the band "Pink Floyd" and one of the most legendary rock stars to develop a mental illness - most likely schizophrenia (triggered, it is said, by significant drug use as well as the...
Research Revealing How Marijuana Affects the Brain
There is an interesting new article just published on the MIT Technology Review web site that is about a new imaging method that could show how cannabinoids affect diseases like schizophrenia. The article states: Scientists have long known that the...
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