Problems of the Diagnosis of Mental Disorders Associated with the Use of Cannabis

Czech version

Authors: E. Vítková
Authors‘ workplace: Psychiatrická léčebna Horní Beřkovice, primářka MUDr. J. Zimanová
Published in: Prakt. Lék. 2002; (1): 29-33
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The author presents two tase-histories of mental disorders in conjunction with previous cannabis abuse. She discusses these cases in a wider framework of the etiopathogenesis of mental disorders and the contemporary drog scene in the Czech Republic. She draws attention to the fact tkat even so-called „soft drugs" are associated with a significant risk of development of mental disorders.

Key words:
cannabis - dependence on psychotropic drugs - psychosis - toxic psychosis - abstinence syndrome - etiopathogenesis of mental disorders.

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