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Cannabis Psychotic Disorder
Author(s) -
Gruber Amanda J.,
Pope Harrison G.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.1994.tb00229.x
Subject(s) - cannabis , psychiatry , psychosis , cannabis dependence , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , delusional disorder , medicine , clinical psychology , cannabidiol
Although “cannabis‐induced delusional disorder” is recognized in DSM‐III‐R and appears as “cannabis psychotic disorder” in the draft criteria for DSM‐IV, little information on this entity is available. The authors reviewed available studies of psychiatric syndromes attributed to cannabis use and then surveyed 9,432 admissions at two psychiatric centers, seeking cases of cannabis‐induced disorders. The literature review found inadequate evidence to be certain that cannabis alone can produce a psychotic syndrome in previously asymptomatic individuals. The chart review produced no convincing cases of a cannabis‐induced psychotic syndrome. The authors conclude that further research is needed to validate the diagnosis of cannabis psychosis.