Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 The cannabinoid system: from the point of view of a chemist
- 2 How cannabis works in the brain
- 3 Acute and subacute psychomimetic effects of cannabis in humans
- 4 The association between cannabis use and depression: a review of the evidence
- 5 Cannabis and psychosis proneness
- 6 Is there a specific ‘cannabis psychosis’?
- 7 Cannabis as a potential causal factor in schizophrenia
- 8 Cannabis abuse and the course of schizophrenia
- 9 The endogenous cannabinoid system in schizophrenia
- 10 Cannabinoid ‘model’ psychosis, dopamine–cannabinoid interactions and implications for schizophrenia
- 11 Motives that maintain cannabis use among individuals with psychotic disorders
- 12 Addressing cannabis abuse in people with psychosis
- 13 Residual cognitive effects of long-term cannabis use
- Index
List of contributors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 December 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 The cannabinoid system: from the point of view of a chemist
- 2 How cannabis works in the brain
- 3 Acute and subacute psychomimetic effects of cannabis in humans
- 4 The association between cannabis use and depression: a review of the evidence
- 5 Cannabis and psychosis proneness
- 6 Is there a specific ‘cannabis psychosis’?
- 7 Cannabis as a potential causal factor in schizophrenia
- 8 Cannabis abuse and the course of schizophrenia
- 9 The endogenous cannabinoid system in schizophrenia
- 10 Cannabinoid ‘model’ psychosis, dopamine–cannabinoid interactions and implications for schizophrenia
- 11 Motives that maintain cannabis use among individuals with psychotic disorders
- 12 Addressing cannabis abuse in people with psychosis
- 13 Residual cognitive effects of long-term cannabis use
- Index
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- Marijuana and MadnessPsychiatry and Neurobiology, pp. ix - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004