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cannabis psychosis [1 record]

Record 1 2007-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychoses
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

... A psychosis that would not occur in the absence of cannabis use, the symptoms of which are preceded by heavy cannabis use and cease on abstinence ...

CONT

Use of the label 'cannabis-induced psychosis' may obscure a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. A short-lived psychotic episode does occur in clear consciousness after cannabis intoxication, but chronic cannabis-induced psychosis was not found.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychoses
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

Trouble psychotique propre à la consommation de cannabis [qui] se manifeste par des signes proches de ceux des bouffées délirantes aiguës, avec une plus grande fréquence des hallucinations, en particulier visuelles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicosis
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
CONT

[...] se ha acuñado el término "psicosis cannabinoide" para describir los síntomas secundarios y autolimitados asociados al consumo de cannabis, como confusión, amnesia, alucinaciones, angustia y agitación.

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