Most people believe that using cannabis is harmless. However, cannabis can trigger psychosis, be addictive, cause severe ...

As a psychiatrist and addiction medicine physician, I am surprised that some patients and their families still believe marijuana is a benign and innocuous substance. Over the past several years, I ...

More young people experiencing a psychiatric emergency began showing up in the emergency department of a Boston hospital with ...

Cannabis-induced psychosis and schizophrenia share some clinical features, according to a review in the Psychiatric Times. What distinguishes it from primary psychosis are more "mood symptoms," ...

A 32-year-old woman with a history of iron-deficiency anemia was brought in by ambulance because of altered mental status. The patient's sister and boyfriend reported that 1 day before presentation, ...

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*Twin sisters have filed a lawsuit against the LA-based cannabis brand Stiiizy, alleging that its products are contributing to a rise in cannabis-induced psychosis, particularly among California’s ...

A new study has found that, contrary to expectations, pre-treatment with cannabidiol, or CBD, exacerbated the acute memory impairment and psychotic symptoms caused by cannabis in patients with ...

JLAP is not taking a position on the legalization debate. We simply want to illuminate a disturbing trend which we have ...

Sports, good grades, and good friends. High school seemed to be going just fine for her son. But the Massachusetts mom was missing his heavy use of high-potency cannabis. "I didn't realize that he was ...

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and debilitating mental health disorder that affects about 1 percent of adults globally. The disorder is clinically heterogeneous; symptoms can include auditory and ...