Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Bipolar Disorder, Methamphetamine
14 Dec 2016
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Brain scan is the first physical evidence between pot and schizophrenia. Thc is the active ingredient in the pot. Pot can send some people into psychosis which is filled with anxiety and hallucinations. One of the first to suggest the connection was in london margin wallis. Murry found first strong evidence in research paper swedish paper. 80-85% people have been using pot that have psychosis. Cannabis nearly doubles future psychosis states or clinical psychosis disorders like schizophrenia: 16 year old smokers can x4 chances of psychosis. Psyche shifts from one place to another place when you smoke pot pot hallucinations in people with schizophrenia significance, so make meaning in things that have no meaning increased in the last 20 years: illusions are possible. Ben spent over a year in the psychiatric hospital. Everyone even their doctors believe that their symptoms were triggered by. More likely to experience psychosis if there is history or it in the family.
