Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bipolar Disorder, Cannabinol, Synaptic Pruning

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2700A/B
• Professor: Treena Orchard

Document Summary

Film: the downside of high: patients with schizophrenia was introduced to thc and have them to take pet scans, marijuana will send people into a state of paranoia and even psychosis. Psychosis: temporary but frightened state; a symptom of schizophrenia: believed that marijuana changed people after taking it. Found the first strong evidence in a swedish research paper: study followed military recruits, and found a direct connection between schizophrenia and marijuana use. The more cannabis that people are taken at age 18, then there is a high chance of developing schizophrenia. 6x more likely to get a diagnosis of schizophrenia. The new wave of study came supported most of the swedish findings: took all the study and only dealt with the most conclusive result. Found that cannabis nearly doubles the risk of future psycho states. Study shows that it doesn"t only increase by 2x but actually 4x: tyler.