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Differences between Psychotic Disorders with Concurrent Cannabis Use and Cannabis-Induced Psychoses

Scientific article

6 February 2017

Abstract Background: The fact that Cannabis use can lead to psychotic symptoms has been recognized years ago. Moreover, when the patient is using cannabis, the distinction between a primary psychotic disorder and a cannabis-induced...

31st ECNP Congress (European College of Neuropsychopharmacology)

6 October 2018

Barcelona

Spain

The annual ECNP Congress is Europe’s premier scientific meeting for disease-oriented brain research, attracting neuroscientists, psychiatrists, neurologists and psychologists from around the world.

Tobacco Use Decreases Visual Sensitivity in Schizophrenia

Scientific article

6 March 2018

Smoking prevalence in patients who are diagnosed with schizophrenia (SCZ) is higher than in the general population. Chronic tobacco use in SCZ patients may reduce the side effects of antipsychotic drugs, thus serving as a self-medication...

11th Forum of Neuroscience

7 July 2018

Berlin

Germany

The 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience (FENS 2018), will take place in Berlin, Germany from 7-11 July, 2018.

How Do People with Mood and Anxiety Disorders Perceive and Interpret the Drinking Motives Questionnaire?

Scientific article

14 March 2018

Abstract Background Research has identified drinking motives as the final common pathway to alcohol use, and associations between specific drinking motives and drinking patterns have consistently been demonstrated. Data on drinking motives...

Association of Low Blood Pressure with Suicidal Ideation

Scientific article

1 March 2018

Abstract Background Whether constitutional low blood pressure (BP) causes substantive health problems has been controversial, and subjects with hypotension exhibit a range of symptoms, from mild typical conditions such as tiredness and...

Stressful Experiences Affect Likelihood of Remission of Drug Dependence, Continued Drug Use, and Relapse

Scientific article

15 August 2015

Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Centre for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health have been exploring the link between drug dependence, ongoing drug use, relapse and exposure to stress or experience of stressful events...

The Influence of Hazardous Drinking on Psychological Functioning, Stress and Sleep during and after Treatment in Patients with Mental Health Problems

Scientific article

6 March 2018

Abstract Objectives: Hazardous drinking could negatively affect health and lead to alcohol use disorders, but it is unclear how hazardous drinking affects treatment outcomes of depression and anxiety and stress-related mental health...

Impact of earthquakes of September 2017 on the mental health of the population and recommended actions

Scientific article

1 March 2018

Overview Natural disasters are a risk factor for the development of mental disorders, so that attention to the mental health of the affected people is a priority. This text aims to describe the provision of mental health for people affected...

Association of Combined Patterns of Tobacco and Cannabis Use in Adolescence with Psychotic Experiences

Scientific article

17 January 2018

Abstract Importance: There is concern about potentially causal effects of tobacco use on psychosis, but epidemiological studies have been less robust in attempts to minimize effects of confounding than studies of cannabis use have been...