- 262 pages
- English
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Marijuana and Madness
About this book
The second edition of this critically acclaimed and award-winning text provides a comprehensive overview of the psychiatry and neuroscience of Cannabis sativa (marijuana). It outlines the very latest developments in our understanding of the human cannabinoid system, and links this knowledge to clinical and epidemiological facts about the impact of cannabis on mental health. Clinically focused chapters review not only the direct psychomimetic properties of cannabis, but also the impact consumption has on the courses of evolving or established mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Effects of cannabis on mood are reviewed, as are its effects on cognition. This new edition has been extensively updated and expanded with ten new chapters to incorporate major new research findings. This book will be of interest to all members of the mental health team, as well as to neuroscientists, epidemiologists, public health specialists and those involved in drug and alcohol research.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Marijuana and Madness
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 How cannabis works in the brain
- 2 Other cannabinoids
- 3 The function of the endocannabinoid system
- 4 Is cannabis becoming more potent?
- 5 What are the policy implications of the evidence on cannabis and psychosis?
- 6 Cannabis, endocannabinoids and neurodevelopment
- 7 The impact of pubertal exposure to cannabis on the brain: a focus on animal studies
- 8 Cannabis and cognition: short- and long-term effects
- 9 Does cannabis cause lasting brain damage?
- 10 The association between cannabis use and depression: a review of the evidence
- 11 Cannabis, cannabinoids and bipolar disorder
- 12 Which cannabis users develop psychosis?
- 13 Cannabinoids and the cerebellum: a potential role in the development of psychosis
- 14 The neural basis for the acute effects of cannabis on learning and psychosis
- 15 Does cannabis use cause schizophrenia? The epidemiological evidence
- 16 Postmortem studies of the brain cannabinoid system in schizophrenia
- 17 The endocannabinoid system in schizophrenia
- 18 The acute effects of cannabinoids in patients with psychotic illness
- 19 Cannabis abuse and the course of schizophrenia
- 20 Understanding cannabis use in schizophrenia
- 21 Addressing cannabis use in people with psychosis
- Index
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