Swiss psychiatrists beliefs and attitudes about cannabis risks in psychiatric patients: ideologically determined or evidence-based?
- Zullino DF Division of Substance Abuse, University Hospitals of Geneva, Rue verte 2, CH-1205, Geneva, Switzerland. Daniele.Zullino@hcuge.ch
- Kurt H
- Broers B
- Drexler A
- Graf HP
- Khazaal Y
- Le Bloc'h Y
- Pegard BL
- Borgeat F
- Preisig M
- 2007-08-19
Published in:
- Community mental health journal. - 2008
Adult
Anxiety Disorders
Attitude of Health Personnel
Bipolar Disorder
Cannabinoids
Causality
Culture
Depressive Disorder
Evidence-Based Medicine
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Marijuana Abuse
Mental Disorders
Middle Aged
Psychiatry
Risk
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenic Psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Switzerland
English
The objective of this survey was to assess the beliefs of Swiss psychiatrists about the risks associated with cannabis, and to assess their prohibitive attitudes toward their patients. Eighty-two doctors agreed to fill-up the questionnaire. Cluster analysis retained a 3-cluster solution. Cluster 1: "Prohibitionists" believed that cannabis could induce and trigger all forms of psychiatric disorder, and showed a highly prohibitive attitude. Cluster 2: "Causalists" believed that schizophrenia, but not other psychiatric disorders, could be induced and triggered. Cluster 3: "Prudent liberals" did not believe that psychiatric disorders could be induced by cannabis, and were generally less prohibitive.
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- English
- Open access status
- green
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- DOI 10.1007/s10597-007-9103-x
- PMID 17694435
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/205763
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