Swiss psychiatrists beliefs and attitudes about cannabis risks in psychiatric patients: ideologically determined or evidence-based?

Zullino, Daniele Fabio; Kurt, Hans; Broers, Barbara; Drexler, Anita; Graf, Hans-Peter; Khazaal, Yasser; Le Bloc'h, Yves; Pegard, Baya-Laure; Borgeat, François; Preisig, Martin

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Title		Swiss psychiatrists beliefs and attitudes about cannabis risks in psychiatric patients: ideologically determined or evidence-based?
Authors		Zullino, Daniele Fabio Kurt, Hans Broers, Barbara Drexler, Anita Graf, Hans-Peter Khazaal, Yasser Le Bloc'h, Yves Pegard, Baya-Laure Borgeat, François Preisig, Martin show all authors [1 - 10]
Published in		Community Mental Health Journal. 2008, vol. 44, no. 2, p. 86-96
Abstract		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.
Keywords		Adult — Anxiety Disorders/chemically induced/prevention & control/psychology — Attitude of Health Personnel — Bipolar Disorder/chemically induced/prevention & control/psychology — Cannabinoids/toxicity — Causality — Culture — Depressive Disorder/chemically induced/prevention & control/psychology — Evidence-Based Medicine — Female — Health Surveys — Humans — Male — Marijuana Abuse/complications/epidemiology/prevention & control — Mental Disorders/chemically induced/prevention & control/psychology — Middle Aged — Psychiatry — Questionnaires — Risk — Schizophrenia/chemically induced/diagnosis — Schizophrenic Psychology — Switzerland
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1007/s10597-007-9103-x PMID: 17694435
Full text		Article (Author postprint) (191 Kb) - Limited access to UNIGE Other version: http://www.springerlink.com/content/gk31v1485m6g86l1/fulltext.html
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et de médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine de premier recours
Research groups		Médecine de l'addiction (129) Abus de substances (834)
Citation (ISO format)		ZULLINO, Daniele Fabio et al. Swiss psychiatrists beliefs and attitudes about cannabis risks in psychiatric patients: ideologically determined or evidence-based?. In: Community Mental Health Journal, 2008, vol. 44, n° 2, p. 86-96. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:741