The authors, Daniel J. Foti, M.A., Roman Kotov, Ph.D., Lin T. Guey, Ph.D., and Evelyn J. Bromet, Ph.D., examined the relationship between cannabis use and the course of illness in schizophrenia over 10 years of follow-up after first psychiatric hospitalization.

 

Conclusions: Cannabis use is associated with an adverse course of psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia, and vice versa, even after taking into account other clinical, substance use, and demographic variables.

 

Am J Pscyhiatry (17 May 2010)

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