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Mental Health Disorders (American Psychiatric Association) Provides professional practice guidelines for treatment of 10 mental health disorders. Includes diagnostic information for eating disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, delirium, panic disorder, schizophrenia, nicotine dependence, substance abuse, dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, and more. 1-01
Schizophrenia in Children (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) Provides basic suggestions.
Research
- How We Avoid Schizophrenia - A Chemical Clue (ABC News)
"A cannabis like substance produced by the brain may dampen delusional or psychotic experiences, rather than trigger them."
"Heavy cannabis use has been linked to psychosis in the past, leading researchers to look for a connection between the brain's natural cannabinoid system and schizophrenia. Sure enough, when Markus Leweke of the University of Cologne, Germany, and Andrea Giuffrida and Danielle Piomelli of the University of California, Irvine, looked at levels of the natural cannabis-like substance anandamide, they were higher in people with schizophrenia than in healthy controls." 9-04
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