PMID- 17370785
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070411
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 0030-9982 (Print)
IS  - 0030-9982 (Linking)
VI  - 57
IP  - 2
DP  - 2007 Feb
TI  - Schizophrenia and comorbid self reported cannabis abuse: impact on course, 
      functioning and services use.
PG  - 60-4
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of cannabis abuse on the short term outcome in 
      terms of relapses, use of services, compliance and functioning in patients with 
      schizophrenia. METHODS: A case control study was conducted in the Department of 
      Psychiatry PGMI Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar from January 2004 to October 
      2004. Fifty schizophrenic patients with co-morbid misuse of cannabis were 
      selected. Fifty schizophrenic patients who were not using cannabis were selected 
      as control group for the study. Data regarding socio-demographic detail, relapse, 
      compliance to drugs and service utilization was collected with the help of a 
      Performa. Problem cannabis use in the past year and social assessment of 
      functioning were assessed with the help of Schedule for Clinical assessment in 
      Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) and Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale 
      respectively. RESULTS: Schizophrenic patients with cannabis use were younger on 
      admission and had younger age at onset of illness. They had more number of 
      relapses and more contacts with psychiatric services including the police. 
      Patients with comorbid cannabis use had poor drug compliance and their relapses 
      were preceded by poor drug compliance Cases and control did not differ 
      significantly on score of Global assessment of functioning. CONCLUSION: 
      Comorbidity of cannabis seems to have adverse effects on almost all domains of 
      the illness including course, service use and drug compliance.
FAU - Rehman, Inayat Ur
AU  - Rehman IU
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar.
FAU - Farooq, Saeed
AU  - Farooq S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Pakistan
TA  - J Pak Med Assoc
JT  - JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
JID - 7501162
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Comorbidity
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Services/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Marijuana Abuse/*epidemiology
MH  - Pakistan/epidemiology
MH  - Schizophrenia/*epidemiology
EDAT- 2007/03/21 09:00
MHDA- 2007/04/12 09:00
CRDT- 2007/03/21 09:00
PHST- 2007/03/21 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/04/12 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/03/21 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 1008 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Pak Med Assoc. 2007 Feb;57(2):60-4.