Citation

Zullino DF, Kurt H, Broers B, Drexler A, Graf HP, Khazaal Y, Le Bloc'h Y, Pegard BL, Borgeat F, Preisig M. Community Ment. Health J. 2008; 44(2): 86-96.

Affiliation

Division of Substance Abuse, University Hospitals of Geneva, Rue verte 2, CH-1205, Geneva, Switzerland. Daniele.Zullino@hcuge.ch

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-007-9103-x

PMID

17694435

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.

Language: en