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Clinical correlates of cannabis use among adolescent psychiatric inpatients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

S. Lev-Ran ,
A. Aviram ,
Y. Braw ,
U. Nitzan ,
G. Ratzoni  and
S. Fennig
S. Lev-Ran*
Affiliation:
Shalvata Mental Health Center, POB 94 Hod Hasharon,, 45100, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel
A. Aviram
Affiliation:
Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, 49100, Israel
Y. Braw
Affiliation:
Shalvata Mental Health Center, POB 94 Hod Hasharon,, 45100, Israel Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel, 44837, Israel
U. Nitzan
Affiliation:
Shalvata Mental Health Center, POB 94 Hod Hasharon,, 45100, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel
G. Ratzoni
Affiliation:
Shalvata Mental Health Center, POB 94 Hod Hasharon,, 45100, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel
S. Fennig
Affiliation:
Shalvata Mental Health Center, POB 94 Hod Hasharon,, 45100, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address: shauli.levran@gmail.com
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Abstract

Objectives

This study sought to determine the clinical correlates of adolescents with cannabis use and no additional drug use (CU) compared to adolescents with no drug use (NDU) among a group of adolescent psychiatric inpatients in Israel.

Methods

Two hundred and thirty-six patients consecutively admitted to an adolescent inpatient unit at a university-affiliated mental health center in Israel during a 3-year period were screened. Individuals with polydrug use were excluded from the study.

Results

Prevalence of cannabis use was 13%. In the CU group, 39% were diagnosed with attention deficit and disruptive behavior disorders compared with 16% in the NDU group. Antipsychotics were the most common medications prescribed in both groups. Mood stabilizers were more frequently prescribed to CU than to NDU patients (39% vs 16%, respectively). A higher prevalence of alcohol abuse and criminal behaviors was found among CU compared to NDU patients (61% and 39% vs 6% and 4%, respectively).

Conclusions

The high prevalence of disruptive behaviors and frequent treatment with antipsychotics and mood stabilizers in the CU group may be related to the strong association between externalizing behavior and cannabis use and the non-specific pharmacological treatment of disruptive behaviors. Formal screening for cannabis use should be considered in psychiatric facilities. Specifically, adolescents with disruptive behaviors could benefit from early interventions, before and after cannabis initiation.

Keywords

CannabisAdolescentInpatientClinical correlates
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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue 6 , August 2012 , pp. 470 - 475
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2012

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