Swiss Psychiatrists Beliefs and Attitudes about Cannabis Risks in Psychiatric Patients: Ideologically Determined or Evidence-based?
Zullino, Daniele ; Kurt, Hans ; Broers, Barbara ; Drexler, Anita ; Graf, Hans-Peter ; Khazaal, Yasser ; Le Bloc'h, Yves ; Pegard, Baya-Laure ; Borgeat, François ; Preisig, Martin
In: Community Mental Health Journal, 2008, vol. 44, no. 2, p. 86-96
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- 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