mental disorders

Perceived Susceptibility to Mental Disorders among Marijuana Smokers Attending a Tertiary Institution

Issue:

Vol 66, Issue 5: 2017 (Special Issue on Cannabis)

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2017.193

Pages:

562-8

Synopsis:

This was an exploratory qualitative study that investigated the degree to which marijuana smokers at a tertiary institution perceived their susceptibility to mental illness. Risk perception was found to be low, as the drug’s benefits seemingly outweighed its risks.

ABSTRACT

Objective: This exploratory qualitative study sought to investigate the question of ‘how do marijuana smokers at a tertiary institution perceive their susceptibility to mental illness?’.

Received:

18 Sep, 2017

Accepted:

23 Oct, 2017

Published:

29 Dec, 2017

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wimj-iss5-2017_562_568.pdf

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Original Articles

Keywords:

Marijuana smokers

mental disorders

perceived susceptibility

Journal Authors:

N Albarus

P Whitehorne-Smith

WD Abel

e-Published: 26 Oct, 2017

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Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Martinique, French West Indies: A Community-based Epidemiological Study

Issue:

Vol 67, Issue 4: 2018

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2016.216

Pages:

317-22

Synopsis:

In an epidemiological study done in Martinique in 2000, using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), we have found that mental disorders, in particular mood and anxiety disorders, were as frequents as in mainland France.

ABSTRACT

Received:

10 May, 2016

Accepted:

13 Feb, 2017

Published:

31 Dec, 2018

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wimj-iss4-2018_317_322.pdf

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e-Published: 27 Feb, 2017

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Mental Illness and Public Health: Exploring the Role of General Hospital Physicians at a Teaching Hospital in Jamaica

Issue:

Vol 59, issue 6 (2010)

Pages:

662–7

Synopsis:

This study examines general hospital physicians’ utilization of consultation-liaison psychiatric services and makes inferences about the extent to which their role in the detection of psychiatric illnesses is being fulfilled.

ABSTRACT

Objectives: Against the public health implications of untreated mental illness among general hospital inpatients, this study aimed firstly to examine hospital physicians’ level of referral to a psychiatric service, and secondly, to explore the extent of these doctors’ knowledge of psychiatric issues by comparing their reasons for referring patients with patients’ final psychiatric diagnoses.

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Keywords:

preventive psychiatry

referral and consultation

Journal Authors:

RC Gibson