Gender-related clinical dynamic differences of paranoid schizophrenia associated with cannabinoid dependence syndrome
This study was attended by 144 patients diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, who started taking cannabinoids before the manifectation of paranoid schizophrenia, with lenght of the disease less than 5 years. Patients were divided into three groups with 48 people in each one: Group I consisted of men, Group II consisted of women, control group (CG)consisted of men and women in equal parts, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia without cannabinoid dependence. It has been found that female patients show a higher percentage of paranoid schizophrenia due to the use of cannabinoids. The marked dynamism of the schizophrenia process being a distinctive feature, was characterized by a rapid change of main syndromes in a short period of time, which leads to deficit conditions.