Title

DEREALIZATION AND DEPERSONALIZATION INDUCED BY CANNABIS.

Authors

Duca, Ancuţa; Comaniciu, Andreea; Bologh, Flaviu; Munteanu, Lorena; Haiura, Daniela; Nirestean, Aurel

Abstract

The link between the cannabis use and the onset of the psychiatric disorders in people with a particular vulnerability is a subject of great importance in the medical literature. There are some gaps regarding risk factors of the phenomenon of derealization and depersonalization in patients with cannabis use. This phenomenon may be due to the presence of a genetic vulnerability of cannabinoid receptors. From a pharmacological point of view, use of cannabis does not directly produce such strong psychoactive effects to induce a dissociative state, but a high percentage of people experienced derealization or depersonalization during the first contact with this drug. Adolescence is the most affected age category. In literature, this connection between cannabis use, adolescence, and the development of depersonalization is vaguely described, but there is a link with the process of developing individual personality. Awareness of the potential effects of cannabis use is and will remain a big issue among adolescents.

Subjects

DEPERSONALIZATION; MARIJUANA; CANNABINOID receptors; ADOLESCENCE; MENTAL illness; PERSONALITY development

Publication

Acta Medica Marisiensis, 2019, Vol 65, p10

ISSN

2068-3324

Publication type

Academic Journal