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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 122-124 |
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Cerebral atrophy and cognitive impairment in a young patient with chronic cannabis use − a case report
Sripathi S Goud, Vishal Indla
Department of Psychiatry, Indlas VIMHANS Hospital Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
MBBS DPM DNB(Psychiatry) Sripathi S Goud
Indlas VIMHANS Hospital, Vijayawada 520002, Andhra Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ejpsy.ejpsy_36_21
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Cannabis is known to mankind for ages. It was used as a medicine, an aphrodisiac, and a euphoriant. The psychotropic and neuromodulatory effects associated with cannabis use are extensively studied topics in the recent past. The authors report a case of cognitive impairment and cerebral atrophy in a young male patient with chronic cannabis use.
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