Psychiatry Research
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 37-42 , 30 March 2005

Symptoms of schizotypy precede cannabis use

  • Jason Schiffman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2430 Campus Road, 110 Gartley Hall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 808 956 6267; fax: +1 808 956 4700.
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  • Brad Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2430 Campus Road, 110 Gartley Hall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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  • Mitchell Earleywine

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, SGM 501, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061, USA
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  • Joseph LaBrie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, One LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA

Received 11 March 2004 ,Revised 25 October 2004 ,Accepted 25 January 2005.

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PII: S0165-1781(05)00028-4

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.01.004

Psychiatry Research
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 37-42 , 30 March 2005

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