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Pharmacological interventions in the treatment of the acute effects of cannabis: a systematic review of literatureJosé As Crippa
Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo and INCT Translational Medicine CNPq, Brazil
Harm Reduct J 9:7. 2012..abstract:..
Burden and stress among psychiatry residents and psychiatric healthcare providersAntonio Waldo Zuardi
Dept of Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Acad Psychiatry 35:404-6. 2011..The authors compared the levels of job burden and stress in psychiatry residents with those of other healthcare professionals at inpatient and outpatient psychiatric hospitals in a medium-sized Brazilian city...
Is the highest density of CB1 receptors in paranoid schizophrenia a correlate of endocannabinoid system functioning?Antonio Waldo Zuardi
Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, Division of Psychiatry, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas Terceiro Andar, Av Bandeirantes, 3900, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, CEP 14049 800, Brazil
Expert Rev Neurother 11:1111-4. 2011..The precise role of the endocannabinoid system in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia remains far from understood...
Cannabidiol: from an inactive cannabinoid to a drug with wide spectrum of actionAntonio Waldo Zuardi
Department of Neurology, Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 30:271-80. 2008..The aim of this review is to describe the historical development of research on cannabidiol...
Cannabidiol was ineffective for manic episode of bipolar affective disorderAw Zuardi
Department of Neuropsychiatry and Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Psychopharmacol 24:135-7. 2010..Both patients tolerated CBD very well and no side-effects were reported. These preliminary data suggest that CBD may not be effective for the manic episode of BAD...
Cannabidiol for the treatment of psychosis in Parkinson's diseaseA W Zuardi
Department of Neuropsychiatry and Medical Psychology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Psychopharmacol 23:979-83. 2009..No adverse effect was observed during the treatment. These preliminary data suggest that CBD may be effective, safe and well tolerated for the treatment of the psychosis in PD...
Reduction of the anxiety of medical students after curricular reformAntonio Waldo Zuardi
Department of Neurology, Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Medical School, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 30:136-8. 2008....
History of cannabis as a medicine: a reviewAntonio Waldo Zuardi
Department of Neurology, Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 28:153-7. 2006..A new and more consistent cycle of the use of cannabis derivatives as medication begins, since treatment effectiveness and safety started to be scientifically proven...
Cannabidiol, a Cannabis sativa constituent, as an antipsychotic drugA W Zuardi
Departamento de Neurologia, Psiquiatria e Psicologia Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
Braz J Med Biol Res 39:421-9. 2006..Future studies of CBD in other psychotic conditions such as bipolar disorder and comparative studies of its antipsychotic effects with those produced by clozapine in schizophrenic patients are clearly indicated...
Cavum septum pellucidum and adhesio interthalamica in schizophrenia: an MRI studyJosé Alexandre de Souza Crippa
Department of Neuropsychiatry and Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Eur Psychiatry 21:291-9. 2006....
Accuracy of psychiatric diagnosis performed under indirect supervisionCristina Marta Del-Ben
Department of Neurology, Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Clinical Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo University, Brazil
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 27:58-62. 2005..63) was good. Systematic training of supervisors and residents in operational diagnostic criteria increased the accuracy of psychiatric diagnoses elaborated under indirect supervision, although excellent reliability was not achieved...
[Social performance expectations in psychiatric patients of a general hospital ward]Maria Stela Setti Moreira
Departamento de Neurologia, , , , , SP, Brasil
Rev Saude Publica 36:734-42. 2002..The average level of performance was unchanged throughout the first year after discharge, although demographic and medical variables can influence these results...
Total agenesis of the corpus callosum in a patient with childhood-onset schizophreniaJaime Eduardo Cecilio Hallak
Department of Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 65:1216-9. 2007..The presence of schizophrenia with very early onset on absence of corpus callosum offers an opportunity to examine neurodevelopmental model and theories regarding to interhemispheric communication in the pathogenesis of psychosis...
Cannabidiol monotherapy for treatment-resistant schizophreniaAntonio Waldo Zuardi
Department of Neuropsychiatry and Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, , , , Brazil
J Psychopharmacol 20:683-6. 2006..All patients tolerated CBD very well and no side effects were reported. These preliminary data suggest that CBD monotherapy may not be effective for TRS...
Clozapine monotherapy for catatonic schizophrenia: should clozapine be the treatment of choice, with catatonia rather than psychosis as the main therapeutic index?Serdar Murat Dursun
J Psychopharmacol 19:432-3. 2005
Method for evaluating subjective states of awareness that accompany recognition: adaptation for use in Portuguese-speaking patients with schizophreniaMarcos Aurélio Martins Ribeiro
Mental Health Graduate Program, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 27:278-84. 2005..The objective of this study was to describe the adaptation to Portuguese of an experiential procedure for investigation of states of awareness that accompany recognition...
Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the frontal lobe in schizophrenics: a critical review of the methodologyRafael Faria Sanches
Department of Neuropsychiatry and Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo 59:145-52. 2004..Overall, studies that fulfill strict methodological criteria show N-acetyl aspartate decrease in the frontal lobe of male schizophrenics...
Effects of cannabidiol (CBD) on regional cerebral blood flowJosé Alexandre de Souza Crippa
Department of Neuropsychiatry and Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Neuropsychopharmacology 29:417-26. 2004..001). These results suggest that CBD has anxiolytic properties, and that these effects are mediated by an action on limbic and paralimbic brain areas...
Electrodermically nonresponsive schizophrenia patients make more errors in the Stroop Color Word Test, indicating selective attention deficitEleomar Ziglia Lopes-Machado
Departamento de Neurologia, Psiquiatria e Psicologia Medica, Faculdade de Medicina, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Schizophr Bull 28:459-66. 2002..These results suggest that there is a homogeneous subgroup of schizophrenia patients characterized by low neurovegetative responsiveness to external stimuli, predominance of negative symptoms, and selective attention deficit...
[Brain effects of cannabis--neuroimaging findings]José Alexandre Crippa
Departamento de Neurologia, Psiquiatria e Psicologia Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 27:70-8. 2005..Better designed neuroimaging studies, combined with cognitive evaluation, may be elucidative on this issue...
