The prevalence of psychiatric illness among cannabis users
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psychiatric, cannabis users, educationAbstract
This study was conducted in a tertiary hospital's psychiatry unit. Legal edible cannabis (bhang) users for more than a year who attended the OPD and IPD during the study period and met the inclusion criteria (age 18 to 60, no history of physical or psychiatric illness) were included in the investigation with their informed consent. 171 patients were recruited after being assured of the study's confidentiality. Special tests evaluated cannabis dependence and psychiatric conditions. (1) CUDIT-R and (2) DSM-5 updated psychiatric morbidity criteria. Population demographics. Patients with CUDs ranged in age from 18 to 60. The majority were age 21 to 30 (49.7%), followed by 31 to 40 (29.8%), 41 to 50 (12.9%), 20 (5.8%), and 51 to 60. (1.8 percent). Male (93.1%) and female patients were roughly evenly split (7.0 percent). 103 of 171 study patients were married (60.2%), compared to 66 unmarried patients (38.6%) who used bhang more often. 1,2% were divorced. The study considered patients' education levels. Middle schoolers had the highest percentage (22.2%), followed by illiterates and graduates (17.5%), high school (12.9%), and postgraduates (0.6 percent). Lower middle class (40.9%) had the most participants, and upper class had the fewest (2.3 percent).
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