Primers episodis psicòtics, cànnabis, factors d'estrès, gènere i ètnia

Identifier:  TDX:3358

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX3358

Authors:  Arranz Garcia, Sara

Abstract:
The aetiology of schizophrenia is multi-factorial, consisting of interactions between genetic vulnerability and environmental risk factors. Schizophrenia is considerer as an illness of the neurodevelopment. The probability of suffering a first psychosis episode is an interaction between the genetic vulnerability and the environmental factors. According to the model of diathesis-stress, stress is one of the most important risk factors i the aetiology of schizophrenia, given relevance to obtain the measures of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function. In our study we want to study one of the most avoidable environmental risk, cannabis use. Cannabis is the third most common drug of dependence in the world, after tobacco and alcohol. There is now strong evidence that cannabis use is a risk factor for the development of psychosis. And determine whether the risk of psychosis depends on the severity of exposure to childhood trauma, recent life events and cannabis use and to determine whether there is an interaction and/or a cumulative effect among these environmental factors. In conclusion, our study provides evidence for a cumulative and a dose–response effect of environmental factors in the development of early psychosis. We did not find a relationship between HPA axis and first episodes. We find that our Moroccan patients tend to be male and tend to have LAI prescription more than native population. Considering gender, female show more 'relax” as reason of use and a higher GAF at discharge.