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Chunk #37 — Conceptualizing Problematic Cannabis Use in Mental Illness: Addiction Vulnerability versus Self-Medication Hypothesis — Chasing the “high”

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Cannabis and mental illness: a review.
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Many of cannabis’ withdrawal symptoms mimic symptoms of psychiatric disorders, further creating the façade of treating one’s disorder. Symptoms upon abstaining from cannabis include anxiety, irritability, craving, dysphoria and insomnia, of which coincide with many symptoms of mood and anxiety disorders, as well as schizophrenia and PTSD [3, 68].