Do patients think cannabis causes schizophrenia? - A qualitative study on the causal beliefs of cannabis using patients with schizophrenia

Table 1 Patients' characteristics, cannabis use, and medication

subject	age	sex	Initials	use of cannabis					prescribed drugs at time of interview**	diagnosis (ICD-10)	occupation
				starting age	years of consumption	max. quanity in joints/d	way of consumption	frequency of use
VP1	26	m	P.O.	12	14	10	smoking	2-3/w	none	F20.0 F12.24 F20.0,	disability pension commercial clerk,
VP2	27	m	P.A.	16	11	7	smoking	2/w	C, AD, B	F11.22, F12.25, F14.26, F13.20	disability pension medical school
VP3	42	m	M.B.	14/15	27	12	smoking	daily	N	F20.0 F.12.25	drop out commercial clerk,
VP4	27	m	K.C.	12	15	20	smoking	2/w	M, B, N	F20.0, F11.22, F12.24	disability pension commercial clerk,
VP5	36	m	S.F.	16	20	3	smoking	daily	N, AD	F20.0, F12.25, F33.0	50% workload lumberjack,
VP6	43	m	H.G	20	23	15	smoking	1-2/w	N, AD	F11.22, F12.24, F20.0	disability pension high school drop
VP7	34	m	Z.A.	17	17	15	smoking	sporadic	N, MS, M	F20.03, F12.20	out, disability pension
VP8	51	m	R.S.	17	34	10	smoking	sporadic	N, MS, AD	F20.0, F43.1, F14.2, F12.24	mason, disability pension
VP9	44	f	N.A.	20	24	5	smoking	sporadic	N	F41.3, F20.0,12.24	social worker, 100% workload
VP10	53	f	B.L.	16	37	4	smoking	sporadic	N, B	F20.01, F11.22, F12.2, F50.1	waitress, 100% workload

**AD = antidepressants; N = neuroleptics; R = Ritalin^®; C = Concerta^®; B = benzodiazepines; M = modafinil; MS = mood stabilizers

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