Last updated on:
9/10/2007 |
Author: ProCon.org
Andrew Johns, MB Biography
- Title:
- Senior Lecturer and Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital in London
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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“Given that high doses of cannabis can cause a toxic psychosis, then it may be supposed it will aggravate the symptoms of schizophrenia. However, clinical experience suggests that some patients say that they take cannabis as a form of ‘self-medication’.”
“Psychiatric Effects of Cannabis,” British Journal of Psychiatry, 2001
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Senior Lecturer and Consultant Psychiatrist, Forensic Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, 1999-present
- Lead Clinician, Southwark Forensic Services, 1999-present
- Programme Director, South London (East) Forensic Specialist Registrar Training
- Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry.
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry in London
- Honorary Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Broadmoor Hospital, Bethlem Royal Hospital, and Maudsley Hospital
- Senior Lecturer, Psychiatry of Addiction, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, 1988-1995
- Clinical Director of Addiction Services, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, 1988-1995
- Education:
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- Psychiatric trainee, Maudsley Hospital, 1981
- MB, Guy’s Hospital, 1978
- BS, Guy’s Hospital
- BSc, school unknown
- Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych)
- Other:
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- None found
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