According to data drawn from 608 patients of an early intervention program in Dublin, presented at the 3rd Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) Conference, obstetric complications followed by cannabis use are the first and second strongest predictors of early onset psychosis after controlling for other factors such as sex, social class of origin, and family history of psychosis.
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This finding is a huge validation of Dr. Stanislav Grof´s pioneering work on the effects of peri-natal birth truama on the psyche. Until Grof, nobody had given much consideration to the events of one´s birth has having an impact, as we don´t remember our birth. Think again. We remember EVERYTHING>
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