Abstract Cannabis use is consistently associated with both increased incidence of frank psychotic disorders and acute exacerbations of psychotic symptoms in healthy individuals and people with psychosis spectrum disorders. Although…
Condition: Mental Disorders
Recreational cannabis use over time in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis: Lack of associations with symptom, neurocognitive, functioning, and treatment patterns
Please use this link to access this publication: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165178123003700 Abstract Recreational cannabis use has recently gained considerable interest as an environmental risk factor that triggers the onset of psychosis. To date,…
Association between non-medical cannabis legalization and emergency department visits for cannabis-induced psychosis
Please use this link to access this publication: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-023-02185-x Abstract A major public health concern of cannabis legalization is that it may result in an increase in psychotic disorders. We examined…
Cannabinoids for the treatment of mental disorders and symptoms of mental disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract Background: Medicinal cannabinoids, including medicinal cannabis, pharmaceutical cannabinoids and their synthetic derivatives, including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and or cannabidiol (CBD), have been suggested to have a therapeutic role for certain…
Medicinal cannabis for psychiatric disorders: a clinically-focused systematic review
Abstract Background Medicinal cannabis has received increased research attention over recent years due to loosening global regulatory changes. Medicinal cannabis has been reported to have potential efficacy in reducing pain,…
The highs and the lows: Recreational marijuana laws and mental health treatment
Abstract Recreational marijuana laws (RMLs) continue to grow in popularity, but the effects on mental health treatment are unclear. This paper uses an event-study within a difference-in-differences framework to…
Anhedonia, Apathy, Pleasure, and Effort-Based Decision-Making in Adult and Adolescent Cannabis Users and Controls
Abstract Background Cannabis use may be linked with anhedonia and apathy. However, previous studies have shown mixed results, and few have examined the association between cannabis use and specific…
Testing the Amotivational Syndrome: Marijuana Use Longitudinally Predicts Lower Self-Efficacy Even After Controlling for Demographics, Personality, and Alcohol and Cigarette Use
Abstract The marijuana amotivational syndrome posits that cannabis use fosters apathy through the depletion of motivation-based constructs such as self-efficacy. The current study pursued a two-round design to rule…
Cannabis, motivation, and life satisfaction in an internet sample
Abstract Although little evidence supports cannabis-induced amotivational syndrome, sources continue to assert that the drug saps motivation 1, which may guide current prohibitions. Few studies report low motivation in…
Effects of short-term cannabidiol treatment on response to social stress in subjects at clinical high risk of developing psychosis
Abstract Rationale: Stress is a risk factor for psychosis and treatments which mitigate its harmful effects are needed. Cannabidiol (CBD) has antipsychotic and anxiolytic effects. Objectives: We investigated whether CBD…