Cannabis use, cannabis use disorder, and comorbid psychiatric illness: a narrative review

D Hasin, C Walsh - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: The landscape of attitudes, legal status and patterns of use of cannabis is
rapidly changing in the United States and elsewhere. Therefore, the primary aim of this …

Structural racism and inequities in incidence, course of illness, and treatment of psychotic disorders among Black Americans

S Misra, OS Etkins, LH Yang… - American Journal of …, 2022 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Psychotic disorders (eg, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder) are a leading cause of
morbidity and premature mortality and an overlooked health inequity in the United States …

Adverse effects of heavy cannabis use: even plants can harm the brain

L Sideli, G Trotta, E Spinazzola, C La Cascia, M Di Forti - Pain, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The spread of laws legalising cannabis for medicinal or recreational use has been
accompanied by more relaxed attitudes towards cannabis. Data from the United States show …

Migration history and risk of psychosis: results from the multinational EU-GEI study

I Tarricone, G d'Andrea, HE Jongsma… - Psychological …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Background Psychosis rates are higher among some migrant groups. We hypothesized that
psychosis in migrants is associated with cumulative social disadvantage during different …

Cognitive functioning throughout adulthood and illness stages in individuals with psychotic disorders and their unaffected siblings

E Velthorst, J Mollon, RM Murray, L de Haan… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Important questions remain about the profile of cognitive impairment in psychotic disorders
across adulthood and illness stages. The age-associated profile of familial impairments also …

Jumping to conclusions, general intelligence, and psychosis liability: findings from the multi-centre EU-GEI case-control study

G Tripoli, D Quattrone, L Ferraro… - Psychological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe 'jumping to conclusions'(JTC) bias is associated with both psychosis and
general cognition but their relationship is unclear. In this study, we set out to clarify the …

The independent effects of psychosocial stressors on subclinical psychosis: findings from the multinational EU-GEI study

B Pignon, M Lajnef, JB Kirkbride, H Peyre… - Schizophrenia …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The influence of psychosocial stressors on psychosis risk has usually been studied in
isolation and after the onset of the disorder, potentially ignoring important confounding …

Exploring the mediation of DNA methylation across the epigenome between childhood adversity and First Episode of Psychosis—findings from the EU-GEI study

L Alameda, Z Liu, PC Sham, M Aas, G Trotta… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Studies conducted in psychotic disorders have shown that DNA-methylation (DNAm) is
sensitive to the impact of Childhood Adversity (CA). However, whether it mediates the …

The continuity of effect of schizophrenia polygenic risk score and patterns of cannabis use on transdiagnostic symptom dimensions at first-episode psychosis: findings …

D Quattrone, U Reininghaus, AL Richards… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Diagnostic categories do not completely reflect the heterogeneous expression of psychosis.
Using data from the EU-GEI study, we evaluated the impact of schizophrenia polygenic risk …

Synergistic effects of childhood adversity and polygenic risk in first-episode psychosis: the EU-GEI study

M Aas, L Alameda, M Di Forti, D Quattrone… - Psychological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Background A history of childhood adversity is associated with psychotic disorder, with an
increase in risk according to the number of exposures. However, it is not known why only …