Cannabinoids for the treatment of mental disorders and symptoms of mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

N Black, E Stockings, G Campbell, LT Tran… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Medicinal cannabinoids, including medicinal cannabis and pharmaceutical
cannabinoids and their synthetic derivatives, such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and …

The slow death of the concept of schizophrenia and the painful birth of the psychosis spectrum

S Guloksuz, J van Os - Psychological medicine, 2018 - cambridge.org
The concept of schizophrenia only covers the 30% poor outcome fraction of a much broader
multidimensional psychotic syndrome, yet paradoxically has become the dominant prism …

Proportion of patients in south London with first-episode psychosis attributable to use of high potency cannabis: a case-control study

M Di Forti, A Marconi, E Carra, S Fraietta… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background The risk of individuals having adverse effects from drug use (eg, alcohol)
generally depends on the frequency of use and potency of the drug used. We aimed to …

Association between cannabis and psychosis: epidemiologic evidence

SH Gage, M Hickman, S Zammit - Biological psychiatry, 2016 - Elsevier
Associations between cannabis use and psychotic outcomes are consistently reported, but
establishing causality from observational designs can be problematic. We review the …

An updated and conservative systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological evidence on psychotic experiences in children and adults: on the pathway from …

RJ Linscott, J Van Os - Psychological medicine, 2013 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe psychosis-proneness–persistence–impairment model of psychotic disorder
incorporates notions of both phenomenological and temporal continuity (persistence) of …

Cannabis, a complex plant: different compounds and different effects on individuals

Z Atakan - Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Cannabis is a complex plant, with major compounds such as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
and cannabidiol, which have opposing effects. The discovery of its compounds has led to …

Traditional marijuana, high‐potency cannabis and synthetic cannabinoids: increasing risk for psychosis

RM Murray, H Quigley, D Quattrone… - World …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Epidemiological evidence demonstrates that cannabis use is associated with an increased
risk of psychotic outcomes, and confirms a dose‐response relationship between the level of …

Incidence of schizophrenia and other psychoses in England, 1950–2009: a systematic review and meta-analyses

JB Kirkbride, A Errazuriz, TJ Croudace, C Morgan… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background We conducted a systematic review of incidence rates in England over a sixty-
year period to determine the extent to which rates varied along accepted (age, sex) and less …

Adverse health effects of non-medical cannabis use

W Hall, L Degenhardt - The Lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
For over two decades, cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, has been the most widely
used illicit drug by young people in high-income countries, and has recently become …

Gone to pot–a review of the association between cannabis and psychosis

R Radhakrishnan, ST Wilkinson, DC D'Souza - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug worldwide, with~ 5 million daily users
worldwide. Emerging evidence supports a number of associations between cannabis and …