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 …

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 …

Consensus paper of the WFSBP task force on cannabis, cannabinoids and psychosis

DC D'Souza, M DiForti, S Ganesh… - The World Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives The liberalisation of cannabis laws, the increasing availability and potency of
cannabis has renewed concern about the risk of psychosis with cannabis. Methods The …

Rates and correlates of cannabis-associated psychotic symptoms in over 230,000 people who use cannabis

T Schoeler, J Ferris, AR Winstock - Translational psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Cannabis, a widely used psychoactive substance, can trigger acute cannabis-associated
psychotic symptoms (CAPS) in people who use cannabis (PWUC). To assess rates and …

Cannabis use and age at onset of symptoms in subjects at clinical high risk for psychosis

S Dragt, DH Nieman, F Schultze‐Lutter… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Dragt S, Nieman DH, Schultze‐Lutter F, van der Meer F, Becker H, de Haan L, Dingemans
PM, Birchwood M, Patterson P, Salokangas RKR, Heinimaa M, Heinz A, Juckel G, Graf von …

The psychiatric consequences of cannabinoids

JP De Aquino, M Sherif, R Radhakrishnan, JD Cahill… - Clinical …, 2018 - Elsevier
With rising rates of cannabis use in the general population and an increasing number of US
states legalizing both recreational and medical cannabis use, it is important to be informed …

Cannabis use and cognitive dysfunction

A Shrivastava, M Johnston… - Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Shrivastava, et al.: Cannabis and cognition adolescence are more likely to become heavily
dependent. It is plausible that chronic cannabis abuse will then interfere with educational …

Transmembrane domain Nrg1 mutant mice show altered susceptibility to the neurobehavioural actions of repeated THC exposure in adolescence

LE Long, R Chesworth, XF Huang… - International Journal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Heavy cannabis abuse increases the risk of developing schizophrenia. Adolescents appear
particularly vulnerable to the development of psychosis-like symptoms after cannabis use …

Cannabis use and psychosis: re-visiting the role of childhood trauma

JE Houston, J Murphy, M Shevlin… - Psychological …, 2011 - cambridge.org
BackgroundCannabis consumption continues to be identified as a causal agent in the onset
and development of psychosis. However, recent findings have shown that the effect of …

Cannabis affects people differently: inter-subject variation in the psychotogenic effects of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study …

Z Atakan, S Bhattacharyya, P Allen… - Psychological …, 2013 - cambridge.org
BackgroundCannabis can induce transient psychotic symptoms, but not all users experience
these adverse effects. We compared the neural response to Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) …