2022
Bidirectional relationships between cannabis use, anxiety and depressive symptoms in the mediation of the association with psychotic experience: further support for an affective pathway to psychosis
Radhakrishnan R, Pries LK, Erzin G, Have M, de Graaf R, van Dorsselaer S, Gunther N, Bak M, Rutten BPF, van Os J, Guloksuz S. Bidirectional relationships between cannabis use, anxiety and depressive symptoms in the mediation of the association with psychotic experience: further support for an affective pathway to psychosis. Psychological Medicine 2022, 53: 5551-5557. PMID: 36093677, PMCID: PMC10482707, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291722002756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnxiety/depressive symptomsDepressive symptomsCannabis usePE incidencePsychotic experiencesFirst longitudinal cohort studyNetherlands Mental Health SurveyLongitudinal cohort studyMental Health SurveyRole of cannabisBidirectional relationshipCohort studyHealth SurveyIncidence studyAffective symptomsSymptomsCannabisEducation statusLongitudinal studyPsychosisIncidenceAnxietyTemporal relationshipMediation analysisFurther support
2014
Chapter Fourteen Cannabis, Cannabinoids, and the Association with Psychosis
Radhakrishnan R, Addy P, Sewell R, Skosnik P, Ranganathan M, D’Souza D. Chapter Fourteen Cannabis, Cannabinoids, and the Association with Psychosis. 2014, 423-474. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-418679-8.00014-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychotic disordersCannabis exposureComponent causesCannabinoid receptor functionDevelopment of schizophreniaHeavy cannabis exposurePublic health policyCannabinoid exposureTrigger relapsePsychophysiological deficitsCognitive symptomsReceptor functionSchizophreniaHealth policyCannabinoidsPsychosisCannabisLines of evidenceDisordersFurther studiesSymptomsBiological mechanismsExposureIndividual vulnerabilityCause