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Regular cannabis use is associated with history of childhood and lifetime trauma in a non-clinical community sample
Bassir Nia A, Weleff J, Fogelman N, Nourbakhsh S, Sinha R. Regular cannabis use is associated with history of childhood and lifetime trauma in a non-clinical community sample. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2023, 159: 159-164. PMID: 36736285, PMCID: PMC10024801, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.01.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCannabisCocaineCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansSubstance-Related DisordersSurveys and QuestionnairesConceptsMajor life eventsChildhood traumaLife eventsChildhood Trauma QuestionnaireLifetime traumaCannabis useNon-clinical community sampleChronic stressNeurobiology of stressRegular cannabis useGender differencesRegular useSelf-report questionnairesRecent life eventsPotential gender differencesCross-sectional studyUrine drug testingLife traumaLogistic regression analysisAdversity indexCommunity sampleCannabis usersTrauma QuestionnaireHigh rateSubstance use
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Prescribing of Z-Drugs With and Without Opioid Coprescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Health Care System From 2019-2020.
Anand A, Weleff J, Thompson N, Barnett B. Prescribing of Z-Drugs With and Without Opioid Coprescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Health Care System From 2019-2020. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2023, 84 PMID: 37707315, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.22m14753.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnalgesics, OpioidCommunicable Disease ControlCOVID-19Cross-Sectional StudiesHumansOpioid-Related DisordersPrimary Health CareRetrospective StudiesConceptsZ-drug prescribingDiagnosis of opioid use disorderZ-drug prescriptionsOpioid use disorderZ-drugsHealth care systemPrimary care clinicsWhite raceUse disorderCare systemAssociated with increasing ageCare clinicsOlder ageStudy periodDiagnosis of bipolar disorderCross-sectional studyPrimary care patientsLarger health care systemAdult patientsPatient populationOpioidGeneralized anxiety disorderPatientsBipolar disorderPost-lockdown