Schizophrenia and the Environment: Within-Person Analyses May be Required to Yield Evidence of Unconfounded and Causal Association—The Example of Cannabis and Psychosis
van Os J, Pries L, Have M, de Graaf R, van Dorsselaer S, Bak M, Wittchen H, Rutten B, Guloksuz S. Schizophrenia and the Environment: Within-Person Analyses May be Required to Yield Evidence of Unconfounded and Causal Association—The Example of Cannabis and Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2021, 47: 594-603. PMID: 33693921, PMCID: PMC8084443, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbab019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFixed-effects modelCannabis usePsychotic experiencesGeneral population cohortRandom-effects modelMental health outcomesRisk factorsTime-varying confoundersProspective associationsPopulation cohortHealth outcomesOwn controlCausal associationPsychosisCannabisLongitudinal studyAssociationBetween-person levelConfoundersCohortIncidenceSchizophrenia