ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Cannabis Use and Psychosis: A Longitudinal Population-based Study
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1 Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, European Graduate School of Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands. 2 Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom. 3 The Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Trimbos-Instituut, Utrecht, the Netherlands. 4 Research and Documentation Centre (WODC), Ministry of Justice, The Hague, the Netherlands. 5 Department of Psychiatry, Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 University, and Hôpital Charles Perrens, Bordeaux, France.
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Two papers in the Journal this week focus on the potential impact of cannabis use on mental health outcomes. Di Forti et al (pp. 488–491) examined the risk of psychosis associated with use of high-potency cannabis. They found that individuals presenting with a first episode of psychosis were no more likely than local population controls to have ever taken cannabis but the former were more likel...
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