Are psychotic-like experiences related to a discontinuation of cannabis consumption in young adults?
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Beitragende
- Universität Heidelberg
- University of Amsterdam
- Trinity College Dublin
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
- King's College London (KCL)
- University College London
- Universität Mannheim
- Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
- University of Vermont
- École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay
- INSERM - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU)
- Bloorview Research Institute
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- Fudan University
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Berliner Institut für Gesundheitsforschung in der Charité
Abstract
Objective: To assess changes in cannabis use in young adults as a function of psychotic-like experiences. Method: Participants were initially recruited at age 14 in high schools for the longitudinal IMAGEN study. All measures presented here were assessed at follow-ups at age 19 and at age 22, respectively. Perceived stress was only assessed once at age 22. Ever users of cannabis (N = 552) gave qualitative and quantitative information on cannabis use and psychotic-like experiences using the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE). Of those, nearly all n = 549 reported to have experienced at least one psychotic experience of any form at age 19. Results: Mean cannabis use increased from age 19 to 22 and age of first use of cannabis was positively associated with a change in cannabis use between the two time points. Change in cannabis use was not significantly associated with psychotic-like experiences at age 19 or 22. In exploratory analysis, we observed a positive association between perceived stress and the experience of psychotic experiences at age 22. Conclusion: Age of first use of cannabis influenced trajectories of young cannabis users with later onset leading to higher increase, whereas the frequency of psychotic-like experiences was not associated with a change in cannabis use. The observed association between perceived stress and psychotic-like experiences at age 22 emphasizes the importance of stress experiences in developing psychosis independent of cannabis use.
Details
Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Seiten (von - bis) | 271-279 |
Seitenumfang | 9 |
Fachzeitschrift | Schizophrenia research |
Jahrgang | 228 |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - Feb. 2021 |
Peer-Review-Status | Ja |
Externe IDs
PubMed | 33493775 |
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ORCID | /0000-0001-5398-5569/work/161890750 |
ORCID | /0000-0002-8493-6396/work/161891662 |
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Schlagwörter
- Age of first use, Cannabis discontinuation hypothesis, Cannabis use, Perceived stress, Psychotic-like experiences