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E. Carol

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The relationship between cannabis use and cortisol levels in youth at ultra high-risk for psychosis

Psychoneuroendocrinology May 30, 2017 E. Carol, R. L. Spencer, V. Mittal

Recent studies have posited a relationship between cannabis use and the biological stress system, but this critical relationship has not been evaluated during the ultra high-risk (UHR) period immediately preceding the onset of psychotic disorders. Salivary cortisol samples were collected on 46 UHR and 29 control adolescents; these individuals were assessed for current cannabis use with a urine...