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Jennifer McLaren

2 papers in the library · 48 citations · publishing 2009-2010

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Assessing evidence for a causal link between cannabis and psychosis: a review of cohort studies.

The International journal on drug policy 2010 Jennifer McLaren, Edmund Silins, D. Hutchinson et al.

Over the past five years, the release of cohort studies assessing the link between cannabis and psychosis has increased attention on this relationship. Existing reviews generally conclude that these cohort studies show cannabis has a causal relationship to psychosis, or at least that one cannot be excluded. Few studies have evaluated the relative strengths and limitations of these...

Should Burden of Disease Estimates Include Cannabis Use as a Risk Factor for Psychosis?

PLoS Medicine September 28, 2009 Louisa Degenhardt, Wayne Hall, Michael T. Lynskey et al. 48 citations

N Comparative risk assessments estimate the proportion of a disease that can be attributed to a particular risk exposure and are important guides for health planning.N In observational studies, there has been consistent evidence that cannabis use is associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia and more generally, psychosis.N There is debate about whether such observational evidence is...