A Population-Based Analysis of the Relationship Between Substance Use and Adolescent Cognitive Development.
American Journal of Psychiatry October 3, 2018 Jean-François G Morin, Mohammad H Afzali, Josiane Bourque et al.
Objective: Alcohol and cannabis misuse are related to impaired cognition. When inferring causality, four nonexclusive theoretical models can account for this association: 1) a common underlying vulnerability model; 2) a neuroplasticity model in which impairment is concurrent with changes in substance use but temporary because of neuroplastic brain processes that restore function; 3) a...
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18020202 (opens in new tab)
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Cannabis
Humans
Regression analysis
Longitudinal studies
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