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Luis Alameda

3 papers in the library · 15 citations · publishing 2023-2025

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The impact of childhood trauma and cannabis use on paranoia: a structural equation model approach.

Psychological Medicine August 8, 2025 Giulia Trotta, Edoardo Spinazzola, Hannah Degen et al. 4 citations

Childhood trauma is a well-established risk factor for psychosis, paranoia, and substance use, with cannabis being a modifiable environmental factor that exacerbates these vulnerabilities. This study examines the interplay between childhood trauma, cannabis use, and paranoia using standard tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) units as a comprehensive measure of cannabis exposure. Data were derived from...

Effectiveness of mindfulness based interventions in reducing depressive symptoms across mental disorders: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Psychiatry Research June 1, 2025 Ekin Alkan, Geetanjali Kumar, Shreya Ravichandran et al. 11 citations

Mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) are increasingly recognised for their efficacy in treating depressive disorders. Depressive symptoms are prevalent across various disorders and can significantly impact outcomes, therefore being an important transdiagnostic target. Multiple randomized controlled Trials (RCTs) have explored this question in discrete disorders; however, evidence has never...

Cannabis use as a potential mediator between childhood adversity and first-episode psychosis: results from the EU-GEI case–control study

Psychological Medicine May 4, 2023 Giulia Trotta, Victoria Rodriguez, Diego Quattrone et al.

Abstract Background Childhood adversity and cannabis use are considered independent risk factors for psychosis, but whether different patterns of cannabis use may be acting as mediator between adversity and psychotic disorders has not yet been explored. The aim of this study is to examine whether cannabis use mediates the relationship between childhood adversity and psychosis. Methods Data were...