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Edmund Silins

2 papers in the library · 76 citations · publishing 2007-2010

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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...

Qualitative Review of Serotonin Syndrome, Ecstasy (MDMA) and the use of Other Serotonergic Substances: Hierarchy of Risk

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry July 25, 2007 Edmund Silins, Jan Copeland, Paul Dillon 76 citations

Growth of the antidepressant market and widespread use of the illicit drug ecstasy (methylenedioxymethamphetamine; MDMA) creates a need to delineate the potential harms associated with the concomitant use of ecstasy and serotonergic pharmaceutical drugs. One such harm is serotonin syndrome. The study aimed to synthesize the risk of serotonin syndrome associated with the concomitant use of...