Cannabis, alcohol, and psychosis links scrutinized by AJP
The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update February 10, 2022 DOI: 10.1002/cpu.30653 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Cannabis |
| Key points | Raises the question of whether cannabis use precipitates first-episode psychosis or whether patients use cannabis to self-medicate their symptoms, framing it as an unresolved "chicken-and-egg" problem for clinicians. The text poses the question without answering it and reports no data. |
Abstract
The January issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) focuses on the interactions between alcohol use, cannabis use, substance use disorders (SUDs), and other psychiatric illnesses. One of the biggest questions for clinicians treating patients with first‐episode psychosis when cannabis has been involved is the chicken‐and‐egg question — was the psychosis brought on by cannabis use or was the patient using it to self‐medicate?