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Early onset of cannabis use and violent behavior in psychosis

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2020

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Moulin, Valerie
Alameda, Luis
Framorando, David
Baumann, Philipp-S.
Gholam, Mehdi
Gasser, Jacques
Do Cuenod, Kim-Q.
Conus, Philippe

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Cambridge University Press, on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association
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Background: Although evidence from psychosis patients demonstrates the adverse effects of cannabis use (CU) at a young age and that the rate of CU is high in subgroups of young violent patients with psychotic disorders, little is known about the possible effect of the age of onset of CU on later violent behaviors (VB). So, we aimed to explore the impact of age at onset of CU on the risk of displaying VB in a cohort of early psychosis patients. Method: Data were collected prospectively over a 36-month period in the context of an early psychosis cohort study. A total of 265 patients, aged 18–35 years, were included in the study. Logistic regression was performed to assess the link between age of onset of substance use and VB. Results: Among the 265 patients, 72 had displayed VB and 193 had not. While violent patients began using cannabis on average at age 15.29 (0.45), nonviolent patients had started on average at age 16.97 (0.35) (p = 0.004). Early-onset CU (up to age 15) was a risk factor for VB (odds ratio = 4.47, confidence interval [CI]: 1.13–20.06) when the model was adjusted for age group, other types of substance use, being a user or a nonuser and various violence risk factors and covariates. History of violence and early CU (until 15) were the two main risk factors for VB. Conclusions: Our results suggest that early-onset CU may play a role in the emergence of VB in early psychosis.

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Medical Subject Headings::Persons::Persons::Age Groups::Adolescent
Medical Subject Headings::Persons::Persons::Age Groups::Adult
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation::Quality of Health Care::Epidemiologic Factors::Age Factors::Age of Onset
Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Plants::Viridiplantae::Streptophyta::Embryophyta::Angiosperms::Cannabaceae::Cannabis
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies::Cohort Studies
Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Female
Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Models, Statistical::Logistic Models
Medical Subject Headings::Check Tags::Male
Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Chemically-Induced Disorders::Substance-Related Disorders::Marijuana Abuse
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Probability::Odds Ratio
Medical Subject Headings::Psychiatry and Psychology::Mental Disorders::Schizophrenia and Disorders with Psychotic Features::Psychotic Disorders
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Probability::Risk::Risk Factors
Medical Subject Headings::Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena::Social Sciences::Sociology::Social Problems::Violence
Medical Subject Headings::Persons::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Young Adult

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Cannabis use, Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Violent behavior, Uso de la marihuana, Trastornos psicóticos, Esquizofrenia

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Moulin V, Alameda L, Framorando D, Baumann PS, Gholam M, Gasser J, et al. Early onset of cannabis use and violent behavior in psychosis. Eur Psychiatry. 2020 Jul 16;63(1):e78