Ben Farhat, Jihane Hessamfar, Mojgan Neau, Didier Farbos, Sophie Lazaro, Estibaliz Duffau, Pierre Rouanes, Nicolas Cazanave, Charles Pistone, Thierry Rispal, Patrick
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We investigated people living with HIV (PLWH)'s exposure to COVID-19 pandemic stressors and their association with distress, psychological growth, and substance use. PLWH in the ANRS CO3 AQUIVIH-NA cohort's QuAliV study (Nouvelle Aquitaine, France) completed an adapted CAIR Lab Pandemic Impact Questionnaire (C-PIQ) and reported substance use betwee...
Schwartz, Naomi Poon, Theresa Hammond, David Hobin, Erin
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Substance use & misuse
Population prevalence and patterns of cannabis use for mental health (CUMH) are underexplored. This is important to understand in the Canadian territories which has the highest prevalence of cannabis use in Canada. This study aimed to examine socio-demographic factors associated with CUMH in the territories and associations between CUMH and cannabi...
Davies-Owen, Jennifer Christiansen, Paul Roberts, Carl Alexander
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Substance use & misuse
The Cannabis Eating Experience Questionnaire (CEEQ) was developed and validated with a two-factor structure for the assessment of cannabis effects on both the appetitive factors that initiate eating and the hedonic factors that maintain an eating episode. The relationship between the CEEQ and cannabis use motives has not yet been considered. The st...
Subramaniam, Punitha Prescot, Andrew Yancey, James McGlade, Erin Renshaw, Perry Yurgelun-Todd, Deborah
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Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior
Cannabis (CB) use and psychological stressors increase oxidative stress in the brain. Glutathione (GSH), the most abundant antioxidant in the brain, protects against oxidative stress. Furthermore, distress intolerance, the inability to tolerate psychological or physiological stress is a risk factor for CB use. The relationship between CB use, brain...
Mattingly, Delvon T Mezuk, Briana Elliott, Michael R Neighbors, Harold W Fleischer, Nancy L
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Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
Mental health problems in emerging adulthood are linked to tobacco and cannabis use, but whether race and ethnicity modifies these associations is unclear. We used data from wave 4 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study (youth n = 6898, young adult n = 10,304) to conduct latent class analysis (LCA) of six past 30-day tobacco and c...
Leclerc, Léa Fakra, Eric Pignon, Baptiste Benyamina, Amine Gaillard, Raphaël Rolland, Benjamin
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L'Encephale
To explore the opinions of French psychiatrists toward the legalization of medical or recreational use of cannabis in France. Psycan was an anonymous Internet survey conducted between September 28, 2021 and March 29, 2022, among subscribers of the Encéphale Online community, i.e., approximately 4000 French psychiatrists. Participants were asked to ...
Morin, Charles M Vézina-Im, Lydi-Anne Chen, Si-Jing Ivers, Hans Carney, Colleen E Chaput, Jean-Philippe Dang-Vu, Thien Thanh Davidson, Judith R Belleville, Geneviève Lorrain, Dominique
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Sleep medicine
To estimate the prevalence of insomnia and the use of sleep aids among Canadian adults. Data were derived from a phone interview conducted (April to October 2023) with a stratified, population-based sample of 4037 adults (57.6 % females; mean age 50.6 ± 18.4; range 18-102 years old) living in Canada. Post-stratified survey weights were included in ...
Fanninger, Selina Mayer, Anna Goreis, Andreas Kothgassner, Oswald D Matjazic, Julia Schoegl, Paul Schmelzle, Nicolas Wollenek, Valentin Skala, Katrin
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Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater
Auch wenn die vorliegenden Ergebnisse nicht optimal zu verallgemeinern sind, da ein retrospektives Online-Format und eine Gelegenheitsstichprobe angewendet wurden, unterstützen sie die Auffassung, dass bestimmten Untergruppen besondere Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt werden sollte, wie jüngeren Leuten und Personen, die bereits während der Pandemie einen p...
Hacker, Kiana J Chen-Sankey, Julia Leventhal, Adam M Choi, Kelvin
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Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
Examine if concerns for police brutality, societal discrimination, and school shootings relate to subsequent cigarette and cannabis use among Hispanic and non-Hispanic White (NHW) youth. Hispanic youth may be particularly vulnerable to such concern. Data are from the University of Southern California's Happiness and Health Survey, a prospective coh...
Santoni, Michele Pistis, Marco
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Biological psychiatry
The devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have underscored the significant threat infectious diseases pose to our society. Pregnancy represents a particularly vulnerable period for infections, which can compromise maternal health and increase the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring. Preclinical and clinical investigations sugge...
