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Newest firstThe endocannabinoid system comprises cannabinoid receptors (CBRs) 1 & 2, endocannabinoids (eCBs) anandamide (AEA) and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), and the enzymes that regulate their production and degradation. ECS plays a significant role in both health and disease. It influences neuronal and glial communications, neurotransmitter regulations, neuroinflammation, and behavioral alterations. Neuropsychiatric symp…
Open article record in new tab ↗This study aimed to systematically review and synthesise the available evidence on the prevalence and associations between psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) and substance use in children and adolescents aged ⩽17 years, prior to the typical age of development of prodromal symptoms of psychosis. As substance use has been associated with earlier age of psychosis onset and more severe illness, identifying risk process…
Open article record in new tab ↗Evidence for an association between cannabis and psychosis has been documented in literature in many forms including experimental studies, epidemiological data, and case series. The association has implications for psychotic outcomes ranging from mild to severe and occurring over minutes to years. Due to the huge variety of exposures and outcome measures reported, creating a coherent account of all the available i…
Open article record in new tab ↗Paranoia is receiving increasing attention in its own right, since it is a central experience of psychotic disorders and a marker of the health of a society. Paranoia is associated with use of the most commonly taken illicit drug, cannabis. The objective was to determine whether the principal psychoactive ingredient of cannabis—∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—causes paranoia and to use the drug as a probe to identif…
Open article record in new tab ↗It is clinically and theoretically plausible that insomnia contributes to the development and maintenance of paranoid fears. The primary aim of the study was to establish in a large sample whether insomnia and paranoia are associated more strongly than by chance. Cross-sectional data on paranoia, insomnia, anxiety, worry, depression, irritability, and cannabis use were obtained from the second British National Sur…
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