Citation

McDonald AJ, Kurdyak P, Rehm J, Roerecke M, Bondy SJ. Psychiatry Res. 2023; 332: e115694.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115694

PMID

38176165

Abstract

Epidemiologic research suggests a modest association between youth cannabis use and mood and anxiety disorders (MADs). However, current evidence is based mostly on cohort studies using data from the 20th century when cannabis was significantly less potent than today. We linked population-based survey data from 2009 to 2012 with administrative records of health services covered under universal healthcare up to 2017. The cohort included youth aged 12 to 24 years at baseline living in Ontario, Canada with no prior MAD health service use (n = 8,252). We conducted a multivariable Cox model to estimate the association between cannabis use frequency (never,

Language: en

Keywords

Psychiatry; Cannabis; Youth; Mood disorders; Anxiety disorders