I'm posting this because it's a calm and sensible look at how THC can possibly cause psychosis, and it does a nice job of talking about the problems of the evidence and the complications of...
I'm posting this because it's a calm and sensible look at how THC can possibly cause psychosis, and it does a nice job of talking about the problems of the evidence and the complications of causality.
It's a detailed technical document though.
IS CANNABIS CAUSALLY RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS?
There are a number of confounding factors that need to be considered when interpreting any association between cannabis exposure and mental health outcomes.
I really do appreciate this article. I'm one of those 'vulnerable populations,' has been hospitalized with psychosis. I can directly attribute it to over-consumption. I've been able to...
I really do appreciate this article. I'm one of those 'vulnerable populations,' has been hospitalized with psychosis. I can directly attribute it to over-consumption. I've been able to re-introduce marijuana into my consumption despite this now that I'm a middle-ager who is consuming responsibly and not a young adult doing the pot equivalent to binge drinking. I do 2 tokes of something strong now and I get the benefits without seeing any of the psychosis that I was experiencing before.
This right here, I think is one of the most important points when people try to draw causality conclusions:
Also, there is the simple fact that, while rates of cannabis use show large variation across the world, the rates of schizophrenia are fairly uniform at a country-by-country level, speaking to there being no major effect at a population level.
Most of the causal links that have been determined have more to do with 'activating' a latent psychosis earlier than otherwise would, rather than inducing it. And that's a pretty important distinction....heck in some ways it's probably better to have someone learn about their schizo tendencies in their early adulthood rather than their mid-life crisis.
@vord thanks for sharing your experience and glad to hear you came out on the other side. Your last paragraph tracks with my understanding of things from the last time I looked into it (which was...
@vord thanks for sharing your experience and glad to hear you came out on the other side. Your last paragraph tracks with my understanding of things from the last time I looked into it (which was well over a decade ago, I think).
Its good to see some solid research on cannabis use. Family member who is a psychiatrist has talked about the link to schizophrenia and psychosis, particularly in some of their young patients....
Its good to see some solid research on cannabis use. Family member who is a psychiatrist has talked about the link to schizophrenia and psychosis, particularly in some of their young patients. People who now wish they'd never smoked but had no idea how dangerous it could be to their mental health because they believed the messaging that cannabis is harmless.
I'm posting this because it's a calm and sensible look at how THC can possibly cause psychosis, and it does a nice job of talking about the problems of the evidence and the complications of causality.
It's a detailed technical document though.
I really do appreciate this article. I'm one of those 'vulnerable populations,' has been hospitalized with psychosis. I can directly attribute it to over-consumption. I've been able to re-introduce marijuana into my consumption despite this now that I'm a middle-ager who is consuming responsibly and not a young adult doing the pot equivalent to binge drinking. I do 2 tokes of something strong now and I get the benefits without seeing any of the psychosis that I was experiencing before.
This right here, I think is one of the most important points when people try to draw causality conclusions:
Most of the causal links that have been determined have more to do with 'activating' a latent psychosis earlier than otherwise would, rather than inducing it. And that's a pretty important distinction....heck in some ways it's probably better to have someone learn about their schizo tendencies in their early adulthood rather than their mid-life crisis.
@vord thanks for sharing your experience and glad to hear you came out on the other side. Your last paragraph tracks with my understanding of things from the last time I looked into it (which was well over a decade ago, I think).
@gowestyoungman, when conducting medical research was hard to impossible and the best known source of that concern was Reefer Madness, it’s not hard to ignore Officer Bob and Volunteer Karen when they show up at your middle school.
Tangentially related, everyone should watch the Reefer Madness 2005 movie-musical-parody.
Its good to see some solid research on cannabis use. Family member who is a psychiatrist has talked about the link to schizophrenia and psychosis, particularly in some of their young patients. People who now wish they'd never smoked but had no idea how dangerous it could be to their mental health because they believed the messaging that cannabis is harmless.