Can marijuana make it better? Prospective effects of marijuana and temperament on risk for anxiety and depression.

ABSTRACT: Increases in marijuana use in recent years highlight the importance of understanding how marijuana affects mental health. Of particular relevance is the effect of marijuana use on anxiety and depression given that marijuana use is highest among late adolescents/early adults, the same age range in which risk for anxiety and depression is the highest. Here we examine how marijuana use moderates the effects of temperament on level of anxiety and depression in a prospective design in which baseline marijuana use and temperament predict anxiety and depression 1 year later. We found that harm avoidance (HA) is associated with higher anxiety and depression a year later, but only among those low in marijuana use. Those higher in marijuana use show no relation between HA and symptoms of anxiety and

SUBMITTER: Grunberg VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4588070 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature