Cannabis Use and Hypomania in Young People: A Prospective Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cannabis use in young people is common and associated with psychiatric disorders. However, the prospective link between cannabis use and bipolar disorder symptoms has rarely been investigated. The study hypothesis was that adolescent cannabis use is associated with hypomania in early adulthood via several potential etiological pathways.

Methods

Data were used from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a UK birth cohort study. The prospective link between cannabis use at age 17 and hypomania at age 22-23 years was tested using regression analysis, adjusted for gender, early environmental risk factors, alcohol and drug use, and depression and psychotic symptoms at age 18 years. Path analysis examined direct and indirect effects of the link and whether

SUBMITTER: Marwaha S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6192498 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature