Youths with mood disorders who use marijuana at higher risk of death, self-harm

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/m-ywm011521.php

 

News Release 19-Jan-2021
Not only might youth with mood disorders of greater severity be more inclined to use cannabis than less severely affected youth, but cannabis use can also worsen symptoms and interfere with successful mood disorder treatment
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

 

Youths with mood disorders who use and abuse cannabis (marijuana) have a higher risk for self-harm, death by all causes and death by unintentional overdose and homicide, according to research led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and The Ohio State University College of Medicine.


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