Do reward-processing deficits in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders promote cannabis use? An investigation of physiological response to natural rewards and drug cues | Zendy

Clifford Cassidy | Zendy; Mathieu B. Brodeur | Zendy; Martín Lepage | Zendy; Ashok Malla | Zendy

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Do reward-processing deficits in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders promote cannabis use? An investigation of physiological response to natural rewards and drug cues

Author(s) -

Clifford Cassidy,

Mathieu B. Brodeur,

Martín Lepage,

Ashok Malla

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of psychiatry and neuroscience

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.767

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1488-2434

pISSN - 1180-4882

DOI - 10.1503/jpn.130207

Subject(s) - cannabis , psychology , addiction , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , dysfunctional family , effects of cannabis , audiology , schizophrenia spectrum , psychiatry , clinical psychology , psychosis , medicine , cannabidiol

Dysfunctional reward processing is present in individuals with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSD) and may confer vulnerability to addiction. Our objective was to identify a deficit in patients with SSD on response to rewarding stimuli and determine whether this deficit predicts cannabis use.

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