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Cannabis use linked to increase in suicidality in young adults, especially women
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30599
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , cannabis , psychiatry , suicide ideation , psychology , suicide attempt , suicide prevention , suicide methods , clinical psychology , substance abuse , medicine , poison control , suicide rates , medical emergency
Cannabis use is associated with three types of suicidality in young adults: suicidal ideation (thoughts of suicide), suicide plans, and suicide attempts, according to a recent study by researchers from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) published in JAMA Network Open online June 22. The associations could not be proven causally, but the 40%–60% increase in suicidality — ideation, plan, attempt, and death — mirrors the increase in cannabis use.