Impact of cannabis use on long-term remission in bipolar I and schizoaffective disorder Kim, Sung-Wan, Dodd, Seetal, Berk, Lesley, Kulkarni, Jayashri, de Castella, Anthony, Fitzgerald, Paul B., Kim, Jae-Min, Yoon, Jin-Sang and Berk, Michael 2015, Impact of cannabis use on long-term remission in bipolar I and schizoaffective disorder, Psychiatry Investigation, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 349-355, doi: 10.4306/pi.2015.12.3.349. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads dodd-impactofcannabis-2015.pdf Published version application/pdf 2.27MB 13 Title Impact of cannabis use on long-term remission in bipolar I and schizoaffective disorder Author(s) Kim, Sung-Wan Dodd, Seetal orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-4636 Berk, Lesley orcid.org/0000-0002-3677-7503 Kulkarni, Jayashri de Castella, Anthony Fitzgerald, Paul B. Kim, Jae-Min Yoon, Jin-Sang Berk, Michael orcid.org/0000-0002-5554-6946 Journal name Psychiatry Investigation Volume number 12 Issue number 3 Start page 349 End page 355 Total pages 7 Publisher Korean Neuropsychiatric Association Place of publication Seoul, Korea (South) Publication date 2015-07 ISSN 1738-3684 Keyword(s) Bipolar disorder Cannabis Observational study Remission Schizoaffective disorder Substance Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Psychiatry EXTREME ATTRIBUTIONS PREDICT 1ST HOSPITALIZATION SUBSTANCE-ABUSE GENDER-DIFFERENCES COOCCURRING ALCOHOL CIGARETTE-SMOKING AUSTRALIAN COHORT PSYCHOTIC MANIA MENTAL-HEALTH RATING-SCALE Summary OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of regular cannabis use on long-term remission of mood symptoms in bipolar spectrum disorders. METHODS: The 24-month prospective observational study included patients (n=239) with bipolar I disorder and schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. Participants were classified as regular cannabis users (three times or more per week) or non-users. The primary outcome measure was the achievement of remission on the evaluations during the 24 months. RESULTS: Of the 234 participants for whom data was available, 25 (10.7%) were regular cannabis users, and the group comprised significantly more males than females. In the total population, cannabis use was significantly associated with decreased likelihood of remission during the 24-month follow-up period. Subgroup analyses showed that cannabis use was significantly associated with lower remission rates on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale in females (n=139) and patients prescribed mood stabilizers alone (n=151), whereas in males (n=95) and patients prescribed olanzapine and/or a mood stabilizer (n=83), cannabis use was significantly associated with lower remission rates on the Young Mania Rating Scale. Remission rates were lowest in the concurrent cannabis and tobacco smoking group (n=22) followed by the tobacco smoking only group (n=97), and the non-smoker group (n=116). The post-hoc analysis revealed that all remission rates were significantly lower in the concurrent cannabis and the tobacco smoking group compared to the non-smoker group. CONCLUSION: Cannabis use negatively affects the long-term clinical outcome in patients with bipolar spectrum disorders. A comprehensive assessment and integrated management of cannabis use are required to achieve better treatment outcomes for bipolar spectrum disorders. Language eng DOI 10.4306/pi.2015.12.3.349 Field of Research 110999 Neurosciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920410 Mental Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, Korean Neuropsychiatric Association Free to Read? 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