Daily marijuana use and suicidality: The unique impact of social anxiety

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-392

  Buckner, Julia D ^a   Joiner, Thomas E ^b   Schmidt, Norman B ^b   Zvolensky, Michael J ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Marijuana; Social anxiety; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857047829     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.11.019     Document Type: Article

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