Intellectual, neurocognitive, and academic achievement in abstinent adolescents with cannabis use disorder

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1467-1477

  Hooper, Stephen R ^a   Woolley, Donald ^b   De Bellis, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescence; Cannabis; Cannabis use disorder; Executive function; Marijuana; Memory; Neurocognition; Nicotine; Psychopathology; Substance use disorder

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS USE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; WORD RECOGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY;

DRONABINOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTENTION; DRONABINOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REMISSION INDUCTION; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84898596291     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3463-z     Document Type: Article

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