Associations between adolescent cannabis use and neuropsychological decline: a longitudinal co-twin control study

Addiction

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 257-265

  Meier, Madeline H ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^b,c,d   Danese, Andrea ^d,e,f   Fisher, Helen L ^d   Houts, Renate ^b,c   Arseneault, Louise ^d   Moffitt, Terrie E ^b,c,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f National and Specialist Service Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabis; executive functions; IQ; longitudinal; marijuana; neuropsychological impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TWIN STUDY; TWINS; WALES;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TWINS; WALES;

EID: 85028758191     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13946     Document Type: Article

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