Understanding cannabis use and mental health difficulties in context with women's experiences of stressful events and social health issues in pregnancy: The Aboriginal Families Study

Mensah, Fiona K.; Glover, Karen; Leane, Cathy; Gartland, Deirdre; Nikolof, Arwen; Clark, Yvonne; Gee, Graham; Brown, Stephanie J.

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152455

Comprehensive Psychiatry

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152455

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Understanding cannabis use and mental health difficulties in context with women's experiences of stressful events and social health issues in pregnancy: The Aboriginal Families Study

Fiona K. Mensah,

Karen Glover,

Cathy Leane

et al.

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Cohort profile: The Aboriginal Families Study – a prospective cohort of Aboriginal children and their mothers and caregivers in South Australia

Glover,

Leane,

Nikolof

et al. 2024

BMJ Open

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PurposeThe Aboriginal Families Study is a prospective, intergenerational cohort study with well-established Aboriginal governance arrangements and community partnerships to support all research processes including data collection, interpretation and knowledge translation.Participants344 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children born in South Australia between July 2011 and June 2013 and their mothers and other primary caregivers. Two waves of survey data collection have been undertaken: early in the first year postpartum and when the study children were aged 5–8 years. Children participated in direct developmental assessments of their cognitive, speech and language development at 5–8 years of age. Social and cultural determinants of health and well-being have been assessed at each wave of data collection.Findings to datePublications and policy briefs to date focus on social determinants of women’s and children’s physical and mental health; identifying gaps in access to pregnancy, postnatal, primary, specialist and allied healthcare; and evidence that Aboriginal-led services in South Australia have improved women’s experiences and access to antenatal care.Future plansWave 3 follow-up is planned as the study children reach 14–16 years of age. Longitudinal follow-up of women and children in the cohort will generate new knowledge about factors promoting children and young people’s social and emotional well-being. Our goal is to build a stronger understanding of the potential for key domains of social and emotional well-being (eg, connection to community, family and kin, country and spirituality) to buffer the impacts of social determinants of health, including intergenerational trauma and social inequity.

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Cohort profile: The Aboriginal Families Study – a prospective cohort of Aboriginal children and their mothers and caregivers in South Australia

Glover,

Leane,

Nikolof

et al. 2024

BMJ Open

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Herbal Cannabis and Depression: A Review of Findings Published over the Last Three Years

Haller

2024

Pharmaceuticals

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Public perception contrasts scientific findings on the depression-related effects of cannabis. However, earlier studies were performed when cannabis was predominantly illegal, its production was mostly uncontrolled, and the idea of medical cannabis was incipient only. We hypothesized that recent changes in attitudes and legislations may have favorably affected research. In addition, publication bias against cannabis may have also decreased. To investigate this hypothesis, we conducted a review of research studies published over the last three years. We found 156 relevant research articles. In most cross-sectional studies, depression was higher in those who consumed cannabis than in those who did not. An increase in cannabis consumption was typically followed by an increase in depression, whereas withdrawal from cannabis ameliorated depression in most cases. Although medical cannabis reduced depression in most studies, none of these were placebo-controlled. In clinical studies published in the same period, the placebo also ameliorated depression and, in addition, the average effect size of the placebo was larger than the average effect size of medical cannabis. We also investigated the plausibility of the antidepressant effects of cannabis by reviewing molecular and pharmacological studies. Taken together, the reviewed findings do not support the antidepressant effects of herbal cannabis.

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Understanding cannabis use and mental health difficulties in context with women's experiences of stressful events and social health issues in pregnancy: The Aboriginal Families Study

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Cohort profile: The Aboriginal Families Study – a prospective cohort of Aboriginal children and their mothers and caregivers in South Australia

Cohort profile: The Aboriginal Families Study – a prospective cohort of Aboriginal children and their mothers and caregivers in South Australia

Herbal Cannabis and Depression: A Review of Findings Published over the Last Three Years

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