The Association between Cannabis Use, Mental Illness, and Suicidal Behavior: What is the Role of Hopelessness?

Serafini, Gianluca; Pompili, Maurizio; Innamorati, Marco; Temple, Elizabeth C.; Amore, Mario; Borgwardt, Stefan; Girardi, Paolo

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00125

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“…Early onset/adolescent cannabis use is investigated further in the next three articles. First, Serafini et al ( 8 ) explore the possible role of hopelessness as a mediator in the relationship between early cannabis use and suicidal behaviors, while Little et al ( 9 ) investigate predictors of cannabis cessation within a sample of high-school students. The next article, by Fallu et al ( 10 ), reports the findings of a latent class analysis of adolescent cannabis users, revealing four different use trajectories.…”

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Clearing the Smokescreen: The Current Evidence on Cannabis Use

Temple

2015

Front. Psychiatry

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Clearing the Smokescreen: The Current Evidence on Cannabis Use

Temple

2015

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“…Furthermore, the potential for loneliness to become chronic and in some cases pathological [20,21] is particularly evident during adolescence [22]. Indeed, the association between loneliness, hopelessness, psychiatric conditions and suicidal behaviour is well established in the adolescent research literature [see [23][24][25].…”

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Conceptualising Loneliness in Adolescents: Development and Validation of a Self-report Instrument

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Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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This paper reports the development and psychometric evaluations of a multidimensional model of loneliness in Australian adolescents. In the first study a new instrument was designed and administered to 1,074 adolescents (ages 10-18 years, M = 13.01). An exploratory factor analysis from data supplied by 694 of these participants yielded a 4-factor structure (friendship, isolation, negative attitude to solitude, and positive attitude to solitude). Competing measurement models were then evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis with data from the remaining 380 participants; strong support was demonstrated for the conceptual model. Significant main effects were evident for geographical location (rural remote/urban), age and sex. In a second study, involving 235 Australian adolescents (ages 10.0-16 years, M = 13.8) the superiority of the first-order model represented by four correlated factors was confirmed. The findings have clinical and practical implications for professional groups represented by child and adolescent psychiatry, pediatric and clinical psychology services, researchers, and educators. Specifically, the new self-report instrument identifies adolescents who are at risk of loneliness and its associated adverse outcomes and in doing has the potential to offer new insights into prevention and intervention.

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“…Globally, suicide is one of the most common causes of death among young people aged 10–24 years (6% of deaths) [ 1 ]. Suicidal behaviours (suicidal thoughts/ideation, suicidal attempts), which have increased among youth (13–18 years) and young adults (18–24 years), are associated with the earlier initiation of cannabis use [ 2 ]. This has led researchers to investigate if cannabis use is a risk factor that can trigger suicidal behaviours [ 3 ].…”

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Cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth: Can we democratize school policies using digital citizen science?

Katapally

2022

PLoS ONE

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Background School policies and programs are important in preventing Cannabis use among youth. This study uses an innovative digital citizen science approach to determine the association between Cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth while investigating how school health policies mediate this association. Methods The study engaged 818 youth (aged 13–18 years) and 27 educators as citizen scientists via their own smartphones. Youths responded to time-triggered validated surveys and ecological momentary assessments to report on a complex set of health behaviours and outcomes. Similarly, educators’ reported on substance misuse and mental health school policies and programs. Multivariable logistic regression modeling and mediation analyses were employed. Results 412 youth provided data on substance misuse and suicidal ideation. Cannabis use and other factors such as bullying, other illicit drug use, and youth who identified as females or other gender were associated with increased suicidal ideation. However, school policies and programs for substance misuse prevention did not mediate the association between Cannabis use and suicidal ideation. Conclusions In the digital age, it is critical to reimagine the role of schools in health policy interventions. Digital citizen science not only provides an opportunity to democratize school policymaking and implementation processes, but also provides a voice to vulnerable youth.

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The Association between Cannabis Use, Mental Illness, and Suicidal Behavior: What is the Role of Hopelessness?

Cited by 14 publications

References 55 publications

Clearing the Smokescreen: The Current Evidence on Cannabis Use

Clearing the Smokescreen: The Current Evidence on Cannabis Use

Conceptualising Loneliness in Adolescents: Development and Validation of a Self-report Instrument

Cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth: Can we democratize school policies using digital citizen science?

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