Obstetric Complications, Cannabis Use Predict Early Psychosis

[edgarshade]

Medscape today

Becky McCall

April 29, 2012 (Florence, Italy)

Obstetric complications and cannabis use are the 2 strongest predictors of early onset of psychosis, new research shows.

Presented here at the 3rd Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) Conference, results from an early intervention for psychosis pilot service known as DETECT (Dublin East Treatment and Early Care Team) showed that after controlling for all environmental factors, obstetric complications had the strongest significant influence on age of onset, followed by cannabis use.

"Previous studies have investigated one or two of these factors, but these factors are interrelated," principal investigator Brian O'Donoghue, MRCPsych, from the University College, Dublin, Ireland, told Medscape Medical News.

"We found that of these 5 factors, actually only 3 were associated with an earlier age of onset," he reported. "These were being male, a history of cannabis abuse, and obstetric complications."

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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/762937

 

[shishigami]

I can't read that but was wondering if they checked for alcohol use as well. Because I'm sure it would be an early predictor.