Linking substance use with symptoms of subclinical psychosis in a community cohort over 30 years

Rössler, Wulf; Hengartner, Michael Pascal; Angst, Jules; Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta

doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03760.x

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Linking substance use with symptoms of subclinical psychosis in a community cohort over 30 years
Authors:	Rössler, Wulf Hengartner, Michael Pascal Angst, Jules Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta
DOI:	10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03760.x
Published in:	Addiction
Volume(Issue):	107
Issue:	6
Page(s):	1174
Pages to:	1184
Issue Date:	2012
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Wiley
ISSN:	0965-2140 1360-0443
Language:	English
Subjects:	Female; Humans; Male; Prospective Studies; Psychoses, Substance-Induced; Schizophrenia; Substance-Related Disorders; Young Adult
Subject (DDC):	616.89: Mental disorders, clinical psychology and psychiatry
Abstract:	Aims: The aim of the study was to examine the temporal associations between substance use and subclinical psychosis symptoms. Design: Data from a prospective community study sampled within a single cohort over 30 years (1978-2008) were analysed with discrete‐time hazard models. Setting: General population‐based sample. Participants: At initial sampling in 1978 males (n = 292) were 19 and females (n = 299) were 20 years old. Measurements: Two psychosis syndromes representing ‘schizotypal signs’ and ‘schizophrenia nuclear symptoms’ and various substance use variables including cannabis, alcohol, tobacco and multiple‐drug use (i.e. cannabis combined with other drugs). Findings: In bivariate analyses, schizotypal signs were predominantly associated with regular cannabis use in adolescence (OR = 2.29, 95% CI 1.32-3.97). Schizophrenia nuclear symptoms were mainly related to alcohol (OR = 1.84, 95% CI 1.00-3.38) and multiple‐drug use (OR = 2.35, 95% CI 1.38-4.02) during adolescence. Multivariate analyses showed that, in particular, regular cannabis use during adolescence was associated with the occurrence of subsequent schizotypal symptoms over a 30‐year period (OR = 2.60, 95% CI; 1.59-4.23), whereas multiple‐drug use in adolescence was associated predominantly with schizophrenia nuclear symptoms (OR = 1.75, 95% CI 1.01-3.03). Alcohol misuse was only slightly associated with the onset of such symptoms. Conclusions: A significant portion of the occurrence of subclinical psychosis symptoms in adulthood can be attributed to excessive cannabis and multiple‐drug use during adolescence. This is in line with the hypothesis that long‐term sensitization of dopaminergic brain receptors plays a role in developing psychotic symptoms.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/15120
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Departement:	Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit:	Psychological Institute (PI)
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Rössler, W., Hengartner, M. P., Angst, J., & Ajdacic-Gross, V. (2012). Linking substance use with symptoms of subclinical psychosis in a community cohort over 30 years. Addiction, 107(6), 1174–1184. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03760.x

Rössler, W. et al. (2012) ‘Linking substance use with symptoms of subclinical psychosis in a community cohort over 30 years’, Addiction, 107(6), pp. 1174–1184. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03760.x.

W. Rössler, M. P. Hengartner, J. Angst, and V. Ajdacic-Gross, “Linking substance use with symptoms of subclinical psychosis in a community cohort over 30 years,” Addiction, vol. 107, no. 6, pp. 1174–1184, 2012, doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03760.x.

RÖSSLER, Wulf, Michael Pascal HENGARTNER, Jules ANGST und Vladeta AJDACIC-GROSS, 2012. Linking substance use with symptoms of subclinical psychosis in a community cohort over 30 years. Addiction. 2012. Bd. 107, Nr. 6, S. 1174–1184. DOI 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03760.x

Rössler, Wulf, Michael Pascal Hengartner, Jules Angst, and Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross. 2012. “Linking Substance Use with Symptoms of Subclinical Psychosis in a Community Cohort over 30 Years.” Addiction 107 (6): 1174–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03760.x.

Rössler, Wulf, et al. “Linking Substance Use with Symptoms of Subclinical Psychosis in a Community Cohort over 30 Years.” Addiction, vol. 107, no. 6, 2012, pp. 1174–84, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03760.x.