August 2026: Cognitive, Electrophysiological, and Behavioral Presentation of First-Episode Psychosis With or Without Cannabis Exposure

Dr. Deepak Cyril D'Souza (Yale University School of Medicine) joins the podcast to discuss a study looking at two cohorts of patients hospitalized with first instances of psychosis, one with cannabis exposure and one without. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin takes us through the August issue of the Journal, which takes a look at issues surrounding schizophrenia spectrum disorder, from the clinical to basic science.

• 00:40 D'Souza interview
• 02:38 Subtyping and schizophrenia spectrum disorder
• 04:19 Relapse and long-term implications for cannabis induced psychosis
• 05:43 Improvements in cognition
• 08:03 Differences between the groups
• 09:26 Greater access and greater potency of cannabis products
• 11:29 Further research
• 13:45 Kalin interview
• 13:59 D'Souza et al.
• 21:34 Forsyth et al.
• 27:36 Enwright et al.

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