Cannabis use is both independently associated with and mediates worse psychosocial health in patients with epilepsy.

Sandra WahbyVikram KarnikAnita BrobbeySamuel WiebeTolulope SajobiColin Bruce Josephson

Published in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2019)

There is a strong and independent association between cannabis use and poor psychosocial health, and it partially mediates the deleterious effect of a psychiatric history on these same outcomes. Inclusion of PROMs in future cannabis trials is warranted.

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