Cannabis and Psychosis: The Link Between THC Use and Mental Health Risks
Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast
David J Puder
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Dive deep into the connection between cannabis (THC) and psychosis in this enlightening episode with Dr. David Puder. Explore cutting-edge research on how cannabis impacts neurodevelopment, particularly during adolescence, and discover genetic and environmental factors that can amplify psychosis risk. This episode provides valuable insights into recognizing cannabis-induced psychotic symptoms, understanding the importance of early intervention, and implementing effective strategies for treatment and prevention. Essential listening for mental health professionals, educators, parents, and anyone interested in the nuanced relationship between cannabis use and mental health.
By listening to this episode, you can earn 1.25 Psychiatry CME Credits.
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome back to the podcast. |
| 0:15.0 | I am joined today with Daniel Suevas. |
| 0:19.0 | He is an MS4 at Loma Linda, Liam Brown, and Christopher Campbell, both back for more. And we are going |
| 0:27.1 | to be doing a deep dive into cannabis and psychosis. I want to say, |
| 0:31.9 | Cosis THC, we'll title this Refer Madness 2.0, just kidding. And we will be treading the line |
| 0:42.4 | into as close as truth as we can. We have no conflicts of |
| 0:46.9 | interest. If you're listening to this, we are not paid by big cannabis or big |
| 0:53.3 | pharma. We have received no dollars from either of them. Which is nice because |
| 0:59.4 | we don't have a stake in the game. I get these emails all the time for people |
| 1:02.5 | who have a real large conflict of interest. |
| 1:05.4 | They want to shell out their specific thing that they get paid for and I'm not interested. |
| 1:10.8 | I'm interested in only bringing you the closest thing to the truth possible. |
| 1:15.1 | So yeah, welcome, welcome to the podcast, welcome guys. |
| 1:19.1 | And this will be part one in a what three parts series, Liam? |
| 1:23.1 | Yeah, one or two or three parts. |
| 1:25.7 | Two or three parts. |
| 1:26.6 | Depending on how much. |
| 1:27.4 | We've got like 60 pages of notes |
| 1:29.0 | from multiple different subfields of this field. |
| 1:33.5 | So yeah, we've got a lot to talk about. |
| 1:36.6 | Today we really wanted to focus on cannabis and psychosis. |
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