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Does Cannabidiol Protect Against Adverse Psychological Effects of THC?

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, January 2013
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16 news outlets
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3 blogs
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50 X users
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5 Facebook pages
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9 Wikipedia pages
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2 Google+ users
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387 Mendeley
Title
Does Cannabidiol Protect Against Adverse Psychological Effects of THC?
Published in
Frontiers in Psychiatry, January 2013
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00130
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Authors

Raymond J. M. Niesink, Margriet W. van Laar

Abstract

The recreational use of cannabis can have persistent adverse effects on mental health. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the main psychoactive constituent of cannabis, and most, if not all, of the effects associated with the use of cannabis are caused by THC. Recent studies have suggested a possible protective effect of another cannabinoid, cannabidiol (CBD). A literature search was performed in the bibliographic databases PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Science using the keyword "cannabidiol." After removing duplicate entries, 1295 unique titles remained. Based on the titles and abstracts, an initial selection was made. The reference lists of the publications identified in this manner were examined for additional references. Cannabis is not a safe drug. Depending on how often someone uses, the age of onset, the potency of the cannabis that is used and someone's individual sensitivity, the recreational use of cannabis may cause permanent psychological disorders. Most recreational users will never be faced with such persistent mental illness, but in some individuals cannabis use leads to undesirable effects: cognitive impairment, anxiety, paranoia, and increased risks of developing chronic psychosis or drug addiction. Studies examining the protective effects of CBD have shown that CBD can counteract the negative effects of THC. However, the question remains of how the laboratory results translate to the types of cannabis that are encountered by real-world recreational users.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Ireland 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 382 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 60 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 49 13%
Researcher 49 13%
Student > Master 45 12%
Other 28 7%
Other 56 14%
Unknown 100 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 57 15%
Psychology 44 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 37 10%
Neuroscience 33 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 21 5%
Other 74 19%
Unknown 121 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 195. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 December 2023.
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#205,660
of 25,582,611 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Psychiatry
#143
of 12,839 outputs
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#1,285
of 289,948 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychiatry
#4
of 185 outputs
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