Journal article
Online interventions for cannabis use among adolescents and young adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Anna Beneria, Olga Santesteban-Echarri, Constanza Daigre, Hailey Tremain, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, Patrick D McGorry, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez
EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY | WILEY | Published : 2022
DOI: 10.1111/eip.13226
Abstract
Background: Young people present high rates of cannabis use, abuse, and dependence. The United Nations estimates that roughly 3.8% of the global population aged 15–64 years used cannabis at least once in 2017. Cannabis use in young people may impair cognitive skills, interfere with learning, impact relationships, and lead to long term behavioural and psychological consequences. Online cannabis interventions (OCI) are increasingly popular, but their dissemination is not often supported by empirical evidence. Aim: To systematically compile and analyse the effectiveness of OCI for the reduction of cannabis use among adolescents and young adults (AYA). Methods: Pooled effect sizes of cannabis us..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank investigators who provided additional information including Dr. Christoff, Ms. Walukevich-Dienst and Dr. Buckner. The authors report no additional financial or other affiliation relevant to the subject of this article. OSE was supported by a Research Fellowship from the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation (Spain) and an Endeavour Research Fellowship (Australia). Funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. M.A-J. was supported by an Investigator Grant (APP1177235) from the National Health and Medical Research Council and a Dame Kate Campbell Fellowship from The University of Melbourne.