The contribution of cannabis use to the increased psychosis risk among minority ethnic groups in Europe

J P Selten; M Di Forti; D Quattrone; P B Jones; H E Jongsma; C Gayer-Anderson; A Szöke; P M Llorca; C Arango; M Bernardo; J Sanjuan; J L Santos; M Arrojo; I Tarricone; D Berardi; A Lasalvia; S Tosato; C la Cascia; E Velthorst; E M A van der Ven; L de Haan; B P Rutten; J van Os; J B Kirkbride; C M Morgan; R M Murray; F Termorshuizen

doi:10.1017/S0033291724001004

The contribution of cannabis use to the increased psychosis risk among minority ethnic groups in Europe

J P Selten, M Di Forti, D Quattrone, P B Jones, H E Jongsma, C Gayer-Anderson, A Szöke, P M Llorca, C Arango, M Bernardo, J Sanjuan, J L Santos, M Arrojo, I Tarricone, D Berardi, A Lasalvia, S Tosato, C la Cascia, E Velthorst, E M A van der VenL de Haan, B P Rutten, J van Os, J B Kirkbride, C M Morgan, R M Murray, F Termorshuizen

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BACKGROUND: We examined whether cannabis use contributes to the increased risk of psychotic disorder for non-western minorities in Europe.

METHODS: We used data from the EU-GEI study (collected at sites in Spain, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands) on 825 first-episode patients and 1026 controls. We estimated the odds ratio (OR) of psychotic disorder for several groups of migrants compared with the local reference population, without and with adjustment for measures of cannabis use.

RESULTS: The OR of psychotic disorder for non-western minorities, adjusted for age, sex, and recruitment area, was 1.80 (95% CI 1.39-2.33). Further adjustment of this OR for frequency of cannabis use had a minimal effect: OR = 1.81 (95% CI 1.38-2.37). The same applied to adjustment for frequency of use of high-potency cannabis. Likewise, adjustments of ORs for most sub-groups of non-western countries had a minimal effect. There were two exceptions. For the Black Caribbean group in London, after adjustment for frequency of use of high-potency cannabis the OR decreased from 2.45 (95% CI 1.25-4.79) to 1.61 (95% CI 0.74-3.51). Similarly, the OR for Surinamese and Dutch Antillean individuals in Amsterdam decreased after adjustment for daily use: from 2.57 (95% CI 1.07-6.15) to 1.67 (95% CI 0.62-4.53).

CONCLUSIONS: The contribution of cannabis use to the excess risk of psychotic disorder for non-western minorities was small. However, some evidence of an effect was found for people of Black Caribbean heritage in London and for those of Surinamese and Dutch Antillean heritage in Amsterdam.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2937-2946
Number of pages	10
Journal	Psychological medicine
Volume	54
Issue number	11
Early online date	9 May 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724001004
Publication status	Published - Aug 2024

Keywords

aetiology
Africa
amphetamine
cannabis
Caribbean
cocaine
ethnicity
migration
pathogenesis
psychotic disorder
schizophrenia
Surinam

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Selten, J. P., Di Forti, M., Quattrone, D., Jones, P. B., Jongsma, H. E., Gayer-Anderson, C., Szöke, A., Llorca, P. M., Arango, C., Bernardo, M., Sanjuan, J., Santos, J. L., Arrojo, M., Tarricone, I., Berardi, D., Lasalvia, A., Tosato, S., la Cascia, C., Velthorst, E., ... Termorshuizen, F. (2024). The contribution of cannabis use to the increased psychosis risk among minority ethnic groups in Europe. Psychological medicine, 54(11), 2937-2946. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724001004

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Selten, JP, Di Forti, M, Quattrone, D, Jones, PB, Jongsma, HE, Gayer-Anderson, C, Szöke, A, Llorca, PM, Arango, C, Bernardo, M, Sanjuan, J, Santos, JL, Arrojo, M, Tarricone, I, Berardi, D, Lasalvia, A, Tosato, S, la Cascia, C, Velthorst, E, van der Ven, EMA, de Haan, L, Rutten, BP, van Os, J, Kirkbride, JB, Morgan, CM, Murray, RM & Termorshuizen, F 2024, 'The contribution of cannabis use to the increased psychosis risk among minority ethnic groups in Europe', Psychological medicine, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 2937-2946. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724001004

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