The Brisbane longitudinal twin study: Pathways to cannabis use, abuse, and dependence project - Current status, preliminary results, and future directions

N A Gillespie; A K Henders; T A Davenport; Daniel F Hermens; M J Wright; N G Martin; I B Hickie

doi:10.1017/thg.2012.111

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The Brisbane longitudinal twin study: Pathways to cannabis use, abuse, and dependence project - Current status, preliminary results, and future directions

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The Brisbane longitudinal twin study: Pathways to cannabis use, abuse, and dependence project - Current status, preliminary results, and future directions

N A Gillespie, A K Henders, T A Davenport, Daniel F Hermens, M J Wright, N G Martin and I B Hickie

Twin Research and Human Genetics, Vol.16(1), pp.21-33

2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2012.111

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Abstract

cannabis

abuse

dependence

Brisbane longitudinal twin study

comorbidity

genes

environment

We describe the data being collected from the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study in Australia as part of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded project, Pathways to Cannabis Use, Abuse and Dependence. The history, recruitment, assessment, and retention of twin families in this project are described in detail, along with preliminary findings and plans for future research. The goal of this NIDA project is to make a significant contribution to the discovery of quantitative trait loci influencing cannabis use disorders. Although the focus is cannabis use, abuse, and dependence in young adults, measures of comorbid illicit drug use disorders are also being collected. In addition, a variety of internalizing and externalizing disorders are being assessed, funded by support from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council. Because these same twins have participated in numerous twin studies since 1992, future plans will include linking different phenotypes to investigate relationships between drug use, psychiatric disorders, and psychological phenotypes within cross-sectional and longitudinal or developmental frameworks. Copyright © The Authors 2012.

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Title: The Brisbane longitudinal twin study: Pathways to cannabis use, abuse, and dependence project - Current status, preliminary results, and future directions
Authors: N A Gillespie (Author) - Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
A K Henders (Author) - Queensland Institute of Medical Research
T A Davenport (Author) - University of Sydney
Daniel F Hermens (Author) - University of Sydney
M J Wright (Author) - Queensland Institute of Medical Research
N G Martin (Author) - Queensland Institute of Medical Research
I B Hickie (Author) - University of Sydney
Publication details: Twin Research and Human Genetics, Vol.16(1), pp.21-33
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date published: 2013
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.111
ISSN: 1832-4274
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Thompson Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450805502621
Output Type: Journal article

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