Understanding the role of cannabis in patients with suicidal ideation presenting to the emergency department: systematic chart review
There appears to be stability in the patient profile of those presenting to the emergency department with a complaint relating to suicide while reporting cannabis use from the period directly following legalisation in Canada, to a similar time frame 2 years later despite reported increased use of cannabis in the general population over this period. Despite the rising potency and access to legal cannabis, suicide risk remains stable, although concerning.
Authors
- Maria Simmons
- Kirk Magee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7847-5765)
- Sabina Abidi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5002-5810)
- Cynthia Calkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4673-3990)
- Candice E. Crocker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8102-1716)
- Sherry H. Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3350-2712)
- Philip G. Tibbo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2070-6495)
- Derek J. Fisher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2366-8225)
- Jason G. Emsley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9672-6329)
- Igor Yakovenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3544-6200)
- Alix Carter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1542-1521)
Institutions
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Mount Saint Vincent University (CA)
- Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre (CA)
- Nova Scotia Health Authority (CA)
- Saint Vincent Health System (US)
- Children's Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJPsych Open
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2025.10776
- Primary Topic
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00