August 2026: Cognitive, Electrophysiological, and Behavioral Presentation of First-Episode Psychosis With or Without Cannabis Exposure

Dr. Deepak Cyril D'Souza (Yale University School of Medicine) joins the podcast to discuss a study looking at two cohorts of patients hospitalized with first instances of psychosis, one with cannabis exposure and one without. Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin takes us through the August issue of the Journal, which takes a look at issues surrounding schizophrenia spectrum disorder, from the clinical to basic science. 00:40 D'Souza interview 02:38 Subtyping and schizophrenia spectrum disorder 04:19 Relapse and long-term implications for cannabis induced psychosis 05:43 Improvements in cognition 08:03 Differences between the groups 09:26 Greater access and greater potency of cannabis products 11:29 Further research 13:45 Kalin interview 13:59 D'Souza et al. 21:34 Forsyth et al. 27:36 Enwright et al. Transcript Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to it. Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen to other podcasts produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Browse articles online. How authors may submit their work. Follow the journals of APA Publishing on Twitter. E-mail us at [email protected]