Amir Englund
@amirenglund
Cannabis scientist at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
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http://www.amirenglund.com 30-11-2012 10:20:28
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🚨New paper🚨 In the biggest placebo controlled RCT to date in people with schizophrenia who receive inhaled THC (20/40/60mg), oral CBD (1000mg) worsened psychotic symptoms and cognition. Heroic work by study lead Edward Chesney 💪
A systematic review of reviews on comprehensive community initiatives to prevent or reduce alcohol and other drug harms buff.ly/6CvUiO7 NDARC, UNSW
Placebo controlled RCT of 1:1 THC:CBD oil in advance stage cancer finds small benefit in pain, worse wellbeing compared to placebo, no overall improvement in symptom burden. Cannabis oil was associated with more unwanted effects and more adverse effects. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12…
#ThisWeekInNPP Patients w/ schizophrenia & comorbid cannabis use disorder received CBD or placebo before inhaling THC-rich cannabis; unexpectedly, CBD pre-treatment⬆️cannabis-induced memory impairment & psychotic symptoms / Edward Chesney Amir Englund nature.com/articles/s4138…
And just like that #CannabinoidGRC2025 comes to an end! Big thank you to my co-chair Cecilia Hillard and all the attendees and speakers! Congrats to @mayoonthebrain and @ryanmcpickle on their selection as chairs for the 2029 meeting!
🚨High-Potency Cannabis Pub🚨 UCLA Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids & RAND #SystematicReview with Stephanie Lake, Beau Kilmer, Conor Murray points to ⬆️ "problem" cannabis use. 🧠Mental health? Poor outcomes for psychosis. More research needed! W/CA Department of Cannabis Control support psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ap…
Had the immense pleasure of presenting our recent PE+THC clinical trial data today at #EBPS2025. Thanks to Sara Liane Kroll for the invite. I was in good company with Lukas Eggenberger, Ziva Cooper and Amir Englund
What a perfect ending of #ebps2025 super proud that I was the chair of this wonderful panel presenting their beautiful work on acute and chronic #cannabis effects. Excellent work connorhaggarty.bsky.social Amir Englund Ziva Cooper & Lukas Eggeneberger 🤩
My colleagues and I at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience wrote a little blog about out upcoming project! inspirethemind.org/post/inducing-…
Do you want to do a PhD with us at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, on a project exploring the paranoid effects of THC? Read more and apply here (project ID NS-MH2026_45) : kcl-mrcdtp.com/apply/projects/