Craving and emotional responses to trauma and cannabis cues in trauma-exposed cannabis users: Influence of PTSD symptom severity

What is it about?

This psychology paper examines the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and the use of cannabis in individuals who have experienced trauma. The study specifically looks at how the severity of PTSD symptoms affects an individual's craving for cannabis and their emotional responses to both trauma-related cues and cannabis-related cues. The study suggests that individuals with higher PTSD symptom severity may have stronger cravings for cannabis and stronger emotional responses to both types of cues.

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Why is it important?

In simpler terms, the paper studies how PTSD symptoms affect the relationship between cannabis use and the emotional response of people who have gone through a traumatic event, and the results suggest that people who have severe PTSD symptoms may have a stronger desire to use cannabis and a stronger emotional response when they see things that remind them of the traumatic event or the cannabis itself.