Cannabis Cohort Research Consortium (CCRC)
Synopsis
The Cannabis Cohorts Research Consortium (CCRC) is a collaboration which stemmed from the need to better address important questions about the relationship between cannabis, other drug use, life-course outcomes and mental health in children and young adults. The CCRC is a multi-organisational and multi-disciplinary international collaboration which brings together researchers from some of the largest and longest-running longitudinal studies in Australia and New Zealand. The. CCRC has has focused on harmonising and pooling data across individual cohorts to improve understanding and of the link between cannabis use (particularly rarer patterns of high use) and other substance use, mental health problems and psychosocial outcomes. Research outcomes have informed government and policy decisions globally on the risks of cannabis use in young people.
Summary
Consortium name | Cannabis Cohort Research Consortium |
Abbreviation | CCRC |
Principal investigator/s | Prof Richard Mattick, A/Prof Delyse Hutchinson, Dr Edmund Silins, A/Prof John Horwood, Prof David Fergusson, Prof Jake Najman, Prof George Patton, Prof Craig Olsson, Prof John Toumbourou, Prof Louisa Degenhardt |
Project Contact | Prof Richard Mattick and A/Prof Delyse Hutchinson |
Postal address |
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052 |
Phone |
+612 9385 0333 |
r.mattick@unsw.edu.au delyse.hutchinson@deakin.edu.au |
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Primary Institution | University of New South Wales (UNSW) |
Collaborating Institution/s |
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Major funding sources | NHMRC |
Study website | ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au |
Protocol paper | Hutchinson, D. M., Silins, E., Mattick, R. P., Patton, G. C., Fergusson, D. M., Hayatbakhsh, R., Toumbourou, J.W., Olsson, C.O., Najman, J.M., Spry, E., Tait, R. J., Degenhardt, L., Swift, W., Butrterworth, P., L. John Horwood (2015). How can data harmonisation benefit mental health research? An example of The Cannabis Cohorts Research Consortium. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49(4), 317-323. doi: 10.1177/0004867415571169 |
Year commenced | 2006 |
Australian cohorts |
The Australian Temperament Project (ATP) Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy (MUSP) Personality and Total Health (PATH) Through Life Project Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study, 2000 Stories – Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study (VAHCS). |
International cohorts |
The Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS) |
Ethics approvals or requirements? | Yes, relevant ethics approvals were obtained. |
Cohorts
Cohort name | Year commenced | Age at commencement | Eligible sample |
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Australian Temperament Project | 1983 | ||
Christchurch Health and Development Study | 1977 | ||
Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy | 1981 | ||
The Raine Study | 1989 | ||
2000 Stories: Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study | 1992 |