Default mode network impairments in comorbid anxiety and cannabis use disorders

Project Type(s):

Principal Investigator(s):
  • Elliot Collins
Co-Investigator(s):

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by maladaptive self-focused attention (SFA), which itself is correlated with large scale brain network connectivity impairments. Cannabis use disorder (CUD) is commonly conceptualized as impaired reward processing within the ventral dopaminergic network, however, it is also implicated in connectivity disturbances in other critical cortical circuits. In the current study we will characterize the large scale brain network impairment in comorbid SAD and CUD given commonly overlapping symptoms and population prevalence

Project Period:
September 1, 2024 — August 31, 2025

Funding Type(s):
State/UW

Funder(s):
Clinician Scientist Training Program

Research Program(s):

Geographic Area(s):
University of Washington

Patient Population(s):
Adults

Targeted Condition(s):
Anxiety, Substance use disorders/misuse