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Leslie Foldager
Researcher at Aarhus University
Publications - 109
Citations - 2392
Leslie Foldager is an academic researcher from Aarhus University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Schizophrenia & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 95 publications receiving 2035 citations. Previous affiliations of Leslie Foldager include Aarhus University Hospital & Aalborg Hospital.
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Cannabis-induced psychosis and subsequent schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: follow-up study of 535 incident cases
TL;DR: Cannabis-induced psychotic disorders are of great clinical and prognostic importance, and development of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders was often delayed, and 47.1% of patients received a diagnosis more a year after seeking treatment for a cannabis-induced psychosis.
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CACNA1C (rs1006737) is associated with schizophrenia
Mette Nyegaard,Ditte Demontis,Leslie Foldager,Leslie Foldager,Anne Hedemand,T.J. Flint,Karina Meden Sørensen,Paal Skytt Andersen,Merete Nordentoft,Thomas Werge,Carsten Bøcker Pedersen,David M. Hougaard,Preben Bo Mortensen,Ole Mors,Anders D. Børglum,Anders D. Børglum +15 more
TL;DR: These findings show that hyperinsulinemia may have a role in the onset of schizophrenia, and suggests the possibility that drugs that improve insulin signaling may represent a novel treatment strategy.
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Increased risk of hypertension in patients with bipolar disorder and patients with anxiety compared to background population and patients with schizophrenia
TL;DR: A significant increase in levels of hypertension in BP patients was observed which may explain some of the increased cardio-vascular morbidity/mortality inBP patients.
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Testing the self-medication hypothesis of depression and aggression in cannabis-dependent subjects.
Mikkel Arendt,Raben Rosenberg,Lone Fjordback,Jack Brandholdt,Leslie Foldager,Leo Sher,Povl Munk-Jørgensen +6 more
TL;DR: Subjects with prior depression do not use cannabis as a mean of self-medication for problems controlling aggression, and they are more likely to experience specific increases of adverse symptoms while under the influence of cannabis, and are less likely to experienced specific symptom relief.
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Prevalence of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in General Practice in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden
Povl Munk-Jørgensen,Christer Allgulander,Alv A. Dahl,Leslie Foldager,Marthin Holm,Ib Rasmussen,Anti Virta,Marja Terttu Huuhtanen,Hans-Ulrich Wittchen +8 more
TL;DR: Assessment of the prevalence rate of generalized anxiety disorder among patients of general practitioners in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden and whether general practitioners recognize the condition and its correlates found recognition by general practitioners was associated with presentation of anxiety problems by the patients.