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Marta Di Forti is a researcher affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their academic work spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a particular focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pharmacology, Clinical Psychology, Genetics, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. The primary topics addressed in their research include schizophrenia research and treatment, cannabis and cannabinoid research, bipolar disorder and treatment, genetic associations and epidemiology, mental health treatment and access, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, as well as tryptophan and brain disorders.

Their publication record includes contributions to several prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues for their work include Psychological Medicine, Schizophrenia Bulletin, European Neuropsychopharmacology, Schizophrenia Research, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Among recent notable papers associated with Marta Di Forti's research collaborations are:

  • "Changes in delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) concentrations in cannabis over time: systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020, Addiction)
  • "Genetic variants associated with longitudinal changes in brain structure across the lifespan" (2022, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "Multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 1 million subjects identifies loci underlying multiple substance use disorders" (2023, Nature Mental Health)
  • "DNA methylation meta-analysis reveals cellular alterations in psychosis and markers of treatment-resistant schizophrenia" (2021, eLife)
  • "A systematic review on mediators between adversity and psychosis: potential targets for treatment" (2020, Psychological Medicine)

Marta Di Forti has collaborated frequently with a group of researchers including Robin Murray, Diego Quattrone, Craig Morgan, Charlotte Gayer-Anderson, and Caterina La Cascia, contributing to multiple joint publications.

Their scientific investigations focus heavily on understanding mental health disorders, genetic influences, and the pharmacological and psychosocial aspects of psychiatric conditions. The interdisciplinary nature of their studies integrates genetics, clinical assessments, and epidemiological methods to explore complex mechanisms underlying mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, often with an emphasis on the influence of cannabis use.

Best Publications

  • Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia

    Hreinn Stefansson;Dan Rujescu;Sven Cichon;Olli P. H. Pietilainen

  • Meta-analysis of the Association Between the Level of Cannabis Use and Risk of Psychosis

    Arianna Marconi;Marta Di Forti;Cathryn M Lewis;Robin M Murray

  • The contribution of cannabis use to variation in the incidence of psychotic disorder across Europe (EU-GEI): a multicentre case-control study

    Marta Di Forti;Marta Di Forti;Marta Di Forti;Diego Quattrone;Diego Quattrone;Diego Quattrone;Tom P. Freeman;Giada Tripoli

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Proportion of patients in south London with first-episode psychosis attributable to use of high potency cannabis: a case-control study.

    Marta Di Forti;Arianna Marconi;Elena Carra;Sara Fraietta

  • High-potency cannabis and the risk of psychosis

    Marta Di Forti;Craig Morgan;Paola Dazzan;Carmine Pariante

  • Daily Use, Especially of High-Potency Cannabis, Drives the Earlier Onset of Psychosis in Cannabis Users.

    Marta Di Forti;Hannah M Sallis;Fabio Allegri;Antonella Trotta

  • Rare loss-of-function variants in SETD1A are associated with schizophrenia and developmental disorders

    Tarjinder Singh;Mitja I Kurki;David Curtis;Shaun M Purcell

  • Cannabis, the mind and society: the hash realities

    Robin M. Murray;Paul D. Morrison;Cécile Henquet;Marta Di Forti

  • Stress and inflammation reduce brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in first-episode psychosis: a pathway to smaller hippocampal volume.

    Valeria Mondelli;Annamaria Cattaneo;Martino Belvederi Murri;Marta Di Forti

  • Abnormal cortisol levels during the day and cortisol awakening response in first-episode psychosis: The role of stress and of antipsychotic treatment

    Valeria Mondelli;Paola Dazzan;Nilay Hepgul;Marta Di Forti

  • Gene-Environment Interplay Between Cannabis and Psychosis

    Cécile Henquet;Marta Di Forti;Paul Morrison;Rebecca Kuepper

  • Identifying Gene-Environment Interactions in Schizophrenia: Contemporary Challenges for Integrated, Large-scale Investigations

    Jim van Os;Jim van Os;Bart P. Rutten;Inez Myin-Germeys;Philippe Delespaul

  • Traditional marijuana, high-potency cannabis and synthetic cannabinoids: increasing risk for psychosis.

    Robin M. Murray;Harriet Quigley;Diego Quattrone;Amir Englund

  • Two distinct patterns of treatment resistance: clinical predictors of treatment resistance in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum psychoses

    J. Lally;O. Ajnakina;M. Di Forti;A. Trotta

  • Confirmation that the AKT1 (rs2494732) Genotype Influences the Risk of Psychosis in Cannabis Users

    Marta Di Forti;Conrad Iyegbe;Hannah Sallis;Anna Kolliakou

  • Cortisol and Inflammatory Biomarkers Predict Poor Treatment Response in First Episode Psychosis

    Valeria Mondelli;Valeria Mondelli;Simone Ciufolini;Simone Ciufolini;Martino Belvederi Murri;Stefania Bonaccorso

  • Drug-Induced Psychosis: How to Avoid Star Gazing in Schizophrenia Research by Looking at More Obvious Sources of Light

    Alessandra Paparelli;Marta Di Forti;Paul D. Morrison;Robin M. Murray

  • Changes in delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) concentrations in cannabis over time: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Tom P. Freeman;Tom P. Freeman;Sam Craft;Sam Craft;Jack Wilson;Stephan Stylianou

  • Should psychiatrists be more cautious about the long-term prophylactic use of antipsychotics?

    Robin MacGregor Murray;Diego Quattrone;Sridhar Natesan;Johannas Van Os

  • Cannabis use in young people: the risk for schizophrenia.

    Paola Casadio;Cathy Fernandes;Robin M. Murray;Marta Di Forti

Frequent Co-Authors

Valeria Mondelli
Valeria Mondelli King's College London
Anthony S. David
Anthony S. David University College London
Cathryn M. Lewis
Cathryn M. Lewis King's College London
Ulrich Reininghaus
Ulrich Reininghaus Heidelberg University
David A. Collier
David A. Collier Eli Lilly (United States)
Michael Conlon O'Donovan
Michael Conlon O'Donovan Cardiff University
Monica Aas
Monica Aas King's College London
Celso Arango
Celso Arango Complutense University of Madrid
John Powell
John Powell King's College London
Roel A. Ophoff
Roel A. Ophoff University of California, Los Angeles

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