Publications
Below you can find a selection of key publications from our CESAR team members. For full publication lists, please refer to the Google Scholar links on the Team page.
2025
De Bode, N., Kroon, E., Sznitman, S.R., & Cousijn, J. (2025). The differential effects of medicinal cannabis on mental health: A systematic review. Clin Psych Review, 118, 102581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2025.102581
Cousijn, J., Toenders, Y. J., Kaag, A. M., Filbey, F. & Kroon, E. The role of sex in the association between cannabis use disorder and resting-state functional connectivity. Neuropsychopharmacol. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-025-02078-3
2024
Boer, O.D., El Marroun, H. & Muetzel, R.L. (2024). Adolescent substance use initiation and long-term neurobiological outcomes: insights, challenges and opportunities. Mol Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02471-2
Boer, O. D., Franken, I. H. A., Muetzel, R. L., Cousijn, J., & El Marroun, H., . Examining associations between brain morphology in late childhood and early alcohol or tobacco use initiation in adolescence: Findings from a large prospective cohort. Biological Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2024.108859, 2024
Colyer-Patel, K., Romein, C., Kuhns, L., Cousijn, J., & Kroon, E. (2024). Recent Evidence on the Relation Between Cannabis Use, Brain Structure, and Function: Highlights and Challenges. Current Addiction Reports, 1-13.
Grootjans, Y., Harrewijn, A., Fornari, L., Janssen, T., de Bruijn, E. R. A., van Atteveldt, N. & Franken, I. H. A. (2024). Getting closer to social interactions using electroencephalography in developmental cognitive neuroscience. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101391
2023
Boog, M., Goudriaan, A. E., Wetering, B. J. V., Franken, I. H., & Arntz, A. (2023). Schema therapy for patients with borderline personality disorder and comorbid alcohol dependence: A multiple‐baseline case series design study. Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, 30(2), 373-386.
Boog, M., & Tibboel, H. (2023). Automaticity: schema modes in addiction. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1158067.
Colyer-Patel, K., Kuhns, L., Weidema, A., Lesscher, H., & Cousijn, J. (2023). Age-dependent effects of tobacco smoke and nicotine on cognition and the brain: A systematic review of the human and animal literature comparing adolescents and adults. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 146, 105038.
Kroon, E., Kuhns, L., Colyer‐Patel, K., Filbey, F., Cousijn, J. (2023). Working memory‐related brain activity in cannabis use disorder: The role of cross‐cultural differences in cannabis attitudes. Addiction Biology, 28(6), e13283. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.1328
2022
Boer, O. D., El Marroun, H., & Franken, I. H. A. (2022). Brain morphology predictors of alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use in adolescence: A systematic review. Brain Research, 1795. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2022.148020
Kroon, E.*, Mansueto, A.C*., Kuhns, L.N., Wiers, R.W., Filbey, F., Cousijn, J. (2022). Gender differences in cannabis use disorder symptoms: a network analysis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 109733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109733.
Kroon, E., Mies, G., Wiers, R. W., Cousijn, J. (2022). Development and validation of the Dutch Social Attunement Questionnaire (SAQ). Social Development, 32(2), 546-565. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12652
Schulte, M.H.J., Boumparis, N., Kleiboer, A., Wind, T.R., Olff, M., Huizink, A.C., & Riper, H. (2022). The Effectiveness of a Mobile Intervention to Reduce Young Adults’ Alcohol Consumption to not Exceed Low-Risk Drinking Guidelines. Front. Digit. Health, 4:1016714. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgth.2022.1016714
2021
El Marroun, H., Klapwijk, E. T., Koevoets, M., Brouwer, R. M., Peters, S., van’t Ent, D., Boomsma, D. I., Muetzel, R. L., Crone, E. A., Hulshoff Pol, H. E., & Franken, I. H. A. (2021). Alcohol use and brain morphology in adolescence: A longitudinal study in three different cohorts. European Journal of Neuroscience, 54(6), 6012–6026. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15411
Lutz, M. C., Kok, R., Verveer, I., Malbec, M., Koot, S., van Lier, P. A. C., & Franken, I. H. A. (2021). Diminished error-related negativity and error positivity in children and adults with externalizing problems and disorders: A meta-analysis on error processing. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 46(6), E615–E627. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.1503/jpn.200031
2020
Kroon, E., Kuhns, L., Hoch, E., Cousijn, J. (2020). Heavy Cannabis Use, Dependence and the Brain: A Clinical Perspective. Addiction. 115(3),559-572. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14776
Verveer, I., van der Veen, F. M., Shahbabaie, A., Remmerswaal, D., & Franken, I. H. A. (2020). Multi-session electrical neuromodulation effects on craving, relapse and cognitive functions in cocaine use disorder: A randomized, sham-controlled tDCS study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 217. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108429
2019
Remmerswaal, D., Jongerling, J., Jansen, P. J., Eielts, C., & Franken, I. H. A. (2019). Impaired subjective self-control in alcohol use: An ecological momentary assessment study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 204, 107479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.04.043
2018
El Marroun H, Brown QL, Lund IO, Coleman-Cowger VH, Loree AM, Chawla D, Washio Y. (2018). An epidemiological, developmental and clinical overview of cannabis use during pregnancy. Prev Med. 116:1-5. https://doi:10.1016/.ypmed.2018.08.036
Older
Schulte, M.H.J., Cousijn, J., den Uyl, T.E., Goudriaan, A.E., van den Brink, W., Veltman, D.J., Schilt, T., & Wiers, R.W. (2014). Recovery of neurocognitive functions following sustained abstinence after substance dependence and implications for treatment. Clinical Psychology Review, 34(7), 531 – 550.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2014.08.002
Schulte, M.H.J., Goudriaan, A.E., Kaag, A.M., Kooi, D., van den Brink, W., Wiers, R.W., Schmaal, L. (2017). The effect of N-acetylcysteine on brain glutamate and GABA concentrations and on smoking cessation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Journal of psychopharmacology, 31(10), 1377 – 1379. doi: 10.1177/0269881117730660
Schulte, M.H.J., Wiers, R.W., Boendermaker, W.J., Goudriaan, A.E., van den Brink, W., van Deursen, D.S., Friese, M., Brede, E., Waters, A.J. (2018). The effect of N-acetylcysteine and working memory training on cocaine use cessation, craving and inhibition: correspondence of lab assessments and Ecological Momentary Assessment. Addictive Behaviors, 79, 24 – 31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2019.03.011