UBC Road Safety & Public Health Research

#DYK Between 2018-2021 media reports depicted driving after #cannabis use in BC and ON as dangerous? Read more on our lab’s media analysis: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #DUIC #impaireddriving

We suggest a new framework, terms and principles for updating definitions to researchers and the public to share a common understanding on driving under the influence of #cannabis. Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #DUIC #impaireddriving

#DYK Our team examined predictors of acute (2 months) and chronic (6 & 12 months) #PTSD in road trauma survivors. Read more on our findings here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @vchresearch.bsky.social

Reducing crash risk among people with schizophrenia The car crash risk among people with schizophrenia is substantially lower when antipsychotic medications are taken as prescribed, according to the findings of a novel study led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researchers Drs. John Staples and Jeff Brubacher. Their published research suggests that antipsychotic adherence could be explored as a requirement for maintaining an active driver licence for individuals with schizophrenia, though they caution that more research is needed.

Taking antipsychotic medications as prescribed lowers the risk of car crashes among drivers with schizophrenia, according to new research led by VCHRI investigator Dr. John Staples: