Candice Crocker

Related information

• Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program (https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/psychiatry/research/early-psychosis.html)
• Link to publications repository (https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/handle/10222/73457)

Education

B.Sc. Honours (University of King’s College)
MSc (McMaster University)
PhD (University of California, Irvine)
PDF (Dalhousie University)

Research interests

Dr. Candice E. Crocker studies the roles of recreational drugs and gender interactions in psychosis and first seizure using magnetic resonance imaging and clinical outcomes. Additional projects examine barriers to service utilization, such as stigma, and service engagement as well as the use of social media for outreach in various patient populations. Through her cross-appointment to diagnostic radiology, Dr. Crocker also does research into new methods of imaging white matter to look more closely at the impact of alcohol and cannabis use. 

Selected publications  

• Burton, I.J., Tibbo, P.G., Ponto, N. and Crocker, C.E., 2024. Heterogeneity in assessing the risk of developing a psychotic disorder given a previous subclinical psychotic-like experience in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychiatry Research, 342, p.116207.
• Crocker, C.E., Emsley, J. and Tibbo, P.G., 2023. Mental health adverse events with cannabis use diagnosed in the Emergency Department: what are we finding now and are our findings accurate?. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, p.1093081.
• Francis, A.M., Bissonnette, J.N., MacNeil, S.E., Crocker, C.E., Tibbo, P.G. and Fisher, D.J., 2022. Interaction of sex and cannabis in adult in vivo brain imaging studies: A systematic review. Brain and Neuroscience Advances, 6, p.23982128211073431.
• Crocker, C.E., Carter, A.J., Emsley, J.G., Magee, K., Atkinson, P. and Tibbo, P.G., 2021. When cannabis use goes wrong: mental health side effects of cannabis use that present to emergency services. Frontiers in psychiatry, 12, p.640222.
• McKee, K.A., Crocker, C.E. & Tibbo, P.G. Long-acting injectable antipsychotic (LAI) prescribing trends during COVID-19 restrictions in Canada: a retrospective observational study. BMC Psychiatry 21, 633 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03646-9
• Crocker, CE; Purdon, SE; Hanstock, CC; Lakusta, B; Seres, P; Tibbo, PG (2017) Enduring changes in brain metabolites and executive functioning in abstinent cocaine users 178:435-442. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.04.034.