Jeremy Weleff

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Psychiatry Dept

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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Psychiatry Dept

Email: weleff@ualberta.ca

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Area of Study / Keywords

Psychiatry Addiction Opioid use disorder Social Determinants Novel Psychoactive Substances

Featured Publications

Outreach health-care services for people experiencing exclusion in high-income countries

Luke Johnson, Sophie Nadia Gaber, Rebecca Langella, Eleanor Turner-Moss, Jeremy Weleff, Thomas Brothers, Aaron Koay, Andrew C Hayward, Serena Luchenski, Patrick Perri, Al Story, Binta Sultan, Rikke Siersbaek

The Lancet Public Health. 2025 September; 10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00144-6

Evaluating ADHD Screening Tools: A Comparative Analysis of Accuracy, Cost, and Complexity

Jayden Mackie, Caleb Ji, Alan Davalos-Guzman, Jeremy Weleff, Yifeng Wei, Ghalib Ahmed, Yanbo Zhang, Pratap Chokka, Bo Cao, Yang S. Liu

Psychiatry Research. 2025 September; 10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116748

A review of the complex intersection between religion, spirituality, and harm reduction

Jessica Van Denend, Jeremy Weleff, Kelly Park, Oriana Mayorga, M. Gabriela Garcia‐Vassallo

The American Journal on Addictions. 2025 September; 10.1111/ajad.70046

Serotonin Syndrome Masquerading as Alcohol Withdrawal: A Case Report

Mirsol Choi, Xena Wang, Mohit Singh, Jeremy Weleff

Journal of Addictive Diseases. 2025 August; 10.1080/10550887.2025.2545649

Changes in Local Community Spatial Trends of Motor Vehicle Accidents Near Cannabis Dispensaries after Recreational Cannabis Legalization

Jeremy Weleff, Mohadese Golsorkhi, Mackenzie Griffin, Anahita Bassir Nia, Walter S. Mathis

Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. 2025 August; 10.1177/25785125251366791

The therapeutic effects of psychedelics for opioid use disorder: A systematic review of clinical studies

Jeremy Weleff, Alejandra Pulido-Saavedra, Ardavan Mohammad Aghaei, Kevin Ing, Miranda Arakelian, Rodrigo Fontenele, Neil Nero, Brian S Barnett, Akhil Anand, Anahita Bassir Nia, Gustavo A Angarita

Psychiatry Research. 2025 June; 10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116446

The Potential Use of Cannabidiol in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: A Systematic Review

Mahan Shafie, Kevin Ing, Yasna Rostam‐Abadi, Jeremy Weleff, Mackenzie Griffin, Mohini Ranganathan, Ardavan Mohammad Aghaei, Nicholas Pratt, Melissa C. Funaro, Anahita Bassir Nia

Addiction Biology. 2025 May; 10.1111/adb.70047

Effects of psychedelics on opioid use disorder: a scoping review of preclinical studies

Alejandra Pulido-Saavedra, Henrique Nunes Pereira Oliva, Tiago Paiva Prudente, Razi Kitaneh, Eric J. Nunes, Colleen Fogg, Melissa C. Funaro, Jeremy Weleff, Anahita Bassir Nia, Gustavo A. Angarita

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 2025 January; 10.1007/s00018-024-05519-2

A Computational Account of the Development and Evolution of Psychotic Symptoms

Albert Powers, Phillip A. Angelos, Alexandria Bond, Emily Farina, Carolyn Fredericks, Jay Gandhi, Maximillian Greenwald, Gabriela Hernandez-Busot, Gabriel Hosein, Megan Kelley, Catalina Mourgues, William Palmer, Julia Rodriguez-Sanchez, Rashina Seabury, Silmilly Toribio, Raina Vin, Jeremy Weleff, Scott Woods, David Benrimoh

Biological Psychiatry. 2025 January; 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.08.026

Navigating new norms: Addiction specialists' perspectives on opioid use disorder treatments and policy challenges in the fentanyl era

Jeremy Weleff, Nicholaus J. Christian, James X. Wang, Mohit Singh, Joao P. De Aquino, Andrew J. Saxon, Gabriela Garcia Vassallo

The American Journal on Addictions. 2024 October; 10.1111/ajad.13653

Inductive thematic analysis of healthcare qualitative interviews using open-source large language models: How does it compare to traditional methods?

Walter S Mathis, Sophia Zhao, Nicholas Pratt, Jeremy Weleff, Stefano De Paoli

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 2024 October; 10.1016/j.cmpb.2024.108356

Prevalence of Patient Suicide and Its Impact on Health Care Professionals: A Systematic Review

Madison Jupina, Michelle Mercer, Jeremy Weleff, Loren Hackett, Julio C. Nunes, Dale Sebastian, Akhil Anand

Psychiatric Services. 2024 October; 10.1176/appi.ps.20230351

Wernicke’s encephalopathy treated with high dose intravenous thiamine: a case report

Maria Alamir, Ashley Cantu-Weinstein, Rachel Branning, Jeremy Weleff, Akhil Anand

Journal of Addictive Diseases. 2024 July; 10.1080/10550887.2024.2365002

Perceived Risk of Trying Lysergic Acid Diethylamide in the United States from 2015 to 2019: Are Americans Assessing Lysergic Acid Diethylamide's Risk Profile More Favorably?

Brian S. Barnett, Akhil Anand, Elizabeth N. Dewey, Darron Smith, Sandeep M. Nayak, David Bruckman, Jeremy Weleff

Psychedelic Medicine. 2024 June; 10.1089/psymed.2023.0027

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Unhoused Children Increase Odds of Psychiatric Illness, Physical Illness, and Psychiatric Admission

Eric J. Pan, Jessica C. Liu, Alexander C. Zha, Spencer S. Seballos, Tatiana Falcone, Michael Phelan, Jeremy Weleff

Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma. 2024 June; 10.1007/s40653-023-00608-z

From taboo to treatment: The emergence of psychedelics in the management of pain and opioid use disorder

Jeremy Weleff, Julio C. Nunes, Gabriel P. A. Costa, Mehmet Sofuoglu, R. Ross MacLean, Joao P. De Aquino

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 2024 April; 10.1111/bcp.16045

Assessing pain in persons with opioid use disorder: Approaches, techniques and special considerations

Julio C. Nunes, Gabriel P. A. Costa, Jeremy Weleff, Michael Rogan, Peggy Compton, Joao P. De Aquino

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 2024 March; 10.1111/bcp.16055

Digital Dialogue-How Youth Are Interacting With Chatbots.

Pratt N, Madhavan R, Weleff J

JAMA pediatrics. 2024 March; 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0084

An Analysis of Benzodiazepine Prescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Healthcare System from 2019-2020

Jeremy Weleff, Akhil Anand, Michael Squeri, Rachel Sieke, Nicolas R Thompson, Brian S. Barnett

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 2024 March; 10.1080/02791072.2023.2191610

American Psychiatrists' Opinions About Classic Hallucinogens and Their Potential Therapeutic Applications: A 7-Year Follow-Up Survey

Brian S. Barnett, Miranda Arakelian, David Beebe, Jared Ontko, Connor Riegal, Willie O. Siu, Jeremy Weleff, Harrison G. Pope

Psychedelic Medicine. 2024 March; 10.1089/psymed.2023.0036

Diagnosis and treatment of Wernicke's encephalopathy: A systematic literature review

Ashley Cantu-Weinstein, Rachel Branning, Maria Alamir, Jeremy Weleff, Molly Do, Neil Nero, Akhil Anand

General Hospital Psychiatry. 2024 March; 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2024.01.005

LSD use in the United States: Examining user demographics and their evolution from 2015–2019

Jeremy Weleff, Akhil Anand, Elizabeth N. Dewey, Brian Barnett

Journal of Psychedelic Studies. 2024 February; 10.1556/2054.2024.00309

Emergency services utilization by patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis: An analysis of national trends.

Sengupta S, Anand A, Lopez R, Weleff J, Wang PR, Bellar A, Attaway A, Welch N, Dasarathy S

Alcohol, clinical & experimental research. 2024 January; 10.1111/acer.15223

Dysregulation of the endogenous cannabinoid system following opioid exposure

Ardavan Mohammad Aghaei, Alexandra Saali, Maria Alejandra Canas, Jeremy Weleff, Deepak Cyril D'Souza, Gustavo A. Angarita, Anahita Bassir Nia

Psychiatry Research. 2023 December; 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115586

The Zero Suicide Model in Addiction Treatment Settings: Recognizing the Need for Feasibility and Implementation Data.

Arakelian M, Barnett B, Weleff J

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2023 November; 10.1176/appi.ps.20230175

All a-BORG! The Dangerous Drinking Trend Steamrolling Across Social Media and College Campuses.

Pratt N, Madhavan R, Weigle P, Weleff J

Journal of addiction medicine. 2023 November; 10.1097/adm.0000000000001240

From Taboo to Treatment: The Emergence of Psychedelics in the Management of Pain and Opioid Use Disorder

Jeremy Weleff, Julio Nunes, Gabriel Costa, Mehmet Sofuoglu, Ross Maclean, Joao De Aquino

2023 October; 10.22541/au.169869650.03280188/v1

Changes in emergency department utilization in vulnerable populations after COVID-19 shelter in place orders

Philip R. Wang, Akhil Anand, James Bena, Shannon Morrison, Jeremy Weleff

2023 October; 10.1101/2023.10.25.23297561

Three Cases of Reported Improvement in Microsmia and Anosmia Following Naturalistic Use of Psilocybin and LSD

Alexsandra Kovacevich, Jeremy Weleff, Benjamin Claytor, Brian S. Barnett

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 2023 October; 10.1080/02791072.2023.2253538

Assessing Pain in Persons with Opioid Use Disorder: Approaches, Techniques, and Special Considerations

Nunes J, Costa G, Weleff J, Rogan M, Compton P, Aquino JPD

2023 October; 10.22541/au.169624924.41772303/v1

Editorial: Psychedelics as treatments for substance use disorders: exploring therapeutic potential, risks, underlying mechanisms of action, and implementation challenges.

Barnett BS, Bassir Nia A, Sackett NB, Weleff J

Frontiers in psychiatry. 2023 October; 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1305478

Prescribing of Z-Drugs With and Without Opioid Coprescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Health Care System From 2019-2020.

Anand A, Weleff J, Thompson NR, Barnett BS

The Journal of clinical psychiatry. 2023 September; 10.4088/jcp.22m14753

Race, economic status, and disparities in the receipt of benzodiazepine prescriptions in a large primary care sample.

Dore S, Weleff J, Anand A, Thompson NR, Barnett BS

General hospital psychiatry. 2023 September; 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.09.002

Phencyclidine Positivity on Urine Drug Screening in Patients Treated for Alcohol Withdrawal on a Dual-diagnosis Medically Assisted Withdrawal Unit

Philip R. Wang, Samyukta Dore, Jeremy Weleff, Robert S. Butler, Brian S. Barnett

Journal of Addiction Medicine. 2023 August; 10.1097/adm.0000000000001217

Developing non-opioid therapeutics to alleviate pain among persons with opioid use disorder: a review of the human evidence

Debora Oliveira, Rodrigo Fontenele, Jeremy Weleff, Mehmet Sofuoglu, Joao P. De Aquino

International Review of Psychiatry. 2023 August; 10.1080/09540261.2023.2229430

Bibliometric Analysis of Academic Journal Articles Reporting Results of Psychedelic Clinical Studies

Jeremy Weleff, Teddy J. Akiki, Brian S. Barnett

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 2023 August; 10.1080/02791072.2022.2133757

Methamphetamine-associated catatonia: Case series and systematic review of the literature from 1943-2020.

Slavnic B, Barnett BS, McIntire S, Becker R, Saba S, Vellanki KD, Honaker L, Weleff J, Carroll BT

Annals of clinical psychiatry : official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists. 2023 August; 10.12788/acp.0116

Cognitive, imaging, and psychiatric changes associated with chronic toluene use: case report and literature review

Madison Jupina, Jeremy Weleff, Jared Harp, Akhil Anand

Journal of Addictive Diseases. 2023 July; 10.1080/10550887.2023.2229735

Catatonia and Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome in Patients With Cerebral Palsy: Two Case Reports and a Systematic Review of the Literature

Brian S. Barnett, Dhiksha Balaji, Jeremy Weleff, Brendan T. Carroll

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 2023 May; 10.1016/j.jaclp.2022.12.008

Disparities in Prostate Cancer Diagnoses Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness.

Mayo ZS, Parker SM, Kilic SS, Weleff J, Phelan M, Mian OY, Stephans KL, Suh JH, Tendulkar RD

European urology. 2023 April; 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.03.024

Regular cannabis use is associated with history of childhood and lifetime trauma in a non-clinical community sample

Anahita Bassir Nia, Jeremy Weleff, Nia Fogelman, Sormeh Nourbakhsh, Rajita Sinha

Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2023 March; 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.01.036

Clinical Presentations and Treatment of Phenibut Toxicity and Withdrawal: A Systematic Literature Review

Jeremy Weleff, Alexsandra Kovacevich, Jesse Burson, Neil Nero, Akhil Anand

Journal of Addiction Medicine. 2023 February; 10.1097/adm.0000000000001141

Improving Treatment Interventions and Cancer Outcomes in Persons Experiencing Homelessness: A Population Underrepresented in Equity Initiatives

Zachary Mayo, Shauna R. Campbell, Chirag S. Shah, Jeremy Weleff, Sarah S. Kilic

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 2023 February; 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.09.059

Key Updates to Understanding Roles of Childhood Trauma in Overall Health.

Weleff J, Potter D

AMA journal of ethics. 2023 February; 10.1001/amajethics.2023.116

Antemortem Health System Utilization in People Experiencing Homelessness Who Died in the Emergency Department.

Seballos SS, Kanyo E, Weleff J, Pan EJ, Butler RS, Lopez R, Phelan MP

Journal of health care for the poor and underserved. 2023 January; 10.1353/hpu.2023.0055

Cancer Diagnoses and Use of Radiation Therapy among Persons Experiencing Homelessness

Sarah S. Kilic, Zachary S. Mayo, Jeremy Weleff, Sean Parker, Colleen Strzalka, Michael P. Phelan, John H. Suh, Shauna R. Campbell, Chirag S. Shah

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 2023 January; 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.01.034

The State of the Catatonia Literature: Employing Bibliometric Analysis of Articles From 1965–2020 to Identify Current Research Gaps

Jeremy Weleff, Brian S. Barnett, Deborah Y. Park, Teddy J. Akiki, Awais Aftab

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 2023 January; 10.1016/j.jaclp.2022.07.002

LSD use in the United States: Examining user demographics and their evolution from 2015-2019

Jeremy Weleff, Akhil Anand, Elizabeth N. Dewey, Brian S. Barnett

2022 December; 10.1101/2022.12.23.22283883

Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) for Tobacco Withdrawal: A Case Report

Jeremy Weleff, Samyukta Dore, Akhil Anand, Brian S. Barnett

Case Reports in Psychiatry. 2022 December; 10.1155/2022/5908769

The perceptions of cancer health-care practitioners in New Zealand and the USA toward psychedelic-assisted therapy with cancer patients: A cross-sectional survey

Lisa M. Reynolds, Brian Barnett, Jeremy Weleff, Eva Morunga, Alesha Wells, Aideen Stack, Amelia Akroyd, Nicholas Hoeh, Frederick Sundram, Suresh Muthukumaraswamy, Nicola Lawrence, William J. Evans

Palliative and Supportive Care. 2022 November; 10.1017/s1478951522001481

Prostate Cancer Screening Disparities in Persons Experiencing Homelessness

Zachary S. Mayo, Sarah S. Kilic, Jeremy Weleff, Sean M. Parker, Colleen Strzalka, Michael Phelan, Omar Y. Mian, Kevin L. Stephans, John H. Suh, Rahul D. Tendulkar

JCO Oncology Practice. 2022 November; 10.1200/OP.22.00412

Abuse and Neglect Concerns for Patients Under Psychiatric Evaluation for Decision Making Capacity: A Retrospective Subgroup Analysis

Brandon Hamm, Erin Dean, Karen E. Salerno, Kinza Tareen, Adele Viguera, Xavier Jimenez, Christina N. Allyn

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 2022 November; 10.1016/j.jaclp.2022.10.210

United States National Institutes of Health grant funding for psychedelic-assisted therapy clinical trials from 2006–2020

International Journal of Drug Policy. 2022 January; 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103473

Neuropsychiatric assessment and management of the ICU survivor

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2021 December; 10.3949/ccjm.88a.20169

Lost in Untranslation: The Challenge of Translated and Untranslated Writings Throughout Psychiatry's History

American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal. 2021 September; 10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2021.170106

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