Book contents
- Marijuana and Madness
- Marijuana and Madness
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 How cannabis works in the brain
- 2 Other cannabinoids
- 3 The function of the endocannabinoid system
- 4 Is cannabis becoming more potent?
- 5 What are the policy implications of the evidence on cannabis and psychosis?
- 6 Cannabis, endocannabinoids and neurodevelopment
- 7 The impact of pubertal exposure to cannabis on the brain: a focus on animal studies
- 8 Cannabis and cognition: short- and long-term effects
- 9 Does cannabis cause lasting brain damage?
- 10 The association between cannabis use and depression: a review of the evidence
- 11 Cannabis, cannabinoids and bipolar disorder
- 12 Which cannabis users develop psychosis?
- 13 Cannabinoids and the cerebellum: a potential role in the development of psychosis
- 14 The neural basis for the acute effects of cannabis on learning and psychosis
- 15 Does cannabis use cause schizophrenia? The epidemiological evidence
- 16 Postmortem studies of the brain cannabinoid system in schizophrenia
- 17 The endocannabinoid system in schizophrenia
- 18 The acute effects of cannabinoids in patients with psychotic illness
- 19 Cannabis abuse and the course of schizophrenia
- 20 Understanding cannabis use in schizophrenia
- 21 Addressing cannabis use in people with psychosis
- Index
21 - Addressing cannabis use in people with psychosis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2011
Book contents
- Marijuana and Madness
- Marijuana and Madness
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 How cannabis works in the brain
- 2 Other cannabinoids
- 3 The function of the endocannabinoid system
- 4 Is cannabis becoming more potent?
- 5 What are the policy implications of the evidence on cannabis and psychosis?
- 6 Cannabis, endocannabinoids and neurodevelopment
- 7 The impact of pubertal exposure to cannabis on the brain: a focus on animal studies
- 8 Cannabis and cognition: short- and long-term effects
- 9 Does cannabis cause lasting brain damage?
- 10 The association between cannabis use and depression: a review of the evidence
- 11 Cannabis, cannabinoids and bipolar disorder
- 12 Which cannabis users develop psychosis?
- 13 Cannabinoids and the cerebellum: a potential role in the development of psychosis
- 14 The neural basis for the acute effects of cannabis on learning and psychosis
- 15 Does cannabis use cause schizophrenia? The epidemiological evidence
- 16 Postmortem studies of the brain cannabinoid system in schizophrenia
- 17 The endocannabinoid system in schizophrenia
- 18 The acute effects of cannabinoids in patients with psychotic illness
- 19 Cannabis abuse and the course of schizophrenia
- 20 Understanding cannabis use in schizophrenia
- 21 Addressing cannabis use in people with psychosis
- Index
Summary
This chapter reviews the current evidence for addressing cannabis use among people with a psychotic illness. Understanding the interplay between cannabis use and mental illness, and then deciding on which interventions to employ, requires careful analysis of a number of complex factors that include current mental state, the nature and extent of cannabis use, reasons for use and readiness to change. The components of assessment vary widely from service to service and setting to setting, depending on the information sought by the clinician and/or researcher. A number of diagnostic interview schedules exist to assess the presence of both cannabis-use disorders and mental disorders in a single assessment. Assessment of readiness to change is another crucial consideration when treating substance use among people with psychotic illness. A recent Cochrane review identified just one randomized controlled trial that evaluated treatment interventions for cannabis use specifically among people with psychotic illness.
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- Marijuana and Madness , pp. 225 - 233Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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