Marijuana Abuse - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Longitudinal association between frequency of substance use and quality of life among adolescents receiving a brief outpatient intervention.

30 Aug 2009 Recognition of the broad consequences of adolescent substance abuse has led to increased emphasis on balancing traditional measures of treatment effectiveness, such as frequency of substance use, with measures of patient functioning and quality of ... Read more...

Substance misuse and early psychosis.

30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: This paper sought to review current knowledge about the relationship between substance misuse and early psychosis. METHODS: A literature search was conducted using Medline and restricting the search to articles after 1996. Additional ... Read more...

Diaries from cannabis users: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.

29 Jun 2009 This article is based on research, which aimed to uncover the meanings behind the experience of cannabis use. Six participants were recruited and asked to keep a diary for 15 days. Data were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Marijuana Abuse - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Longitudinal association between frequency of substance use and quality of life among adolescents receiving a brief outpatient intervention. 30 Aug 2009
• Substance misuse and early psychosis. 30 Jul 2009
• Diaries from cannabis users: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. 29 Jun 2009
• Predictors of resolution of aberrant drug behavior in chronic pain patients treated in a structured opioid risk management program. 9 Jun 2009
• Clinical and laboratory assessment of the subjective experience of drug craving. 9 Jun 2009
• Behavioral inhibition and activation systems: differences in substance use expectancy organization and activation in memory. 30 May 2009
• Reactivity to cannabis cues in virtual reality environments. 30 May 2009
• Remission of eating disorder during pregnancy: five cases and brief clinical review. 30 May 2009
• Adolescents' thoughts about abstinence curb the return of marijuana use during and after treatment. 30 May 2009
• A prospective study of cannabis use as a risk factor for non-adherence and treatment dropout in first-episode schizophrenia. 26 May 2009
• The association between early cannabis use and psychotic-like experiences in a community adolescent sample. 7 May 2009
• Cannabis use in children and adolescents with first episode psychosis: influence on psychopathology and short-term outcome (CAFEPS study). 5 May 2009
• Health risk behavior of youth in foster care. 29 Apr 2009
• Are adolescents who moderate their cannabis use at lower risk of later regular and dependent cannabis use? 29 Apr 2009
• Measurement of the risk for substance use disorders: phenotypic and genetic analysis of an index of common liability. 16 Apr 2009
• A typology of cannabis-related problems among individuals with repeated illegal drug use in the first three decades of life: Evidence for heterogeneity and different treatment needs. 9 Apr 2009
• Actions of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in cannabis: relation to use, abuse, dependence. 30 Mar 2009
• Cannabis use disorder: epidemiology and management. 30 Mar 2009
• Moving beyond the cannabis controversy into the world of the cannabinoids. 30 Mar 2009
• Alcohol-related problems among younger drinkers who misuse prescription drugs: results from the national epidemiologic survey of alcohol and related conditions (NESARC). 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Marijuana Abuse'

Definition: The excessive use of marijuana with associated psychological symptoms and impairment in social or occupational functioning.

Descriptor UI: D002189

Alternative terms: Marijuana Abuse; Abuse, Marijuana; Marihuana Abuse; Abuse, Marihuana; Hashish Abuse; Abuse, Hashish; Cannabis-Related Disorder; Cannabis Related Disorder; Disorder, Cannabis-Related; Cannabis Abuse; Abuse, Cannabis; Cannabis Dependence; Dependence, Cannabis; Marijuana Dependence; Dependence, Marijuana;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.739.635; F03.900.635;

Online Note: use MARIJUANA ABUSE to search CANNABIS ABUSE 1981-89

History Note: 90; was CANNABIS ABUSE 1981-89

Technical Notes: see note on CANNABIS