Marijuana Abuse - Rehabilitation
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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...

Intermittent marijuana use is associated with improved retention in naltrexone treatment for opiate-dependence.

29 Jun 2009 Naltrexone is a theoretically promising alternative to agonist substitution treatment for opioid dependence, but its effectiveness has been severely limited by poor adherence. This study examined, in an independent sample, a previously observed ... Read more...

HIV risk behavior in opioid dependent adults seeking detoxification treatment: an exploratory comparison of heroin and oxycodone users.

29 Jun 2009 Heroin users are at high risk for HIV infection, but little is known about HIV risk in oxycodone users. This study examined HIV risk behaviors in heroin (n = 27) and oxycodone (n = 23) users seeking inpatient detoxification at a private psychiatric ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Marijuana Abuse - Rehabilitation'

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
• Intermittent marijuana use is associated with improved retention in naltrexone treatment for opiate-dependence. 29 Jun 2009
• HIV risk behavior in opioid dependent adults seeking detoxification treatment: an exploratory comparison of heroin and oxycodone users. 29 Jun 2009
• Comparison of family therapy outcome with alcohol-abusing, runaway adolescents. 29 Jun 2009
• Adolescents' thoughts about abstinence curb the return of marijuana use during and after treatment. 30 May 2009
• [Counselling with respect to cannabis use: strategies to avoid long-term consequences] 19 May 2009
• Health risk behavior of youth in foster care. 29 Apr 2009
• [The new drug addiction behavior of the young] 29 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
• "What I got from treatment": predictors of treatment content received and association of treatment content with 6-month outcomes in adolescents. 29 Mar 2009
• [Treatment of marijuana dependence] 30 Dec 2008
• Simultaneous cannabis and tobacco use and cannabis-related outcomes in young women. 7 Dec 2008
• Efficacy of outpatient aftercare for adolescents with alcohol use disorders: a randomized controlled study. 29 Nov 2008
• Cue reactivity in young marijuana smokers: a preliminary investigation. 29 Nov 2008
• Adolescent tobacco use and substance abuse treatment outcomes. 10 Nov 2008
• Familial predisposition for psychiatric disorder: comparison of subjects treated for cannabis-induced psychosis and schizophrenia. 30 Oct 2008
• Profile of young people attending alcohol and other drug treatment services in Aotearoa, New Zealand: clinical file search. 30 Oct 2008
• [Development and validation of an overall instrument to measure craving across multiple substances: the Mannheimer Craving Scale (MaCS)] 13 Oct 2008
• Self-administration of cocaine, cannabis and heroin in the human laboratory: benefits and pitfalls. 7 Oct 2008
• Are cannabis users who participate in a randomized clinical trial different from other treatment seekers? 29 Sep 2008

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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