Marijuana Abuse
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Association of pre-onset cannabis, alcohol, and tobacco use with age at onset of prodrome and age at onset of psychosis in first-episode patients.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Several reports suggest that cannabis use is associated with an earlier age at onset of psychosis, although not all studies have operationalized cannabis use as occurring prior to onset of symptoms. This study addressed whether pre-onset ... Read more...

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...

Stigmatization of alcohol and other drug users by primary care providers in Southeast Brazil.

16 Aug 2009 This study reports on the views of Primary Health Care (PHC) providers in Southeast Brazil on the use of alcohol and other drugs which reflect stigma, moralization, or negative judgment. Six hundred nine PHC professionals from the Brazilian states ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Marijuana Abuse'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Association of pre-onset cannabis, alcohol, and tobacco use with age at onset of prodrome and age at onset of psychosis in first-episode patients. 29 Sep 2009
• Longitudinal association between frequency of substance use and quality of life among adolescents receiving a brief outpatient intervention. 30 Aug 2009
• Stigmatization of alcohol and other drug users by primary care providers in Southeast Brazil. 16 Aug 2009
• Sensory gating impairments in heavy cannabis users are associated with altered neural oscillations. 30 Jul 2009
• The importance and challenges of assessing cognition in Indigenous Australians. 30 Jul 2009
• Substance misuse and early psychosis. 30 Jul 2009
• Marijuana craving in the brain. 25 Jul 2009
• Learning and memory deficits in ecstasy users and their neural correlates during a face-learning task. 21 Jul 2009
• Association between ABCB1 C3435T polymorphism and increased risk of cannabis dependence. 18 Jul 2009
• Evidence for association between polymorphisms in the cannabinoid receptor 1 (CNR1) gene and cannabis dependence. 3 Jul 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
• Diaries from cannabis users: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. 29 Jun 2009
• Comparison of family therapy outcome with alcohol-abusing, runaway adolescents. 29 Jun 2009
• Assessing the impact of cannabis use on trends in diagnosed schizophrenia in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2005. 25 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
• [Anaesthetic and analgesic considerations in drug abusing pregnant women] 8 Jun 2009
• Unsuspected exposure to cocaine in preschool children from a Mediterranean city detected by hair analysis. 30 May 2009
• Behavioral inhibition and activation systems: differences in substance use expectancy organization and activation in memory. 30 May 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