THC, Mental Illness, & Addiction
Use of higher potency cannabis products does appear to raise the user’s risk of both Cannabis Use Disorders (CUD) and psychosis. The association was less clear for depression and anxiety.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 14, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Use of higher potency cannabis products does appear to raise the user’s risk of both Cannabis Use Disorders (CUD) and psychosis. The association was less clear for depression and anxiety.
by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 6, 2021 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 15, 2021 | In the News | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 7, 2021 | In the News | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 2, 2020 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 17, 2020 | Addiction Clinicians, Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 14, 2020 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Excited delirium is a term widely recognized in emergency medicine yet somehow lacks a single accepted definition.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 19, 2019 | In the News | 0 |
I’m all in favor of wider access to good mental health care, and since drug and alcohol problems are included, I thought this might be an opportunity to point out some serious flaws in this approach.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 3, 2017 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
This goes back to a problem in assessing pain. There’s no physical test for what is essentially a subjective experience.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 13, 2017 | Addiction | 0 |
Isn’t that a bit like the drinker who insists he’s fine except that he just drinks a whole lot more than other people?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 16, 2015 | Public Health, Public Policy | 0 |
It makes little sense to criticize our “system” of mental health care, when it’s only a system in some places. In the national sense, it isn’t a system at all, and never has been.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 15, 2013 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
In spite of the advances, science still struggles to understand the disease process that underlies most disorders.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 18, 2013 | Addiction Clinicians, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
In a sense we’re just describing disorders that we only partly understand.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 13, 2013 | Addiction, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
As a general rule, the better the causes of a disease are understood, the more effective the treatments will be.
Read Moreby Cecile | Jan 16, 2013 | Addiction Clinicians, People in Recovery | 1 |
Language– the words we choose for our self-talk– has a powerful influence on our brain function. Words can help us re-shape the cycle of feelings, impulses, and behaviors.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 18, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
Therapy we might see as fiddling with the ‘software’. Not so different from treating a chronic disease such as diabetes, where education and counseling improve outcomes.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 17, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
Another common criticism is that the diagnostic system dehumanizes clinical care, leading us to think about disorders rather than people.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 28, 2012 | Addiction, Addiction Clinicians, PDF Articles, Programs | 0 |
The key to treatment success is an integrated approach: One treatment team treats both illnesses using an integrated treatment plan.
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