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Management of Cannabis Withdrawal

11 de março de 20111min19

Adam Winstock & Toby Lea

Sydney South West Area Health Service

Introduction

Cannabis is the most widely used illicit substance in the world (UNODC, 2006). In the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, nearly one in 12 Australians had consumed cannabis more than five times in the preceding 12 months, and of those, 21% met criteria for cannabis dependence (Swift, Hall & Teesson, 2001) .

While cannabis dependence is recognised in the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR), the existence of a specific withdrawal syndrome has been a more highly debated issue (Smith, 2002).

Management_of_cannabis_withdrawal_2009.pdf


Sobre a UNIAD

A Unidade de Pesquisa em álcool e Drogas (UNIAD) foi fundada em 1994 pelo Prof. Dr. Ronaldo Laranjeira e John Dunn, recém-chegados da Inglaterra. A criação contou, na época, com o apoio do Departamento de Psiquiatria da UNIFESP. Inicialmente (1994-1996) funcionou dentro do Complexo Hospital São Paulo, com o objetivo de atender funcionários dependentes.



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