Cannabis withdrawal severity and short-term course among cannabis-dependent adolescent and young adult inpatients

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 133-141

  Preuss, U W ^a,c   Watzke, A B ^c   Zimmermann, J ^a   Wong, J W M ^d   Schmidt, C O ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c Fachklinik Gristower Wiek ^*  (Germany)

^d AWO Psychiatry Centre Halle   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cannabis dependence; Cannabis withdrawal; Inpatients; Latent class models; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARIJUANA WITHDRAWAL CHECKLIST; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 73549100438     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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