Using cannabis to help you sleep: Heightened frequency of medical cannabis use among those with PTSD

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 162-165

  Bonn Miller, Marcel O ^a,b   Babson, Kimberly A ^c   Vandrey, Ryan ^d  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Coping; Medical marijuana; PTSD; Sleep

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COPING; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; PTSD; SLEEP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893803414     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Aiken L., West S. Multiple Regression: Testing and Interpreting Interactions 1991, Sage, Newbury Park, CA.
2. American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th Edition - Text Revision) 2000, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC.
3. Blake D., Weathers F.W., Nagy L.M., Kaloupek D.G., Gusman F.D., Charney D.S., Keane T.M. The development of a clinician-administered PTSD scale. J. Trauma Stress 1995, 8:75-90.
4. Boden M.T., Babson K.A., Vujanovic A.A., Short N.A., Bonn-Miller M.O. Posttraumatic stress disorder and cannabis use characteristics among military veterans with cannabis dependence. Am. J. Addict. 2013, 22:277-284.
5. Bolla K., Lesage S., Gamaldo C., Neubauer D., Funderbuck F., Lud Cadet J., David P.M., Verdejo-Garcia A., Benbrook A.R. Sleep disturbance in heavy marijuana users. Sleep 2008, 31:901-908.
6. Bonn-Miller M.O., Babson K.A., Vujanovic A.A., Feldner M.T. Sleep problems and PTSD symptoms interact to predict marijuana use coping motives: a preliminary investigation. J. Dual Diagn. 2010, 6:111-122.
7. Bonn-Miller M.O., Boden M.T., Bucossi M.M., Babson K.A. Self-reported cannabis use characteristics, patterns, and helpfulness among medical cannabis users. Am. J. Drug Alcohol Abuse 2013, Epub ahead of print.
8. Bonn-Miller M.O., Vujanovic A.A., Feldner M.T., Bernstein A., Zvolensky M.J. Posttraumatic stress symptom severity predicts marijuana use coping motives among traumatic event-exposed marijuana users. J. Trauma Stress 2007, 20:577-586.
9. Bonn-Miller M.O., Zvolensky M.J. An evaluation of the nature of marijuana use and its motives among young adult active users. Am. J. Addict. 2009, 18:409-416.
10. Bonn-Miller M.O., Zvolensky M.J., Marshall E. Incremental validity of anxiety sensitivity in relation to marijuana withdrawal symptoms. Addict. Behav. 2007, 32:1843-1851.
11. Bovasso G. Cannabis abuse as a risk factor for depressive symptoms. Am. J. Psychiatry 2001, 158:2033-2037.
12. Griffin K., Botvin G., Scheier L., Nichols T. Factors associated with regular marijuana use among high school students: a long-term follow-up study. Subst. Use Misuse 2002, 37:225-238.
13. Lee C.M., Neighbors C., Hendershot C.S., Grossbard J.R. Development and preliminary validation of a comprehensive marijuana motives questionnaire. J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs 2009, 70:279-287.
14. McFarlane A. Epidemiological evidence about the relationship between PTSD and alcohol abuse: the nature of the association. Addict. Behav. 1998, 23:813-825.
15. Morin C., Bootzin R., Buysse D., Edinger J., Espie C., Lichstein K. Psychological and behavioral treatment of insomnia: update of the recent evidence (1998-2004). Sleep 2006, 29:1398-1414.
16. National Center for PTSD Using the PTSD Checklist (PCL) 2013, http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/assessments/assessment-pdf/pcl-handout.pdf. Retrieved on 9/15/2013.
17. Passie T., Emrich H.M., Karst M., Brandt S.D., Halpern J.H. Mitigation of post-traumatic stress symptoms by cannabis resin: a review of the clinical and neurobiological evidence. Drug Test. Anal. 2012, 4:649-659.
18. Russo E.B., Guy G.W., Robson P.J. Cannabis, pain, and sleep: lessons from therapeutic clinical trials of Sativex, a cannabis-based medicine. Chem. Biodivers. 2007, 4:1729-1743.
19. Saunders J., Aasland O., Babor T., de la Fuente J., Grant M. Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO collaborative project on early detection of persons with harmful alcohol consumption-II. Addiction 1993, 88:791-804.
20. Schierenbeck T., Riemann D., Berger M., Homyak M. Effect of illicit recreational drugs upon sleep: cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana. Sleep Med. Rev. 2008, 12:381-389.
21. Shalev A., Freedman S., Peri T., Brandes D., Sahar T., Orr S., Pitman R. Prospective study of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression following trauma. Am. J. Psychiatry 1998, 155:630-637.
22. Simmons J., Nelson L., Simonsohn U. False-positive psychology: undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant. Psychol. Sci. 2011, 22:1359-1366.
23. Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration Results from the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings, NSDUH Series H-44, HHS Publication No. (SMA) 12-4713 2012, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD.
24. Vandrey R., Smith M.T., McCann U.D., Budney A.J., Curran E.M. Sleep disturbance and the effects of extended release zolpidem during cannabis withdrawal. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011, 117:38-44.
25. Watson D., O'Hara M., Simms L., Kotov R., Chmielewski M., McDade-Montez E., Gamez W., Stuart S. Development and validation of the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS). Psychol. Assess. 2007, 19:253-268.
26. Weathers F., Litz B., Herman D., Huska J., Keane T. The PTSD Checklist (PCL): Reliability, Validity, and Diagnostic Utility. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 1993.