Cannabis Use Disorder Treatment Barriers and Facilitators among Veterans with PTSD

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 73-81

  Bujarski, Sarah J ^a   Galang, Jessica N ^b   Short, Nicole A ^c   Trafton, Jodie A ^d,e   Gifford, Elizabeth V ^d   Kimerling, Rachel ^d   Vujanovic, Anka A ^f   McKee, Laura G ^g   Bonn Miller, Marcel O ^d,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; marijuana; PTSD; trauma; treatment

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; STIGMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; ADULT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MARIJUANA ABUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84959472860     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/adb0000131     Document Type: Article

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