Cannabis and Mental Health: What's Lying in the Weeds

This presentation will provide the latest overview in the understanding of how cannabis use impacts mental health. A review of current cannabis use, trends and how legalization has changed the culture and landscape of use will be described. Screening techniques and assessment strategies for cannabis use disorder will provide clinicians with improved strategies and understanding. The presenter will discuss how cannabis use can exacerbate psychiatric conditions and how it may induce psychiatric disorders. A review of what is scientifically known about using cannabis to treat psychiatric disorder...Read mores will also be offered. Finally, a roadmap for clinicians in how to address questions surrounding cannabis use will be highlighted. Less...

Learning Objectives

  • Describe best practices in the screening and treatment of cannabis use disorder.
  • Identify how cannabis is consumed in the current landscape of legalization.
  • Identify three examples of the physical, mental, and social impact of cannabis use on mental health.

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Live Interactive Webinar

09:00 AM PDT - 10:30 AM PDT

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About the speaker

Timothy Fong, MD

Timothy Fong, MD

Professor of Psychiatry at Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA
Dr. Fong is a Professor of Psychiatry, board-certified in Addiction Psychiatry, at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA.He is the director of the UCLA Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, a one-year program that provides clinical training in the management of addictive disorders. He is also the co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program. The purpose of this program is to examine the underlying causes and clinical characteristics of gambling disorder in order to develop effective, evidence-based treatment strategies. Finally, he is a member of the Steering Committee to the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative, a multidisciplinary effort to examine the full impact of cannabis on the body, mind and brain.

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