作者
Kenneth H Levin, Marc L Copersino, Stephen J Heishman, Fang Liu, Deanna L Kelly, Douglas L Boggs, David A Gorelick
发表日期
2010/9/1
期刊
Drug and alcohol dependence
卷号
111
期号
1-2
页码范围
120-127
出版商
Elsevier
简介
BACKGROUND
Cannabis withdrawal is not recognized in DSM-IV because of doubts about its clinical significance.
OBJECTIVES
Assess the phenomenon of cannabis withdrawal and its relationship to relapse in non-treatment-seeking adults.
SUBJECTS
Convenience sample of 469 adult cannabis smokers who had made a quit attempt while not in a controlled environment.
METHODS
Subjects completed a 176-item Marijuana Quit Questionnaire collecting information on sociodemographic characteristics, cannabis use history, and their “most difficult” cannabis quit attempt.
RESULTS
42.4% of subjects had experienced a lifetime withdrawal syndrome, of whom 70.4% reported using cannabis in response to withdrawal. During the index quit attempt, 95.5% of subjects reported ≥1 individual withdrawal symptom (mean [SD] 9.5 [6.1], median 9.0); 43.1% reported ≥10. Number of withdrawal symptoms was …
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