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1/👇 Check out our new publication on #mental #health from a #cannabis #dispensary. drcarolinemaccallum.com/cannabis-resou…

2/ The goal was to measure #mental health and #psychiatric symptom severity in a non epidemiological sample of #medical #cannabis users in a Vancouver #dispensary.

3/ We used structured clinical interview & standardized assessments to determine whether 100 participants met criteria for a current or lifetime diagnosis of a major #psychiatric disorder.

4/ Subject completed 7 standardized questionnaires to quantify symptom severity in the domains of #stress, #fatigue , #insomnia, #pain, #depression, somatic symptoms and #nicotine #dependence

5/ In 2012, 33% of Canadians met criteria for major #mental or #substance use disorder at some time in their lives. In our sample, 80% of subjects met the criteria in the "MINI" interview for any lifetime diagnosis of at least 1 psych disorder & >50% had 2+ current psych d/o

6/ Most common conditions subjects treated with medical cannabis were #anxiety/#stress 77%, #depression 47%, #insomnia 53%. 94% used less than 2 g #cannabis per day, primarily smoked, #20 used #THC only, #18 used #CBD only, #35 used 1:1, and #35 used high THC/low CBD

7/ Patterns of #cannabis use ie #route & CBD:THC ratio differed depending on the #psychiatric disorder. “Individuals appear to tailor their use depending on the psychiatric condition they are trying to treat." However, we were not able to determine clinical #efficacy of products