An essential guide for healthcare practitioners engaged in the treatment of cannabis use in patients

In A Practitioner’s Guide to Cannabis, a team of renowned substance use intervention experts delivers a relevant, timely, and agnostic guide to cannabis use in young adults & adults 18 years and older. The book offers a series of cannabis-specific evidence-based tools and strategies for social workers, psychologists, counselors, physicians, nurses, physician’s assistants, and other health care practitioners.

The book provides an objective and mindful approach to the complexities of cannabis science, our cultural interpretations of use, risk, and intervention, and patients’ expressions of their own biopsychosocial experiences.

A Practitioner’s Guide to Cannabis also explores:

• What cannabis is and its various compositions, including discussions of cannabis plant makeup and chemistry
• The recreational use of cannabis and its effects, including discussions of the evidence for negative psychological, emotional, social, and occupational impacts of cannabis use
• Effective treatments for cannabis use disorder, including discussions of integrated motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy

An essential new text for health care practitioners engaged in the treatment of cannabis use disorder, A Practitioner’s Guide to Cannabis will earn a place on the bookshelves of anyone seeking an up-to-date and evidence-based resource on cannabis and its use in contemporary society.

Inform and improve your practice with this comprehensive resource on cannabis use and abuse

A Practitioner's Guide to Cannabis expertly cuts through the political and cultural noise surrounding cannabis use and provides a relevant, timely, and agnostic analysis of cannabis use and abuse.

Incisive and insightful, this book assists behavioral health practitioners to increase their skills in screening, assessment, and intervention while helping them to adopt evidence-based practices. Health care providers will come to rely on this comprehensive resource to understand the risks of cannabis use and to provide a set of intervention strategies effective in a variety of settings.

The book covers topics crucial for understanding the work of behavioral health and health practitioners dealing with cannabis issues, including:

• the complexities of cannabis science
• our cultural interpretations of the use of cannabis
• the risks involved with cannabis use
• effective interventions
• patients' expressions of their own "biopsychosocial" experience

The book is perfect for social workers, psychologists, professional counselors, alcohol/drug counselors, and providers of health care, including physicians, nurses, and physician's assistants.