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Psychosocial Interventions for Cannabis Use Disorder

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Systematic Review

Source: The Cochrane Collaborative

Last Reviewed: May 2016

Workgroups: Substance Use Workgroup

In this Cochrane systematic review, the Cochrane Collaborative found that psychosocial treatment is more effective than no treatment in helping people with cannabis use disorder use cannabis less. The studies in the review looked at interventions including cognitive‐behavioral therapy and motivational enhancement therapy. Researchers also found that psychosocial interventions aren’t likely to improve people’s motivation to quit, their other substance use, or their mental health.

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Objectives related to this resource (3)

Increase the proportion of people with a substance use disorder who got treatment in the past year — SU‑01
Little or no detectable change
Reduce the proportion of adults who use marijuana daily or almost daily — SU‑08
Getting worse
Reduce the proportion of people who had marijuana use disorder in the past year — SU‑14
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

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Gates, P.J., Sabioni, P., Copeland, J., Le Foll, B. & Gowing, L. (2016). Psychosocial interventions for cannabis use disorder. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016 (5). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005336.pub4.