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Mental health nurses and clinicians key to reducing recreational cannabis harm


The examine by Charles Darwin College and Chiang Mai College in Thailand highlighted the rising want for nurses and different psychological health clinicians to be told concerning the dangers and advantages of recreational cannabis use.

DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA, October 18, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — Harm brought on by recreational cannabis might be diminished if psychological health nurses are higher geared up with info on the dangers and advantages of the substance, in accordance to a joint examine with Charles Darwin College (CDU).

The examine with CDU and Chiang Mai College in Thailand examined literature on the medicinal advantages of cannabis, the detrimental psychological health impacts related to legalising recreational use and methods to minimise these harms.

Corresponding writer and CDU Professor in Mental Health Dan Bressington mentioned as extra nations transfer to legalise recreational cannabis, it was essential for nurses and psychological health clinicians to have the information and assets to help sufferers utilizing or exploring the substance.

“We discovered that legalisation of recreational cannabis use is probably going to end in some deleterious results on psychological health, notably for susceptible teams resembling adolescents, folks with an current extreme psychological sickness and these with a household historical past of psychological diseases,” Professor Bressington mentioned.

“Nevertheless, based mostly on the present proof we must always not anticipate dramatic modifications within the quantity of cannabis-related shows to emergency departments and main will increase in healthcare prices within the common inhabitants.

“Our assessment highlighted a number of key messages that psychological health clinicians ought to purpose to convey when working as a psychological health educator, together with not utilizing it ceaselessly, avoiding cannabis sativa strains with excessive efficiency THC content material and not experimenting with cannabis till after 21 years previous.

“We additionally suggest a number of risk-reduction methods on a inhabitants stage, together with regulatory and monetary measures, the supply of tailor-made schooling and info health promotion packages, screening approaches, specialist therapy providers and analysis and analysis.”

On medical advantages of cannabis, Professor Bressington mentioned there was sturdy proof of efficacy in epilepsy, a number of sclerosis, and inflammatory bowel issues.

Professor Bressington mentioned the authors pursued the examine after the sudden leisure of Thailand’s cannabis use legal guidelines in 2022, following the legalisation of cannabis for medical use in 2018.

“The change in laws has triggered an excessive amount of debate concerning the dangers and potential advantages of cannabis legalisation, each inside Thailand and internationally,” Professor Bressington mentioned.

“Issues usually relate to fears that extra availability will end in elevated frequency of use and a detrimental influence on psychological health.

“As nurses and psychological health clinicians we needed to discover out what influence cannabis legalisation could have on psychological health in Thailand based mostly on the proof from different nations which have legalised recreational use.

“We’d like to assist folks make knowledgeable selections about their health behaviours and subsequently collated related proof that healthcare professionals could discover helpful if they’re working with folks that eat cannabis recreationally.”

The examine was revealed within the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.

Raphaella Saroukos
Charles Darwin College
+61 8 8946 6721
raphaella.saroukos@cdu.edu.au

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