Cannabis Withdrawal and Severity: A Literature Review Analysis

This literature review, based on the research of Chung et al. (2008), examines the significance of cannabis withdrawal as an indicator of dependence in adolescents undergoing treatment for substance abuse. The study explores the predictive validity of different definitions of cannabis withdrawal, utilizing a prospective design with a one-year follow-up of adolescents recruited from intensive outpatient programs. The research investigates the correlation between cannabis withdrawal symptoms and the severity of cannabis involvement, measuring DSM-IV abuse and dependence symptoms, frequency of use, and periods of abstinence. The review emphasizes the importance of empirically-based methods in defining cannabis withdrawal and its implications for long-term outcomes, supporting more restrictive definitions and highlighting the need for further research to inform future revisions of diagnostic manuals such as ICD-11 and DSM-V.

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The argument exists concerning whether this drug removal disorder must be involved in
the subsequent amendment of the Analytical and Arithmetical Guide of Psychological
Complaints. In this article Chung et al., (2008) are determining the existence of the ‘withdrawal’
standard when estimating a separate for medical analysis of cannabis dependency. This article is
wanted to regulate methodically the category and quantity of indications that describes a
cannabis removal standard, and the amount to which removal forecasts a comparatively long-
lasting sequence (Chung et al., 2008). This prospective learning of juveniles employed from
compulsions treatment, and monitored over1 year, scrutinized the amount and category of
cannabis removal indications that describes optimally the removal disorder in early life. The
research of Chung et al., (2008) , declare that the drug display outcomes that were inconsistence
with the self-constructed material application were deliberated with the teenage to confirm
extensive quality information. Contributors were rewarded upon achievement of every tasks.
This article proposes that DSM-IV described removal usually executes constructively as
a pointer of necessity and more long-lasting progress across dispose of materials (Chung et al.,
2008). This reading is amongst the unique to use an empirically constructed technique to regulate
the amount and category of cannabis removal indications that would exploit validity. This
journal Chung et al., (2008) also delivers upkeep for supplementary severe or constricted
identities of cannabis removal compared to definitions applying lower inception. The researcher
concentrated on the existence of DSM-IV material application disorder principles and did not
scrutinize particularly the legitimacy of the descriptions beside ICD-10 cannabis requirement
standards (Chung et al., 2008). However, concordance is usually high through the two
arrangements. Conversely, additional investigation on the occurrence and presentation features

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of that, and substitute descriptions of drug removal, are wanted immediately to notify
amendments to this drug application illness measures important to ICD-11 and DSM-V.

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References:-
Chung, T., Martin, C. S., Cornelius, J. R., & Clark, D. B. (2008). Cannabis withdrawal predicts
severity of cannabis involvement at 1‐year follow‐up among treated adolescents.
Addiction, 103(5), 787-799.