Marijuana is the most used psychotropic drug in the United States after
alcohol. Marijuana is now legal in 15 states and D.C. for adults over
the age of 21 and legal for medical use in 35 states and D.C. This
webinar will review the psychoactive components of cannabis and their
relationship to key brain receptors in producing a range of emotional
and physical responses. Common delivery methods of tetrahydrocannabinol
(THC) in cannabis products will be discussed with descriptions of
emerging and higher risk cannabis products. Key research studying the
relationship of cannabis use to psychosis and the adverse impact of
cannabis use in persons with serious mental illness will be highlighted.
Long term outcomes for chronic cannabis use will be discussed. The
panelists will highlight the relationship of cannabis use to violence
with an emphasis on identifying risk factors for aggression and violence
in persons with serious mental illness who use cannabis.
Format
Recorded webinar, non-interactive, self-paced distance learning activity with post-test.
This presentation was recorded on April 9, 2021.
Learning Objectives
- Identify emerging forms of cannabis products with increased THC potency.
- Describe the relationship of cannabis use to psychosis.
- Discuss specific factors that increase the risk of violence in persons with serious mental illness who use cannabis.
Target Audience
Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, Physician (Non-psychiatrist), Physician Assistant
Instructional Level
Intermediate
Estimate Time to Complete
Estimated Duration: 1.0 hour
Program Start Date: June 1, 2021
Program End Date: June 1, 2024
If
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How to Earn Credit
Participants who wish to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, CE credit for psychologists, or a certificate of participation may do so by completing all sections of the course, including viewing the full video and submitting an evaluation. A multiple-choice quiz is provided based on the content. A passing score of 75% must be achieved. After evaluating the program, course participants will be provided with an opportunity to claim hours of participation and print an official CME certificate (physicians), CE certificate (psychologists), or certificate of participation (other disciplines) showing the completion date and hours/credits earned.
Continuing Education Credit
Physicians
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The APA designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Psychologists
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Faculty and Planner Disclosures
All financial relationships relevant to this activity have been mitigated.
Instructor
- Debra Pinals, MD is a forensic psychiatric expert in the interface
with the civil and criminal justice system and mental health system as
well as working with co-occurring substance use disorders. She has
worked in and consulting to states on systems issues and the interface
for persons with SMI and corrections, reentry services, specialty
courts, police interface and training and integrated healthcare with
mental health care. She has served in an academic role teaching and
training psychiatry trainees, lawyers, judges, social workers,
psychologists, and other professionals, about SMI. She has been the PI
or co-PI of over 10 grants funded by SAMHSA or by the Bureau of Justice
Assistance. Dr. Pinals reports no financial relationships with
commercial interests.
- Charles Scott, MD is Chief, Division of Psychiatry and the Law,
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Training Director, and Professor of
Clinical Psychiatry at the University of California, Davis Medical
Center in Sacramento, California. He is Board Certified in General
Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and has Added
Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry. Dr.
Scott is a Past-President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the
Law (AAPL) and is also Past-President of the Association of Directors of
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowships. He lectures nationally on the topics
of malingering, violence risk assessment, juvenile violence, substance
use and violence, the assessment of sex offenders, correctional
psychiatry, DSM-5 and the law, and malpractice issues in mental health.
Dr. Scott reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
Planners
- Teri Brister, PhD, LPC, National Alliance on Mental Illness. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Amy N. Cohen, PhD, American Psychiatric Association. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Tristan Gorrindo, MD, American Psychiatric Association. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
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