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Effect of Extended Cannabis Abstinence on PTSD Symptoms
Sponsor: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Summary
This will be a 12-week randomized trial. Outpatients and patients from the Mood and Anxiety program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) with a current diagnosis of post-traumatic stressed disorder (PTSD) and cannabis-use disorder (CUD) will be randomized to receive individual motivational interviewing therapy and contingency management (n = 12) or individual motivational interviewing therapy alone (control group, n = 12) after enrolment.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 55 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
24
Start Date
2022-02-02
Completion Date
2024-09-01
Last Updated
2024-04-23
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Contingency-management
In addition to structured assessments at baseline, four, eight and twelve months, subjects randomized to the contingency-management group will receive a contingent bonus if the participants show successful abstinence at the end of weeks 4, 8 and 12.
Enhanced usual care
Subjects will receive structured, quantitative assessments at baseline, four, eight and twelve weeks.
Locations (1)
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada