Psychological medicine
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Psychological medicine · Apr 2015
ReviewAssessment of cannabis use disorders: a systematic review of screening and diagnostic instruments.
Cannabis use and misuse have become a public health problem. There is a need for reliable screening and assessment tools to identify harmful cannabis use at an early stage. We conducted a systematic review of published instruments used to screen and assess cannabis use disorders. ⋯ Current instruments available for assessing cannabis use disorders need to be further improved. A standard cannabis unit should be studied and existing instruments should be adapted to this standard unit in order to improve cannabis use assessment.