Evaluation of the Effects of Treatment of Psycho-stimulant and Cannabis-dependent Users in Israel
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2013-11-01
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Summary
This study evaluates the effects of psychological and pharmacological treatment of regular
users of cannabis and psychostimulants in a treatment center (Kfar Izun) in Israel. The
participants will undergo psychological evaluation before and during treatment and follow up
at 4 months. Ten participants will undergo brain imaging of the dopamine receptor D2 in order
to evaluate the effects of treatment on dopamine turnover in the brain. A control group of
psychiatric in-patients undergoing treatment for psychiatric illness with be recruited from
Geha Hospital in Israel. It is predicted that successful treatment of regular users of
cannabis will be resulted in improvement in anxiety, depression and psychotic symptoms as
well as in upregulation of dopamine turnover in participants that will undergo brain imaging.