Mental Disorders – Society of Cannabis Clinicians https://www.cannabisclinicians.org Educating Healthcare Professionals about the Medical Use of Cannabis Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:32:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.3 https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-scc-flavicon-32x32.png Mental Disorders – Society of Cannabis Clinicians https://www.cannabisclinicians.org 32 32 The Potential Benefits of Palmitoylethanolamide in Palliation: A Qualitative Systematic Review. https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/2019/12/01/the-potential-benefits-of-palmitoylethanolamide-in-palliation-a-qualitative-systematic-review/ Sun, 01 Dec 2019 14:10:48 +0000 https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/?p=17312 Authors: Mellar P. Davis, Bertrand Behm, Zankhana Mehta, Carlos Fernandez
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, December 2019
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Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) is a nutraceutical endocannabinoid that was retrospectively discovered in egg yolks. Feeding poor children with known streptococcal infections prevented rheumatic fever. Subsequently, it was found to alter the course of influenza. Unfortunately, the...

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]]> Targeting the Endocannabinoid System in Psychiatric Illness. https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/2019/02/20/targeting-the-endocannabinoid-system-in-psychiatric-illness/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:51:43 +0000 http://www.cannabisclinicians.org/?p=13352 Prevalence of psychiatric disorders continues to rise globally, yet remission rates and patient outcome remain less than ideal. As a result, novel treatment approaches for these disorders are necessary to decrease societal economic burden, as well as increase individual functi...

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