Face validity of the ICD ‐10 criteria of substance abuse and dependence for patients prescribed cannabis‐based medicines for chronic pain – a survey of pain medicine physicians in Canada, Germany and Israel

ConclusionsA collaboration of psychiatrists and pain physicians is required to define criteria and develop instruments to capture abuse and dependence of CbMs in chronic pain patients.

Source: European Journal of Pain - January 24, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: S ören Lauff, Frank Petzke, Silviu Brill, Leonie Schouten, Mary‐Ann Fitzcharles, John X. Pereira, Winfried Häuser Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research