Why psychiatry needs better patient outcome data on medical cannabis

Dr Imogen Kretzschmar, consultant psychiatrist at Mamedica, examines medical cannabis's mental health benefits for patients under specialist supervision. Dr Imogen Kretzschmar, consultant psychiatrist at Mamedica, examines medical cannabis's mental health benefits for patients under specialist supervision. Reviews, observational studies and real-world clinical practice is demonstrating the positive benefits of cannabis in mental health. Credit: PhotoArt13 / Shutterstock.com Dr Imogen Kretzschmar, consultant psychiatrist at Mamedica, examines medical cannabis’s mental health benefits for patients under specialist supervision. As a psychiatrist, I think the debate around medical cannabis in mental health often begins in the wrong place. Too frequently, it starts with instinct:…

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