CompletedNot Applicable

Community Based Cannabis Cessation Program

Norway102 participantsStarted 2013-06-02

Plain-language summary

The study examined a community based cannabis cessation program in Norway (CCP). The CCP uses a combination of cognitive therapy and psychoeducation and covers the normal withdrawal period for cannabis smoking cessation (up to 8 weeks), comprising \~15 individual sessions. From 2005 onwards, the CCP was implemented as a low-threshold community-based program in several Norwegian municipalities, e.g., Kristiansand, Fredrikstad and Oslo. The study had an observational one-group pre- / post test design. Outcomes was changes in cannabis use, mental distress, well-being, social network and sense of coherence (SoC) measured post-intervention (T2) and at a 3 months follow-up (T3).

Who can participate

Age range16 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) score ≥4 Exclusion Criteria: * polydrug use where cannabis was not the predominating substance of use * psychiatric comorbidity that was perceived as too severe to handle at the community-based centers

What they're measuring

Cannabis use

Timeframe: Changes from baseline to post-treatment and follow-up, on average 5 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04989205

SponsorSorlandet Hospital HF

Sponsor typeOTHER_GOV

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2017-01-31

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