Treating cannabis problems by the mail and the internet

Members of the public with problem cannabis use will access Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in hard copy and electronic formats using wait list contols to help moderate or cease their cannabis use.

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12607000615482

Enrollment

200

Registered

2007-11-29

Start date

2007-12-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

A trial of the efficacy of a Cognitivie Behavioral Therapy intervention delivered by post for problem cannabis use to reduce or eliminate cannabis use and reduce psychological disturbance where this is also a problem.

Interventions

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as bibliotherapy in six manuals delivered at two weekly intervals, concentrating on motivational enhancement, learning skills to deal with cues promoting drug use, emotional management without drugs and developing problem solving skills.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Other

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to -2147483648 No limit

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Acknowledgement of a problem with cannabis use

Exclusion criteria

Current major psychiatric diagnosis, pregnancy or inability to read and write English adequately.

Outcome results