Clinician''s Guide to Cannabinoid Science

Informationen zum Autor Steven James, MD is a psychiatrist and author living in southern California with over three decades in pharmaceutical research. Klappentext This essential book provides the scientific context from peer-reviewed medical literature of the emerging area of cannabinoid science. Zusammenfassung Provides the scientific basis for the potential clinical application of cannabinoids, covering their use in relation to the skin, pain, sleep, neuropsychiatry, and the immune system as well as safety in clinical practice and therapies for clinical use. Essential reading for mental health professionals and primary care practitioners. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. An Introduction to Cannabinoid Science: 1. An introduction to the botany and history of cannabis; 2. 9 -tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD); 3. The endocannabinoids; 4. Approved cannabinoid therapies for clinical use; 5. The safety of cannabis and cannabinoids in clinical practice; Part II. Potential Therapeutic Uses of Cannabinoids in Clinical Practice: 6. Cannabinoids and pain; 7. Cannabinoids and neuropsychiatry; 8. Cannabinoids in sleep and circadian rhythms; 9. Cannabinoids and inflammation and autoimmune disorders; 10. Cannabinoids and the eye; 11. Cannabinoids and the skin.

Product details

• Authors: Steven James, Steven (University of California James, James Steven
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781108730754
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73075-4
• No. of pages: 164
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, MEDICAL / Neurology, Psychiatry, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology