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.
Sören LauffFrank PetzkeSilviu BrillLeonie SchoutenMary-Ann FitzcharlesJohn X PereiraWinfried HäuserPublished in: European journal of pain (London, England) (2023)
A 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.