Alexander Chevalier, MD, Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at SunCloud Health, discusses how the modern cannabis industry has changed the way adolescents consume marijuana, the risks associated with this, and what we can do help adolescents struggling with their cannabis use. This talk highlights the risks specific to marijuana’s impact on the developing adolescent brain. It is designed for school counselors and social workers, treatment professionals and families with adolescents.
Objectives:
1) Understand modern cannabis and how it is mostly typically consumed by adolescents
2) Identify the largest risks associated with cannabis use in adolescents
3) Understand the treatment options for adolescent’s using cannabis
Alexander Chevalier, MD has worked across the lifespan in both acute inpatient psychiatric facilities as well as for three years in a traditional outpatient practice. He has treated a wide variety of psychiatric disorders including mood, anxiety, substance use, neurodevelopmental, and with a particular focus in the area of childhood trauma, teen depression treatment, and post-traumatic stress.
“My work focuses on uniting up to date, evidenced-based treatment with the needs of an individual and family at this very moment in time. I firmly believe that by empowering the individual and family with the best available research and offering individually tailored interventions, I can serve as a steadfast ally in the pathway to recovery. My goal is to help individuals turn their difficulties into a reservoir of personal strength.”
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