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Filter by:Cannabis use can lead to addiction in about 5 to 10 % of users in France. Currently, behavioral interventions are the most dependable but effectiveness is still reduced. Mindfulness meditation has demonstrated an effectiveness in several meta analysis (anxiety and depressive disorder) and seems to be relevant to reduce anxious and impulsive symptoms found in cannabis use disorders. This study proposes to determinate the mindfulness effectiveness in reduction of cannabis use in regular consumer. The consumption decrease is estimated with a retrospective diary, TLFB (Timeline Follow Back) which collect cannabis use every week until the 12th. Urine (week 0/baseline, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12) and hair (week 0/baseline, 10) analyses are regularly effected. Patients included in control group get classic cares in an addictology center in CHRU of Nancy. Patients included in mindfulness group receive one session a week during eight weeks (MBRP protocol : Mindfulness -Based Relapse Prevention). The study process goes on for 12 weeks. An ancillary study measures the impact of cannabis decreases on retinal electrophysiological and architectural markers, usually disturbed by cannabis uses.
Smartphones have become a part of our daily life, the number of people using smartphones is increasing day after day. Easy access to internet is the main advantage of smartphones in comparison to traditional mobile phones, so they are considered as handheld convenient substitutes to computers. People use smartphones for many different purposes such as communication, entertainment, browsing for information, education or business facilitation. Unfortunately the excessive use of smartphones makes people 'addicted' to that type of technology. Past research has shown that older people have less positive attitudes towards a variety of technologies and they are less likely than younger people to embrace new technology, so It seems that the problem of smartphones addiction is most likely to affect young people who are fascinated with new technologies.