Clinical Conversations about Cannabis: Using Elicit - Provide - Elicit

Written for behavioral health providers, this brief article describes how to use Elicit - Provide - Elicit (EPE) as one way to share information when working with individuals who use cannabis. Diagrams and sample dialogue in a case scenario demonstrate the flow of a conversation utilizing EPE. Several resources are referenced for clinicians to keep current and accurate regarding the evolving science around marijuana when exchanging information with individuals. This article appeared in the June 2015 online publication for the Addiction Technology Transfer Center, The ATTC Messenger. http://attcnetwork.org/communications/attcmessenger.aspx