When are they?
- Days: Tuesday fortnightly
- Times: 4pm - 5pm
The live online CPP clinic runs fortnightly PEER group sessions open to all first episode psychosis patients enrolled in the CCP programme, which currently accepts referrals from the Lambeth Early Onset (LEO) unit and STEP Early Interventions Community Mental Health Teams with the of supporting patients achieve a significant reduction/cessation of their cannabis use.
The sessions include psychoeducation through presentations from a range of subject matter experts and online learning materials; mentoring by patient experts who have all experienced a psychotic disorder while using cannabis and have subsequently stopped using; peer-to-peer learning and support.
Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) that accompanies the live online PEER group sessions is available to patients involved in the sessions and includes co-produced learning activities across a structure programme of learning and talks, presentations and other resources from expert speakers.
To access the group you must be a patients enrolled in the CCP programme, referred from the Lambeth Early Onset (LEO) unit or STEP Early Interventions Community Mental Health Teams.
If you are within this group, programme staff will send you an access code which you can enter once you have clicked Book Now to register.
What you will learn from taking part in the CPP PEER Group:
- Increase understanding of cannabis addiction
- Increase understanding of the mental and physical harms associated with cannabis use
- Engage and motivate users towards cessation
- Increase awareness of quitting strategies and signposting
- Support users in discussing cannabis-related issues
For more information and access to the Cannabis Clinic for Psychosis Online (CCPO) please contact:
- Dr Marta DiForti at or marta.diforti@kcl.ac.uk or marta.diforti@slam.nhs.uk
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