Dr. Rajiv Radhakrishnan MBBS, MD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. He is board-certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. As a physician-scientist with a research interest in examining the effects of cannabinoids, he has conducted laboratory studies using THC and is currently examining the effects of cannabidiol on brain microglial activation using PET imaging in a NIH-funded study. Dr. Radhakrishnan has published papers on the evidence for the use of medical marijuana in psychiatric disorders and what clinicians need to know about the topic.
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