Ben Britton Britton

1 Introduction Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders (SSRD) are a group of psychiatric conditions characterised by persistent, distressing physical symptoms accompanied by excessive thoughts, feelings, or behaviours related to these symptoms, leading to significant functional impairment [1]. The category includes Somatic symptom disorder, conversion or functional neurological disorder, illness anxiety disorder and factitious disorder.

1 Introduction Reports of cannabis being used illicitly for medicinal purposes date back to the nineteenth century [1], and recreational use is reported even earlier [2, 3]. Despite this historic interest as a medicinal product, legal access had been one of the main barriers to use [4]. In 2016, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Association (TGA) approved prescriptions by clinicians using the Special Access Scheme (SAS) [5-7].