Relationships Between Symptoms of Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse
作者:
BRUNETTE MARY,
MUESER KIM,
XIE HAIYI,
DRAKE1 ROBERT,
期刊:
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
(OVID Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 185,
issue 1
页码: 13-20
ISSN:0022-3018
年代: 1997
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Previous work posits that severity of substance abuse and severity of schizophrenic symptoms should be linked by either or both of two mechanisms: self-regulation of symptoms and drug-induced exacerbation of symptoms. Research on these relationships has yielded mixed results. We examined the interrelationships of schizophrenic symptoms and substance abuse in 172 patients with co-occurring disorders. Relationships were weak or nonexistent, without any consistent pattern. Our findings do not support the view that substances are used to self-regulate symptoms. In addition, our results suggest that substance abuse may lead to higher rates of institutionalization through mechanisms other than by exacerbating symptoms.
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