Abstract
Patients with schizophrenia smoke at much higher prevalence rates (70-80%) than the general population (25 to 30%). This is true even when patients are identified in their first psychotic episodes, before they have been institutionalized or treated with antipsychotic medications.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Nicotinic Receptors in the Nervous System |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Pages | 227-235 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781420038521 |
| ISBN (Print) | 084932386X, 9780849323867 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience
- General Medicine
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics(all)