Drug abuse in schizophrenic patients: clinical correlates and reasons for use
American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 February 1991
Lisa B. Dixon, Gretchen L. Haas, Peter J. Weiden, John A. Sweeney, Allen Frances
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Schizophrenic patients who abuse drugs may represent a subgroup of patients with better prognoses and less severe clinical characteristics of schizophrenia, but their drug abuse may adversely affect global outcome.
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Schizophrenic patients who abuse drugs may represent a subgroup of patients with better prognoses and less severe clinical characteristics of schizophrenia, but their drug abuse may adversely affect global outcome.
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