Level of Functioning, Severity of Illness, and Smoking Status Among Chronic Psychiatric Patients

Hall, Robert G.; Duhamel, Marilyn; Mcclanahan, Rose; Miles, Gary B.; Nason, Charlene; Rosen, Stacy; Schiller, Penny; Tao-Yonenaga, Linda; Hall, Sharon M.

doi:10.1097/00005053-199507000-00008

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“…Although smokers with serious mental illnesses seem to understand that smoking is harmful and that quitting smoking can improve their health (Carosella et al 1999) it is estimated that about half (Carosella et al 1999;Addington et al 1997;Hall et al 1995;Etter et al 2004) of this group have no plans of quitting in the next 6 months. Furthermore, less than one quarter are planning to quit in the next 30 days (Carosella et al 1999;Addington et al 1997), thus highlighting the need to increase motivational levels in clients before tobacco treatment can commence.…”

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Evaluation of the CHOICES Program of Peer-to-Peer Tobacco Education and Advocacy

Williams

Dwyer

Verna³

et al. 2010

Community Ment Health J

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CHOICES is a consumer driven program for addressing tobacco in people with mental illness that employs mental health peer counselors. Since 2005, CHOICES has conducted over 298 community visits reaching more than 10,000 smokers with mental illness (about 2500/year). A telephone based outcome study was conducted in 102 outpatient smokers who received a CHOICES peer-to-peer session. At 1-month follow up participants (N = 86; 84%) reported smoking an average of 13 cigarettes per day which was significantly reduced from a baseline of 19 (P < 0.001). Twenty-five individuals (29%) tried to quit smoking in the month after the peer session and another 47 (55%) reduced their smoking. Feedback from smokers about the program was positive. Most (N = 59, 71%) said it was a lot easier to talk with a consumer about smoking compared to their psychiatrist or staff. Peer-to-peer communication about tobacco use can be effective to increase awareness and change smoking behaviors.

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Evaluation of the CHOICES Program of Peer-to-Peer Tobacco Education and Advocacy

Williams

Dwyer

Verna³

et al. 2010

Community Ment Health J

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“…Studies have shown increased positive and negative symptoms among smokers with schizophrenia (Arias et al, 1997;Beratis et al, 2001;Goff et al, 1992;Hall et al, 1995), and positive associations between the level of nicotine dependence and positive symptoms (de Leon et al, 2006;Zeidonis et al, 1994) and negative symptoms (Fukui et al, 1995;Patkar et al, 2002). One study reported negative correlations between the level of nicotine dependence and negative symptoms (Arias et al, 1997).…”

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Nicotine consumption and schizotypy in first-degree relatives of individuals with schizophrenia and non-psychiatric controls

Esterberg

Jones

Compton

et al. 2007

Schizophrenia Research

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Individuals with schizophrenia have very high rates of cigarette smoking, and much has been discovered about the influence of nicotine on brain functioning in schizophrenia. However, less is understood about the relationship between nicotine consumption and milder phenotypes related to schizophrenia, specifically schizotypy. This study examined the relationship between nicotine consumption and schizotypy in two unmedicated samples that included first-degree relatives and non-psychiatric controls.Forty-two first-degree relatives and 50 control participants were administered a self-report questionnaire on schizotypal features as well as a self-report questionnaire on smoking behavior. A positive relationship was found between smoking status and level of schizotypy, and higher levels of schizotypy significantly predicted the odds of being a smoker after controlling for gender and group status. Interestingly, group status was a significant moderator in the relationship between level of schizotypy and smoking status, such that the relationship between these two variables was only significant in the first-degree relatives. This is the first study to investigate the relationship between these variables in a sample of firstdegree relatives of individuals with schizophrenia. Those individuals with more schizotypal features are presumably at greater risk for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and thus may be more likely to smoke cigarettes given the known biochemical effects of nicotine on overt positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Although relatives did not differ from controls in their level of selfreported schizotypy, the significant relationship between smoking status and schizotypy in the former group is likely explained by their genetic vulnerability to schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.

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“…Further, Zeidonis et al (1994) reported that schizophrenics who smoked had higher positive symptoms than nonsmokers, and schizophrenics who smoked heavily had the lowest number of negative symptoms. On the other hand, Hall et al (1995) reported that the schizophrenics who had formerly smoked but were not smoking substantially at the time of assessment had lower levels of negative symptoms on a BPRS subscale than schizophrenics who were smokers. Hamera et al (1995) and Dalack and MeadorWoodruff (1996) reported that abstinence from nicotine or decreased nicotine use may be associated with an exacerbation of schizophrenic symptoms.…”

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Effects of Cigarette Smoking and Nicotine Nasal Spray on Psychiatric Symptoms and Cognition In Schizophrenia

Smith

Singh

Infante

et al. 2002

Neuropsychopharmacology

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Level of Functioning, Severity of Illness, and Smoking Status Among Chronic Psychiatric Patients

Cited by 63 publications

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Evaluation of the CHOICES Program of Peer-to-Peer Tobacco Education and Advocacy

Evaluation of the CHOICES Program of Peer-to-Peer Tobacco Education and Advocacy

Nicotine consumption and schizotypy in first-degree relatives of individuals with schizophrenia and non-psychiatric controls

Effects of Cigarette Smoking and Nicotine Nasal Spray on Psychiatric Symptoms and Cognition In Schizophrenia

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