2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.10.016
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Medical comorbidity in patients with schizophrenia and alcohol dependence

Abstract: Patients with co-occurring alcohol use disorder may have significantly more medical illness burden than patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder alone. Interventions to reduce alcohol use may be necessary to lessen medical morbidity.

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“…employed vs. unemployed), age at onset of primary disorder [20,21,22], suicide attempt in lifetime (dichotomous), treatment with ECT in lifetime (dichotomous) [23,24], patient status (dichotomous, e.g. inpatient vs. outpatient), and the presence of a substance use disorder (dichotomous) [25,26,27,28]. A substance use disorder was defined as current or lifetime drug and/or alcohol abuse and/or dependence.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…employed vs. unemployed), age at onset of primary disorder [20,21,22], suicide attempt in lifetime (dichotomous), treatment with ECT in lifetime (dichotomous) [23,24], patient status (dichotomous, e.g. inpatient vs. outpatient), and the presence of a substance use disorder (dichotomous) [25,26,27,28]. A substance use disorder was defined as current or lifetime drug and/or alcohol abuse and/or dependence.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A religião é frequentemente presente entre pacientes psicóticos, como conteúdo das alucinações e ideias delirantes ou como estratégia de enfrentamento de situações de sofrimento (18) . Na compreensão de alguns pacientes e familiares, há um vínculo entre o tratamento e a espiritualidade, de modo que os profissionais da saúde e medicamentos podem ser concebidos como instrumentos divinos para ajudar as pessoas.…”
Section: A Espiritualidadeunclassified
“…Comumente Estudos apontam uma possível relação entre uso abusivo de álcool ou outras drogas e morbidades clínicas (18) , comportamento violento e menor propensão à adesão aos antipsicóticos (3) . Existem indivíduos que caminham em direção oposta, se privando de substâncias psicoativas para evitar os danos que elas acarretam e para que a farmacoterapia seja bemsucedida.…”
Section: As Decisões Sobre O Consumo De Outras Substâncias Psicoativasunclassified
“…Those with comorbid conditions are at higher risk of suicide (Gimelfarb, 2007;Schmidt, 2011;Withers, 2003), physical illness (communicable and noncommunicable; Batki et al, 2009;Drake & Mueser, 2000;Mueser, Drake, & Wallach, 1998;Phillips & Labrow, 2000), homelessness, becoming a perpetrator or a victim of crime (Drake & Mueser, 1996Marshall, 1998;Mueser et al, 1998;Wright, Gournay, Glorney, & Thornicroft, 2002), and reduced workforce participation (Schmidt, 2011).…”
Section: Comorbidity: Scope Of the Problemmentioning
confidence: 99%