Cognitive performance and smoking in first-episode psychosis: the self-medication hypothesis
Cognitive performance and smoking in first-episode psychosis: the self-medication hypothesis
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag
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The self-medication hypothesis attempts to explain the extraordinary high levels of cigarette smoking in schizophrenia; patients may smoke in an attempt to reduce their cognitive deficits, symptoms, or the side effects of antipsychotics. In a previous report, we detected beneficial performance in attention and working memory in patients with first-...
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Cognitive performance and smoking in first-episode psychosis: the self-medication hypothesis
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_876241122
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_876241122
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0940-1334
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1433-8491
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10.1007/s00406-010-0146-6
