Substance use disorders occur commonly in patients with schizophrenia and dramatically
worsen their overall clinical course. While the exact mechanisms contributing to substance …

Cigarette smoking continues to adversely affect the health of individuals with schizophrenia.
Both smoking and heavy nicotine dependence, given the complex biological findings, might …

Background Patients with schizophrenia display a very high rate of smoking in comparison
with the general population. The aim of the present meta-analysis was to assess the …

Sažetak Patients with schizophrenia continue to have the highest rate of both smoking and
heavy nicotine dependence. The interaction between smoking and schizophrenia is …

Despite the high prevalence in patients with schizophrenia, the association of cannabis and
nicotine use with negative symptoms remains unclear. We performed a meta-analysis of …

The past four decades have seen enormous efforts placed on a search for molecular
markers of schizophrenia using positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon …

Objective: The high prevalence of smoking and cognitive deficits in schizophrenia patients is
well known, but findings regarding the association between the two are contradictory, and …

Background Smoking rates in schizophrenia are exceptionally high; however, cessation
rates remain low with limited research on effective interventions. A critical component of …

Smoking is commonly observed in patients with schizophrenia (SCZ). However, the
relationship between smoking and SCZ-related risk factors remains unclear. In addition …

Nicotine is the psychoactive component given tobacco has several main components and
acts as an agonist for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the nervous system …