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Title: Drug abuse in schizophrenia: comparison of patients who began drug abuse before their first admission with those who began abusing drugs after their first admission.
Author: Silver H {a}, Abboud E
Abstract:
The relationship between the onset of drug abuse and onset of illness (first hospitalisation) and its correlates were examined in 42 hospitalised schizophrenics identified as drug abusers. 60% of the patients began drug use before their first hospitalisat
Journal: Schizophr Res. Vol. 13(1) August 1994: 57-63.