Smoking in schizophrenia: cognitive impact of nicotine and relationship to smoking motivators

Smoking prevalence in schizophrenia is significantly elevated relative to other clinical and to non-clinical groups. The cognitive self-medication hypothesis attributes this to the beneficial effects of nicotine on illness-related cognitive deficits. Significant effects of nicotine have been observe...

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Main Authors: Alison K. Beck, Amanda L. Baker, Juanita Todd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:Schizophrenia Research: Cognition
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215001314000286