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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Schizophrenia Research: Cognition |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215001314000286 |