Verbal Working Memory in Schizophrenia: Relationship to Cigarette Smoking and Psychopathology

A number of researches suggest smoking serves as a form of self-medication to reduce the side effects of antipsychotic medications, to alleviate negative symptoms, and/or to ameliorate a number of cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate t...

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Main Authors: Hamzah, Hazura (Author), Abdullah, Wan Norhaida Wan (Author), Jamaluddin, Ruzita (Author), Othman, Zahiruddin (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Psychiatric Association, 2012.
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