Smoking_And_Anxiety_Disorders

Smoking And Anxiety Disorders The prevalence of smoking generally is higher for women with anxiety disorders, bulimia, depression, attention deficit disorder, and alcoholism; it is particularly high among patients with diagnosed schizophrenia. The connection between smoking and these disorders requires additional research. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_forwomen/factsheet_consequences.htm#Other%20Conditions This page last reviewed September 11, 2003 United States Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Office on Smoking and Health Drug and alcohol use among patients with schizophrenia and related psychoses: levels and consequences. Margolese HC, Malchy L, Negrete JC, Tempier R, Gill K. Addictions Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Patients with schizophrenia and related psychoses frequently use, abuse and become dependent on psychoactive substances. Local surveys indicate differences in both types and patterns of substances used. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to document abuse in 207 successive outpatients presenting to a psychiatric continuing care facility in a large Canadian city. Nicotine, alcohol and cannabis patients, sd, smoking, health, substances, significantly, schizophrenia, dd, current-dd, alcohol, abuse, related, psychoses, prevention, positive, nicotine, likely, levels, frequently, disorders, disorder, disease, diagnosis, current, compared, among, abuse/dependence, years, vs, university, united, unit, types, terms, tempier, symptom