Comorbid substance use and age at onset of schizophrenia
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Comorbid substance use and age at onset of schizophrenia.
BACKGROUND Substance use may be a risk factor for the onset of schizophrenia. AIMS To examine the association between substance use and age at onset in substance use and age at onset in a UK, inner-city sample of people with recent-onset schizophrenia. METHOD The study sample consisted of 152 people recruited to the West London First-Episode Schizophrenia Study. Self-reported data on drug a...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.104.007237