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. 2004 Apr-Jun;46(2):135–139.

Demographic and Clinical Correlates of Substance Abuse Comorbidity in Schizophrenia

Tapas K Aich 1,*, Vinod K Sinha 2, Christoday RJ Khess 3, Shailja Singh 4
PMCID: PMC2949928  PMID: 21408039

Abstract

Seventy patients of schizophrenia were divided into two groups based on the presence or absence of substance abusing history in them. Two groups were compared on various socio-demographic and clinical variables. Thirty-eight (54.3%) patients could be diagnosed as having comorbid alcohol/substance abuse/dependence. Seventeen (24.3%) of them were poly-substance abusers. Comorbid substance abusers were predominantly represented by positive syndrome while non-abusers by negative syndrome. In contrast to the report by the most western researchers, most patients in the present study with a diagnosis of substance abusing schizophrenia were married. Similar study from a developing country is rare in the existing literature.

Keywords: Schizophrenia, Substance abuse, Comorbidity

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