TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Alcohol use and abuse in schizophrenia. A prospective community study
JO  - Journal of nervous and mental disease
A1  - Drake, R. E.
A1  - Osher, F. C.
A1  - Wallach, M. A.
SP  - 408
EP  - 414
VL  - 177
IS  - 7
N2  - The authors examined patterns of alcohol use among 115 DSM-III schizophrenics discharged from the state hospital and participating in an urban aftercare program. According to ratings by mobile outreach clinicians, 45% of the patients used alcohol, and 22% were clearly abusing alcohol. Alcohol use was associated with younger age, male sex, street drug use, medication noncompliance, lack of psychosocial supports, increased symptomatology, chronic medical problems, and a higher rate of rehospitalization. Even minimal drinking, not considered alcohol abuse by clinicians, predicted rehospitalization during 1-year prospective follow-up.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -