Psychopathology in patients with schizophrenia and substance abuse: a comparative clinical study.
In a 3-month epidemiologic survey at the Psychiatric Clinic of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, a total of 372 patients between 18 and 60 years of age were screened with a variety of clinical psychiatric tests. Of the entire group, a subgroup of 180 patients was placed into one of four index groups: schizophrenics with first-rank symptoms and with (n=47) or without (n=52) concomitant past or acute use of psychotropic substances; alcoholics (n=63), and patients with alcoholic psychosis (n=18). In almost all areas examined, the group of schizophrenics with substance abuse was revealed to be a severely disturbed subgroup of schizophrenics with a long history of disease. Particularly with respect to psychopathology, there was an increase in depressive and suicidal tendencies.
Krausz
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Psychiatric Clinic, University Hospital, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
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Haasen
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Gross
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted