title: The relationship between psychopathology and smoking cessation treatment response.
abstract: The study evaluated the relationship of psychopathology to treatment response of 208 smokers prescribed transdermal nicotine (8 weeks). Participants were relatively high functioning (DSM-IV axis V score) outpatients in a university-based clinic. The primary study objective was to determine whether patients with a history of either a DSM-IV axis I or II diagnosis would have poorer during treatment response (patch adherence, smoking) and lower rates of smoking cessation at post-patch follow-up (study weeks 9, 26, 52) than those without a diagnosis. While there was some indication that patients with a history of psychopathology wore the patch less frequently, psychopathology was not associated with during- and post-treatment smoking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Treatment Research Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3900 Chesternut St., Philadelphia, 19104, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gariti
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Alterman
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Mulvaney
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Epperson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011897:Random Allocation; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016540:Smoking Cessation