2582-354X
Full Text (PDF)
Short Communication

Relationship between Schizophrenia and Drug Abuse

Alisha Nayak

Author Information

Licence:

Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.


RFP Indian Journal of Medical Psychiatry 6(2):p 65-66, July-December 2023. | DOI: NA

How Cite This Article:

Alisha Nayak. Relationship between Schizophrenia and Drug Abuse. RFP Ind Jr of Med Psy. 2023;6(2):65–66.

Timeline

Received : May 23, 2023         Accepted : June 30, 2023          Published : December 25, 2023

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder that affects 1% of population worldwide. Regarding specific substance tobacco, alcohols, cannabis & cocaine use disorders occur commonly in patients with schizophrenia. Importantly, this population is associated with violence, suicide and increased rate of hospitalization while the exact mechanism contributing to substance use in Schizophrenia are not known, a number of theories have been put forward to explain the basis of co-occurrence of these disorders.


References

  • 1.   Medical news today drug induced schizophrenia article.
  • 2.   Article from national institute of health (.gov).

Data Sharing Statement

There are no additional data available. All raw data and code are available upon request.

Funding

This research received no funding.

Author Contributions

All authors contributed significantly to the work and approve its publication.

Ethics Declaration

This article does not involve any human or animal subjects, and therefore does not require ethics approval.

Acknowledgements

We would like to express our gratitude to the patients, their families, and all those who have contributed to this study.

Conflicts of Interest

No conflicts of interest in this work.


About this article


Cite this article

Alisha Nayak. Relationship between Schizophrenia and Drug Abuse. RFP Ind Jr of Med Psy. 2023;6(2):65–66.


Licence:

Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.


Received Accepted Published
May 23, 2023 June 30, 2023 December 25, 2023

DOI: NA

Keywords

HospitalizationPsychiatric disorderEpigenetic changesVandalism

Article Level Metrics

Last Updated

Wednesday 21 October 2026, 08:16:00 (IST)


1331

Accesses

12
243
00

Citations


NA
NA
NA

Download citation


Article Keywords


Keyword Highlighting

Highlight selected keywords in the article text.


Timeline


Received May 23, 2023
Accepted June 30, 2023
Published December 25, 2023

licence


Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.


Access this article



Share