TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of smoking among psychiatric outpatients
AU - Hughes, J. R.
AU - Hatsukami, D. K.
AU - Mitchell, J. E.
AU - Dahlgren, L. A.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - The prevalence of smoking among psychiatric outpatients (N = 277) was significantly higher than among either local or national population-based samples (N = 1,440 and 17,000) (52% versus 30% and 33%). The higher prevalence was not associated with the age, sex, marital status, socioeconomic status, alcohol use, coffee use, or institutionalization of the psychiatric patients. Smoking was especially prevalent among patients with schizophrenia (88%) or mania (70%) and among the more severely ill patients. Hypotheses about why psychiatric patients are more likely to smoke and why they do not have a high rate of smoking-induced illnesses are presented.
AB - The prevalence of smoking among psychiatric outpatients (N = 277) was significantly higher than among either local or national population-based samples (N = 1,440 and 17,000) (52% versus 30% and 33%). The higher prevalence was not associated with the age, sex, marital status, socioeconomic status, alcohol use, coffee use, or institutionalization of the psychiatric patients. Smoking was especially prevalent among patients with schizophrenia (88%) or mania (70%) and among the more severely ill patients. Hypotheses about why psychiatric patients are more likely to smoke and why they do not have a high rate of smoking-induced illnesses are presented.
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U2 - 10.1176/ajp.143.8.993
DO - 10.1176/ajp.143.8.993
M3 - Article
C2 - 3487983
AN - SCOPUS:0022507410
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 143
SP - 993
EP - 997
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 8
ER -