Smoking affects symptom improvement in schizophrenia: a prospective longitudinal study of male patients with first-episode schizophrenia

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41537-024-00449-1

Our study showed that after 12 weeks of treatment with antipsychotics, male smokers showed greater improvement in negative symptoms than male nonsmokers.

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Smoking gives that dopamine spike like coffee. But it’s only a temporary fix and unhealthy.

I prefer life without ciggies.

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