Association Between Smoking Behavior and Cognitive Functioning in Patients With Psychosis, Siblings, and Healthy Control Subjects: Results From a Prospective 6-Year Follow-Up Study

• Published in: The American journal of psychiatry Vol. 175; no. 11; pp. 1121 - 1128
• Main Authors: Vermeulen, Jentien M, Schirmbeck, Frederike, Blankers, Matthijs, van Tricht, Mirjam, Bruggeman, Richard, van den Brink, Wim, de Haan, Lieuwe, van Amelsvoort, Therese, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Bartels-Velthuis, Agna A, van Beveren, Nico J, Cahn, Wiepke, Delespaul, Philippe, Meijer, Carin J, Myin-Germeys, Inez, Kahn, Rene S, Simons, Claudia J.P, van Haren, Neeltje E, van Os, Jim, van Winkel, Ruud
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Psychiatric Association 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Behavior; Case-Control Studies; Cognitive ability; Cognitive Dysfunction - etiology; Cohort Studies; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Memory, Short-Term; Prospective Studies; Psychosis; Psychotic Disorders - complications; Psychotic Disorders - psychology; Siblings; Smoking; Smoking - adverse effects; Psychosis; Cognitive Neuroscience; Smoking

Objective:The high prevalence of smoking and cognitive deficits in schizophrenia patients is well known, but findings regarding the association between the two are contradictory, and longitudinal studies are lacking. The authors sought to examine the multi-cross-sectional association between smoking...