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Study of schizophrenia comorbid with alcohol addiction

The aim of this study was to investigate ; the prevalence rate of current alcohol dependence, the family anamnesis of alcohol addiction, social and demographic characteristic, number of hospitalization and rang of complaince in psychopharmacotherapy, as predictors for poor outcome of schizophrenia comorbid with alcohol addiction. Our results show that men with schizophrenia have higher prevalence rate of comorbid alcohol addiction than women. Comorbidity of alcohol addiction and schizophrenia in men was influenced with higher rate of divorces and age. In women comorbid alcohol addiction and schizophrenia is related with lower education, higher rate of unmarried women's and family health insurance. There is strong evidence of alcohol addiction in first line relatives of schizophrenic with comorbid alcohol addiction, both males and females. Alcohol addiction comorbid with schizophrenia in men and women is related with poor complaice in psychopharmacotherapy and higher rate of hospitalization then schizophrenic only.

schizophrenia; alcohol addiction; comorbidity; socio-demographic characteristics; heredity

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