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- Title
Readiness to stop smoking in schizophrenia.
- Authors
Addington, Jean; El-guebaly, Nady; Addington, Donald; Hodgins, David; Addington, J; el-Guebaly, N; Addington, D; Hodgins, D
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To assess the motivation and readiness to change of individuals with schizophrenia prior to developing a smoking cessation program.<bold>Method: </bold>Smoking history, nicotine dependence, readiness to stop smoking, and interest in a smoking cessation group were assessed in 60 schizophrenia outpatients who smoked.<bold>Results: </bold>The majority were interested in attending a smoking cessation group and appeared to be appropriately motivated.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Smoking cessation groups for a schizophrenia population may be a worthwhile endeavour. Current measures of motivation and readiness to change may be useful to identify those who are most likely to succeed.
- Subjects
SET (Psychology); MOTIVATION (Psychology); PEOPLE with schizophrenia; SMOKING cessation; SCHIZOPHRENIA; PSYCHOSES; PATHOLOGICAL psychology; INTEREST (Psychology)
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1997, Vol 42, Issue 1, p49
- ISSN
0706-7437
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/070674379704200107