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Long-Acting Injectable Risperidone Compared with Zuclopenthixol in the Treatment of Schizophrenia with Substance Abuse Comorbidity

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Long-acting injectable risperidone was more effective than zuclopenthixol-depot in improving substance abuse and schizophrenia symptoms in subjects with dual diagnosis.
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Objective:This study aimed to compare the efficacy of long-acting risperidone and zuclopenthixol in subjects with schizophrenia and substance abuse.Method:A total of 115 subjects with schizophrenia...

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The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) for Schizophrenia

TL;DR: Review of five studies involving the PANSS provided evidence of its criterion-related validity with antecedent, genealogical, and concurrent measures, its predictive validity, its drug sensitivity, and its utility for both typological and dimensional assessment.
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Comorbidity of Mental Disorders With Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse. Results From the Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) Study

TL;DR: Comorbidity of addictive and severe mental disorders was highest in the prison population, most notably with antisocial personality, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorders.
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An improved diagnostic evaluation instrument for substance abuse patients. The Addiction Severity Index.

TL;DR: The use of the ASI is suggested to match patients with treatments and to promote greater comparability of research findings, suggesting the treatment problems of patients are not necessarily related to the severity of their chemical abuse.
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Phasic versus tonic dopamine release and the modulation of dopamine system responsivity: a hypothesis for the etiology of schizophrenia

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel mechanism for regulating dopamine activity in subcortical sites and its possible relevance to schizophrenia is proposed, which is based on the regulation of dopamine release into sub cortical regions occurring via two independent mechanisms: (1) transient or phasic dopamine release caused by dopamine neuron firing, and (2) sustained, "background" tonic release regulated by prefrontal cortical afferents.
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