Psychiatric diagnoses among quitters versus continuing smokers 3 years after their quit day.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with psychiatric disorders are more likely to smoke and smoke more heavily than the general population, and they suffer disproportionally from smoking-related illnesses. However, little is known about how quitting versus continuing to smoke affects mental health and the likelihood of developing a psychiatric diagnosis. This study used data from a large prospective clinical trial to examine the relations of smoking cessation success with psychiatric diagnoses 1 and 3 years after the target quit day.

Methods

This study enrolled 1504 smokers (83.9% white; 58.2% female) in a cessation trial that involved the completion of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview to assess psychiatric diagnoses and biochemical confirmation of point-prevalence abstinence

SUBMITTER: Piper ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3591817 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature