Substance Abuse at the Schizophrenia International Research Congress

药物滥用和依赖是大部分确诊精神病患者的问题。 精神分裂症的症状。多个街头毒品的使用与疾病的早期发病有关，并增加了 症状的严重性，以及不良的结果。使用药物的精神分裂症患者往往较少 遵从药物治疗方案，无家可归，并有其他心理社会表现 使用。精神分裂症国际研究会(SIRS)两年一度的会议是 讨论与药物滥用有关的所有问题，包括其潜在的生物学、原因和后果。 因此，目前关于R13拨款的提议是为对以下方面感兴趣的年轻调查人员提供 精神分裂症患者的药物滥用(即其原因、治疗方法和对结果的贡献) 有机会参加这些大会，从而促进它们今后在其 研究。这些资金将用于提供学生旅行奖励，学生作为报告员参与到 总结会议相关会议的出版物，并提供职业指导。

Substance abuse and dependence is a problem for a large proportion of psychiatric patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. The use of multiple street drugs is associated with an early onset of illness, and increased severity of symptoms, as well as poor outcome. People with schizophrenia who use drugs tend to be less compliant with medication regimes, become homeless, and have other psychosocial manifestations of their use. The Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) Biennial Conference is an ideal format for discussing all issues related to substance abuse, including its underlying biology, causes and consequences. Thus, the current proposal for an R13 grant is to provide young investigators who have an interest in substance abuse in schizophrenia patients (i.e. its causes, treatments and contribution to outcome) with the opportunity to participate in these congresses and thus facilitate their future pursuit of this topic in their research. The funds will enable providing student travel awards, student participation as Rapporteurs to summarize the relevant sessions of the meeting for publications, and for providing career mentorship.