Abstract

Background Substance abuse, a common problem worldwide, has been found to be prevalent among patients suffering from Schizophrenia1,4. Pakistan, a South Asian developing country with a population of 150 million, is no exception. 1,4There is a dearth of locally published literature on the prevalence of substance abuse amongst schizophrenic patients and especially in-patients. The present study was done keeping in view these observations with the aim to present findings in a psychiatric inpatient sample at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.

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