A Eden Evins, Corinne Cather, Melissa Culhane Maravic, Sally Reyering, Gladys N Pachas, Anne N Thorndike, Douglas E Levy, Vicki Fung, Michael A Fischer, Kristina Schnitzer, Sarah Pratt, Michael D Fetters, Bianca Deeb, Kevin Potter, David A Schoenfeld
OBJECTIVE: Individuals with serious mental illness have a high prevalence of tobacco use disorder and related early mortality but underutilize smoking cessation medication. The authors determined whether clinician-delivered education to primary care providers regarding safety, efficacy, and importance of cessation medication (provider education [PE]) alone or combined with community health worker (CHW) support would increase tobacco abstinence in this population, compared with usual care...
November 9, 2022: Psychiatric Services: a Journal of the American Psychiatric Association