mental disorders

Ibero-American Initiative for Dual Disorders to Improve Public Treatment Programmes

Scientific article

Abstract: Introduction: Dual disorders (DD) are defined as the co-occurrence of substance use disorders with other psychiatric disorders across the lifespan. DD represent a diagnostic dimension with clinical peculiarities and specific...

Sex Differences in Cannabis Use Disorder Diagnosis Involved Hospitalizations in the United States

Scientific article

1 September 2017

ABSTRACT Objectives: The study examined sex differences in trend and clinical characteristics of cannabis use disorder (CUD) diagnosis involved hospitalizations among adult patients. Methods: We analyzed hospitalization data from the 2007...

Mental Health Training for Primary Health Care Workers and Implication for Success of Integration of Mental Health into Primary Care

Scientific article

12 October 2017

Abstract Background Mental disorders remain a neglected public health problem in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), most people with mental disorders never receive effective care and there is a large treatment gap. In order to solve...