TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Anxiety Disorders/epidemiology
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Mental Disorders/epidemiology
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Mood Disorders/epidemiology
KW - Prevalence
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Somatoform Disorders/epidemiology
KW - Spain/epidemiology
KW - Young Adult
AU - M. Roca
AU - M. Gili
AU - M. Garcia-Garcia
AU - J. Salva
AU - M. Vives
AU - Garcia Campayo
AU - A. Comas
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and comorbidity of the most common mental disorders in primary care practice in Spain, using the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) questionnaire. DESIGN: A systematic sample of 7936 adult primary care patients was recruited by 1925 general practitioners in a large cross-sectional national epidemiological study. The PRIME-MD was used to diagnose psychiatric disorders. SETTING: 1356 primary care units proportionally distributed throughout the country. RESULTS: 53.6% of the sample presented one or more psychiatric disorder. The most prevalent were affective (35.8%), anxiety (25.6%), and somatoform (28.8%) disorders. 30.3% of the patients had more than one current mental disorder. 11.5% presented comorbidity between affective, anxiety, and somatoform disorders. CONCLUSIONS: The study provides further evidence of the high prevalence and high comorbidity of mental disorders in primary care. Given the large overlap between affective, anxiety and somatoform disorders, future diagnostic classifications should reconsider the current separation between these entities.
BT - Journal of affective disorders
C5 - Medically Unexplained Symptoms
CP - 1-3
CY - Netherlands
DO - 10.1016/j.jad.2009.03.014
IS - 1-3
JF - Journal of affective disorders
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and comorbidity of the most common mental disorders in primary care practice in Spain, using the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) questionnaire. DESIGN: A systematic sample of 7936 adult primary care patients was recruited by 1925 general practitioners in a large cross-sectional national epidemiological study. The PRIME-MD was used to diagnose psychiatric disorders. SETTING: 1356 primary care units proportionally distributed throughout the country. RESULTS: 53.6% of the sample presented one or more psychiatric disorder. The most prevalent were affective (35.8%), anxiety (25.6%), and somatoform (28.8%) disorders. 30.3% of the patients had more than one current mental disorder. 11.5% presented comorbidity between affective, anxiety, and somatoform disorders. CONCLUSIONS: The study provides further evidence of the high prevalence and high comorbidity of mental disorders in primary care. Given the large overlap between affective, anxiety and somatoform disorders, future diagnostic classifications should reconsider the current separation between these entities.
PP - Netherlands
PY - 2009
SN - 1573-2517; 0165-0327
SP - 52
EP - 58
EP - 
T1 - Prevalence and comorbidity of common mental disorders in primary care
T2 - Journal of affective disorders
TI - Prevalence and comorbidity of common mental disorders in primary care
U1 - Medically Unexplained Symptoms
U2 - 19361865
U3 - 10.1016/j.jad.2009.03.014
VL - 119
VO - 1573-2517; 0165-0327
Y1 - 2009
ER -