Pereiro Gómez, CésarPino Serrano, Carlos JoséFlórez Menéndez, GerardoArrojo Romero, ManuelBecoña Iglesias, ElisardoCOPSIAD Group2019-07-102019-07-102013Pereiro C, Pino C, Flórez G, Arrojo M, Becoña E, et al. (2013) Psychiatric Comorbidity in Patients from the Addictive Disorders Assistance Units of Galicia: The COPSIAD Study. PLoS ONE 8(6): e66451. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.00664511932-6203http://hdl.handle.net/10347/19103The objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity in patients under treatment within the addictive disorders assistance units of Galicia (Spain). Material and Methods: A total of 64 healthcare professionals performed clinical diagnosis of mental disorders (on DSM IV-TR criteria) in 2300 patients treated throughout March 2010 in 21 addictive disorders assistance units. Results: 56.3% of patients with substance abuse/dependency also showed some other mental disorder, 42.2% of patients suffering from at least an Axis I condition and 20.2% from some Axis II condition. Mood and anxiety disorders and borderline and antisocial personality disorders were the most frequent disorders in both axes. Conclusions: A high comorbidity was found between mental and substance use disorders (SUD) in patients seen at the addictive disorders assistance units of Galiciaeng© 2013 Pereiro et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are creditedhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Personality disordersAlcoholismDiagnostic medicineCocaineAnxiety disordersAddictionMood disordersOpiatesjournal article10.1371/journal.pone.0066451open access