Trends Psychiatry Psychother
June 2014
Objective: To identify the association between panic disorder and licit and illicit substance use in the population provided with primary care in the southern Brazil.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with patients from three primary care centers. We used the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) to evaluate substance use and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) to diagnose panic disorder.