Publications by authors named "Consuelo Morant"
The objective was to quantify the prevalence of dual diagnosis and to evaluate the characteristics of these patients from community mental health and substance misuse services in Madrid. The sample consisted of 837 outpatients from Madrid, 208 from mental health services and 629 from substance misuse services. We used the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) and Personality Disorder Questionnaire (PDQ4+) to evaluate disorders from axis I and II.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Cannabis use has been associated to a wide variety of mental disorders, the possible causal role of this use in the etiology of severe mental disorders as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder standing out. Moreover, the cannabinoid system is involved in emotional regulation, so cannabis use could disturb this process and provoke anxiety and mood disorders. The main objective of this study was to analyze the cannabis addict subgroup from Madrid study of prevalence of dual disorders in community mental health and substance misuse services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The main objective of this study was to analyse the cocaine addict subgroup from the Madrid study of prevalence of dual disorders in community mental health and substance misuse services.
Material And Methods: The sample consisted of 837 outpatients from Madrid, Spain. We compared 488 subjects who had a lifetime diagnosis of cocaine abuse or dependence, and 222 subjects who did not have a cocaine substance use disorder.
Background And Objective: An important input to decision-making and health planning is a consistent and comparative description of the population health status. The purpose of this study was to describe the burden of disease in the Region of Valencia (Spain).
Material And Methods: Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were calculated and divided into years of life lost (YLLs) and years lived with disability (YLDs).
Aim: To evaluate retrospectively the comorbidity of mental and addictive disorders in community mental health and substance misuse services in Madrid.
Methods: The medical records of 400 patients from mental health and substance misuse services in Madrid were evaluated. Records were examined for the last 20 patients from each service unit.
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem with significant consequences on women's health. This study estimates the prevalence of intimate partner violence by type among Madrid's female population and assesses the association with socio-economic variables.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in 2004, 2136 women aged 18-70 years, living in the Madrid region with a partner or who had been in contact with an ex-partner in the previous year, were interviewed by telephone.
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- Hepatitis C (HCV) and B (HBV) are significant health issues in Spain, with 2000 data revealing HCV responsible for around 70% of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) deaths and 50% of cirrhosis-related deaths, while HBV accounted for 10% of HCC and 13% of cirrhosis deaths.
- The study estimated approximately 4,342 deaths from HCV and 877 from HBV in Spain in 2000, making up about 1.5% of total deaths that year, predominantly due to cirrhosis and HCC.
- The research highlights the critical need for better early diagnosis and treatment access to significantly reduce
Objective: Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) is a rare disease that results in great suffering. We estimated the burden of disease posed by scleroderma and its relative importance in the health of the Spanish population.
Methods: We estimated scleroderma-based burden of disease following procedures developed for the Global Burden of Disease study to ensure comparability.
We measured the burden caused by Parkinson's disease (PD) in Spain during the year 2000 and compared it against PD burden worldwide and in the European A subregion. Burden of disease (BoD) is an important factor in health policy. Disability-adjusted life years (DALY) as a measure of BoD is the result of adding years of life lost (YLL) and years lived with disability (YLD).
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