Gender Perspective in Dual Diagnosis.

Little data are available for women diagnosed with a dual diagnosis. However, dual diagnosis in women presents increased stigma, social penalties, and barriers to access to treatment than it does for men. Indeed, it increases the probability of suffering physical or sexual abuse, violent victimization, gender-based violence, unemployment, social exclusion, social-role problems, and physical and psychiatric comorbidities.

Intimate partner violence among female drug users admitted to the general hospital: screening and prevalence.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem worldwide. Several factors have been found to be associated with an increased prevalence of IPV, such as substance use. A cross-sectional study was conducted with the aim of determining the prevalence of IPV among women entering Hospital del Mar (Barcelona) for any medical/surgical reason, and who had a diagnosis of substance use disorder.

[Dual diagnosis: actual situation and future prospects].

The term 'dual diagnosis' refers to the co-occurrence of at least one substance use disorder with another psychiatric disorder in the same individual. These 'dual' patients or patients with psychiatric comorbidity are common, and present greater severity from both the clinical and social perspectives than those subjects with only one type of disorder (addictive or other psychiatric illness). We present the current situation regarding dual diagnosis from epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic perspectives and we review the most important challenges for the future.