Panic disorder and psychoactive substance use in primary care.

Prevalence of anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders in an urban general medicine practice.

BACKGROUND Most research on the prevalence of mental disorders in primary care has been conducted in practices that serve middle- and upper-income patients. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of major mental disorders in a primary care practice that serves a predominantly low-income immigrant patient population. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey; criterion standard. SETTING Urban general m...

O2: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorder: A Review of the U.S. VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Utility of Integrated Care

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common mental health condition among military veterans, and research indicates that lifetime prevalence rates of PTSD among military veterans are higher than that of the general population (SAMHSA, 2007). The treatment of PTSD is often complicated by issues of comorbidity, such as substance use disorders, and treatment outcomes are poorer when comorbid...

P155: Differential Diagnosis of Panic Attacks: Using a Decision Tree

Panic attacks are discrete episodes of intense fear or discomfort accompanied by symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath, sweating, trembling, derealization and a fear of losing control or dying. Although panic attacks are required for a diagnosis of panic disorder, they also occur in association with a host of other disorders listed in the 5h version of the diagnostic and statistica...

Anxiety and substance use disorders: a primer for primary care physicians.

Primary care physicians encounter many patients with primary and secondary anxiety and substance use problems. Some patients have a dual diagnosis of both an anxiety and a substance use disorder. Symptoms may be overdiagnosed, underdiagnosed, and misdiagnosed. This article provides the primary care physician with an overview of the relation between psychoactive substance use disorders and anxie...

Sudanese Medical Students’ Perceptions of Psychoactive Substance Use