Prevalencia de trastornos mentales en usuarios de consulta psicológica en una universidad colombiana

Translated title of the contribution: Prevalence Study of Mental Disorders in Users of Psychological Counseling Services of Colombian University

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Abstract

This is a prevalence study of the mental disorders on ps-ychological counseling users. A sample of 103 outpatients who were administered the M.I.N.I test was used. The outcome showed that 70.6% of the patients had manifested mental disorders once or more in their lifetime, with mood disorders having more prevalence, followed by anxiety disorders, and non-alcoholic substance use. The disorders with greater prevalence in woman were depressive disor-ders, anxiety disorders, social phobia, and hypomania. For men it was found that disorders related to non-alcoholic substance abuse, depression, anxiety, mania, alcohol abuse, and dependence were more prevalent
Translated title of the contributionPrevalence Study of Mental Disorders in Users of Psychological Counseling Services of Colombian University
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)59-71
Number of pages13
JournalRevista de Psicología Universidad de Antioquia
Volume3
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes

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