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The epidemiology of substance misuse and comorbid psychiatric disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Mohammed T Abou-Saleh  and
Aleksandar Janca
Mohammed T Abou-Saleh*
Affiliation:
Reader & Honorary Consultant in Addiction Psychiatry, St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London, UK
Aleksandar Janca
Affiliation:
University of Western Australia, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Australia
*
Dr M T Abou-Saleh, Addiction Services, Director of Research and Development, South-West London and St George's NHS Trust, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK. Tel: 020 87250368; Fax: 020 87252914; Email: mabousal@sghms.ac.uk
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Abstract

The common co-occurrence of substance misuse and other psychiatric disorders and their intricate relationships have led to major community-based epidemiological studies in the US which showed high rates of current and lifetime comorbidity. Moreover, studies of clinical populations conducted in North America, Europe and Australia, showed even higher rates of comorbidity. The aetology of this comorbidity has also been investigated and important models have emerged with findings that inform its assessment and treatment. Future epidemiological studies should focus on the study of concurrent conditions rather than lifetime ones using research diagnostic instruments with high reliability providing information on a number of key outcomes.

Keywords

comorbidityepidemologysubstance misuse
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , February 2004 , pp. 3 - 8
Copyright
Copyright © 2004 Blackwell Munksgaard

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