title: Patterns of current comorbidity in young help-seekers: implications for service planning and delivery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the pattern of current comorbidity in young help-seekers referred to a specialist mental health service.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and forty-nine participants were assessed for current psychiatric diagnoses following their referral to ORYGEN Youth Health.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-eight per cent of the sample rated for at least one diagnosis with almost half the sample presenting with two or more disorders. Next to comorbid depression and anxiety, comorbidity between substance use disorders and mood and anxiety disorders was the most prominent pattern of comorbidity in the sample.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present findings suggest that integration between mental health and substance abuse services is well overdue and must be addressed at policy, service system and clinical levels.
authors.affiliation: ORYGEN Research Centre, Melbourne, Vic., Australia. katherine.godfrey@mh.org.au
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Godfrey
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yung
authors.forename: Eóin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Killackey
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cosgrave
authors.forename: Hok Pan
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: Carrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stanford
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buckby
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McGorry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D001315:Australia; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D015995:Prevalence