title: [Mental disorders in psychiatric outpatients in Spain].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of data presented is to increase knowledge about the morbidity and impact of mental disorders in Spanish psychiatry. The objective is to describe, based on real practice conditions, the most prevalent mental disorders in a sample of Spanish patients treated in outpatient Psychiatry centers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Epidemiological, naturalistic, prospective, cross-sectional study, carried out in the outpatient psychiatry setting in Spain in 2006. Mental disorders were assessed using the International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 1,436 patients, 72% of whom were women, mean age of 49.2 ± 13.3 years, were included. According to the MINI assessment, 90.3 % of the patients were diagnosed of at least one mental disorder. The most prevalent mental disorders were: recurrent major depressive episode (27.2%, 353 patients); only current major depressive episode (2 weeks) (25.9%, 336 patients); current dysthymic disorder (last 2 years) (25.9%, 336 patients); current major depressive episode with melancholy symptoms (18.7%, 243 patients); current generalized anxiety disorder (16.6 %, 215 patients).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study results show the prevalence of mental disorders in a sample representative of the Spanish population, treated in outpatient specialized Psychiatry centers. Mood and generalized anxiety disorders were the most prevalent disorders.
authors: Hospital Santiago Apóstol, Osakidetza Universidad País Vasco CIBERSAM, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. MIGUEL.GUTIERREZFRAILE@osakidetza.net
authors: Miguel
authors: M
authors: Gutiérrez-Fraile
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: García-Calvo
authors: Rita
authors: R
authors: Prieto
authors: Ignacio
authors: I
authors: Gutiérrez-Garitano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult