Mental disorders in Latin-America are highly prevalent and represent a significant burden on users and their families. These people most of the times have to deal with the stigma attached to the diagnosis they receive. ...

Background: In Latin America, there is limited research on the prevalence of mental disorders in children and adolescents. This Chilean survey is the first national representative survey in the Latin American region to ...

Background: Smoking and common mental disorders (CMD), anxiety and depression, tend to co-exist and are important public health challenges for countries at all levels of development. We aimed to study the association between ...

Personality traits and disorders have a strong influence on the course and outcome of depressive and bipolar disorders. Studies of the influence of personality disorders (PD) and some PD clusters on outcome of mood disorders ...

Los trastornos mentales en Latinoamérica son altamente prevalentes y representan una carga significativa para usuarios y familiares. Dichos individuos usualmente deben lidiar con el estigma que se asocia al diagnóstico ...

Objectives: Although efficacious treatments for mood disorders are available in primary care, under-diagnosis is associated with under-treatment and poorer outcomes. This study compares the accuracy of self-administered ...

Background: AUDIT is a self reported questionnaire used to detect problem drinkers. It must be translated into Spanish and validated in order to be used in Chile. Aim: To assess the validity of a Chilean version of the ...

It has been suggested that occidental medicine has its origins in ancient Greek medicine. During this period a mythical paradigm to medicine was replaced by a medical practice based on the epistemological principles of pre ...