This is an epidemiological study, aimed to establish the prevalence of psychological distress and its association with drug and alcohol comorbidity, in patients treated at two centers in the city of Asunción - Paraguay for the treatment of this condition associated with mental health care. As for the method used to collect data on these treatment centers was to apply a self-applied and in some cases an interview was conducted in illiterate, the questionnaire was based on K-10 scale of psychological distress and the family APGAR. The results show that 149 people in treatment for addiction in these schools participated in the study, 88.6% being men, of whom 21% had previous diagnoses such as anxiety and 17.4% suffered from depression. While there was a current diagnosis of depression and anxiety in 17.4% and 24.2% respectively. The K-10 showed that 17.5% had severe levels of distress and 9.4% very severe distress. It is concluded that the levels found of involvement of psychological distress, are very similar to those found in international studies consulted.
Comorbidity; Psychological distress; Substance use-related disorders; Mental health assistance
