General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 240-245 , May 2010

Comorbidity between common mental disorders and chronic somatic diseases in primary care patients

  • Margalida Gili, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS), University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
    • Red de Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud en Atención Primaria (RediAPP), 08007 Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS), University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Tel.: +34 971 173081; fax: +34 971 173190.
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  • Angels Comas, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Almirall Medical Department, Barcelona, 08022 Spain
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  • Margarita García-García, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Biométrica Institut, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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  • Saray Monzón, M.A.

      Affiliations

    • Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS), University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
    • Red de Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud en Atención Primaria (RediAPP), 08007 Spain
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  • Serrano-Blanco Antoni, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Red de Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud en Atención Primaria (RediAPP), 08007 Spain
    • Research and Development Unit, San Joan de Deu, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
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  • Miquel Roca, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS), University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
    • Red de Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud en Atención Primaria (RediAPP), 08007 Spain

Received 16 November 2009 ,Accepted 25 January 2010.

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☆ The project was possible due to an unrestricted educational grant from Almirall Spain.

PII: S0163-8343(10)00014-9

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.01.013

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 240-245 , May 2010

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