Psychiatric disorders and medical comorbidity in a community epidemiological study.

From a previous two-stage epidemiological community study that assessed pre valence of mental disorders and presence of medical pathology, we compare f our groups (healthy subjects, subjects with medical illnesses, subjects wit h mental disorders and subjects with mental and medical pathology) in relat ion to a set of sociodemographic features and GHQ-28 scores. Sample studied is 242. Results (scales and item to item), show that GHQ-28 scores are sig nificantly higher in the comorbid group.