Arnau Peiró, FranciscoBenito Delegido, AnaVillar García, MarianoOrtega, María ElenaLópez Peláez, LucíaHaro Cortés, Gonzalo RafaelProducción Científica UCH 2022UCH. Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía2023-05-052023-05-052021-12-26Arnau, F., Benito, A., Villar, M., Ortega, M. E., López-Peláez, L. & Haro, G. (2022). Addressing dual disorders in a Medium-Term Admission Unit. Brain Sciences, vol. 12, i. 1 (26 dec.), art. 24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci120100242076-3425 (Electrónico)http://hdl.handle.net/10637/14217Este artículo se encuentra disponible en la siguiente URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/1/24Este artículo de investigación pertenece a la sección "Psychiatric Diseases".Due to the significant functional repercussions suffered by patients with dual disorder, we must evaluate which ones can benefit from intensive rehabilitative therapies in medium-stay psychiatric units. This was a retrospective study of patient medical records which intended to analyze sociodemographic and clinical variables and parameters related to the hospitalization and discharge of patients admitted to the Medium-Stay Unit (MSU) at the Castellón Provincial Hospital Consortium over 2 years (2017 and 2018), according to the presence or absence of dual disorders in these patients. Patients with a dual disorder represented 55.2% of the hospitalized patients. A higher proportion of them were male, were relatively younger, and had an earlier onset of mental illness, fewer associated medical pathologies, and shorter hospital admission times to the Short-Term Hospitalization Unit than those who did not present a dual disorder. A diagnosis on the schizophrenia spectrum with cannabis use or polyconsumption was the most common diagnosis; 98.2% of all the patients responded adequately to admission to the MSU. This work highlighted the need for higher doses of depot paliperidone in patients with dual disorders.application/pdfenopen accessPersonality disorders.Personalidad múltiple.Multiple personality.Psychiatric hospital care.Enfermedades mentales - Pacientes.Personalidad - Trastornos.Enfermos mentales - Cuidados hospitalarios.Mental illness - Patients.Artículohttps://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010024https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es