Consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en pacientes con trastornos psicóticos ingresados en Sala de Emergencia psiquiátrica: Hospital Vilardebó. Montevideo. Uruguay

a descriptive study was conducted from october to december 2008 in the emergency room of hospital vilardebó (state mental facility) to establish the prevalence of psychoactive substance use in patients admitted for psychotic disorders. the presence of recent use of substance was established by self-report and urine test for marijuana and cocaine / cocaine base. the prevalence of recent use in patients with psychotic disorders was 17.9%. patients who tested positive showed a total hospitalization rate greater than that of the group of nonusers, and hospitalization in the last year were clearly higher for the group who uses cocaine and its derivatives.