Farré Martínez, AdrianaTirado Muñoz, JuditTorrens, Marta2018-09-282018-09-282017Farré A, Tirado-Muñoz J, Torrens M. Dual Depression: A Sex Perspective. Addict Disord Their Treat. 2017 Dec;16(4):180-186. DOI: 10.1097/ADT.00000000000001181531-5754http://hdl.handle.net/10230/35536Mood and substance use disorders (SUDs) are mental conditions that are highly prevalent in the general population. Cooccurrence of major depression and SUD, also known as dual depression, is very common in the field of substance addiction. Sex differences are found in both major depression and SUD. This review, after presenting the state of the art of dual depression as regards prevalence, ethiopathologic mechanisms, and clinical aspects, is focused on dual depression in women. An overview of some potential factors associated with the sex gap in dual depression such as injecting, sexual risk behavior, intimate partner violence, and the reproductive cycle is presented.application/pdfengCopyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Depressió psíquicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ADT.0000000000000118ComorbidityDepressionDual depressionDual pathologyRecommendationsSubstance use disorderWomeninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess