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objetives: this study was aimed at investigating the presence of anxiety disorders and tobacco use among psychiatric outpatients. methods: a transversal study was carried out in which scid-i was administered to 84 psychiatric outpatients in porto alegre, in order to determine the occurrence of anxiety disorders and nicotine dependence; in addition, fagerstrˋm%26apos;s test was used to identify the degree of nicotine dependence. exclusion criteria were having a diagnosis of schizophrenia or presenting other psychotic disorders and mental retardation. results: anxiety disorders were found in 75% of the patients with the most frequent ones being specific phobia and generalized anxiety disorder (gad), with 26.2% each. smokers represented 21.43% of the sample, comparativaand among these, most scored low in the dependence degree test. an association was found between suffering from gad and being a smoker, and the chance of patients with gad smoke was 5.2 times related to one who didn%26apos;t have that disturbance. conclusion: anxiety disorders are common among outpatients and thus deserve proper identification. the frequency of smoking among outpatients with anxiety disorders is also high, and as it presents a significant association with gad, it must be dealt with in the treatment of these patients.
