the epidemiology of psychological disorders plays a significant role in the identification of the present state of mental health in the society and estimation of its requirements at any period of time. based on worldwide epidemiological researches on mental disorders, the findings and instruments of 29 such researches carried out in iran were reviewed. the review demonstrated that the studies v...

emigration and cultural differences in host countries is the cause of the mental disorders increase in emigrants. the purpose of the present study was to assess the mental health status of afghan emigrants living in shiraz. in this study 81 afghan emigrants were selected randomly and were assessed by the general health questionnaire (ghq-2b). data were analyzed using hest, x2, pearson correlati...

introduction: reviewing previous studies related to the mental health of different universities in iran show that mental disorders prevalence among students vary in different studies. this study aimed to determine the rate of psychiatric disorders of first year students in kermanshah university of medicals sciences during 2002. materials & methods: 423 first year students (314 females and 109 m...

background: self-immolation and intentional poisoning are two common methods for suicidal attempts in developing countries. few studies have compared the characteristics of people who commit suicide by self-immolation or intentional poisoning. hence, the aim of this study was to compare demographic, social, and psychological features between these two groups. methods: in the present study, pati...

background: this study aimed to assess the relationship between meal frequency with mental distress and violent behavior among a nationally representative sample of iranian children and adolescents. materials and methods: the participants of this national study were 14,880 iranian students with 6 to 18 years of age. they were selected from urban and rural regions of iran by multi-stage cluster ...

unexpected extreme sudden traumatic stressor may cause post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd). important traumatic events include war, violent personal assault ( e.g. , sexual assault, and physical attack), being taken hostage or kidnapped, confinement as a prisoner of war, torture, terrorist attack, severe car accidents, and natural disasters. in childhood age sexual abuse or witnessing serious...

the purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence rate of mental disorders in factory workers in shahr-e-kord and brojen. following a pilot study and determination of cut-off point for the srq-24 questionnaire, the study was carried out in two stages. in the first stage, 503 subjects were administered the questionnaire and in the second stage, 148 subjects who had scores equal to...