Authors
Mohammad-Reza Mohammadi, Haratoon Davidian, Ahmad Ali Noorbala, Hossein Malekafzali, Hamid Reza Naghavi, Hamid Reza Pouretemad, Seyed Abbas Bagheri Yazdi, Mehdi Rahgozar, Javad Alaghebandrad, Homayoon Amini, Emran Mohammad Razzaghi, Bita Mesgarpour, Hamid Soori, Mohammad Mohammadi, Ahmad Ghanizadeh
Publication date
2005/12
Journal
Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health
Volume
1
Pages
1-8
Publisher
BioMed Central
Description
Background
The nation-wide epidemiological survey of psychiatric disorders in term of lifetime prevalence is not adequately known in Iran. The prevalence of lifetime psychiatric disorders was estimated among the population of aged 18 and over on gender, age group, educational level, occupational status, marital status, and residential area.
Methods
The subjects were 25,180 individuals selected through a clustered random sampling method. The psychiatric disorders were diagnosed on the bases of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV criteria. It is the first study in which the structured psychiatric interview administered to a representative sample of the Iranian population age 18 and over by the 250 trained clinical psychologist interviewers. The data was entered through EPI-Info software twice in an attempt to prevent any errors and …
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