Authors
Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, Nastaran Ahmadi, Ali Khaleghi, Seyed Ali Mostafavi, Koorosh Kamali, Mehdi Rahgozar, Ameneh Ahmadi, Zahra Hooshyari, Seyyed Salman Alavi, Parviz Molavi, Nasrin Sarraf, Seyed Kaveh Hojjat, Soleiman Mohammadzadeh, Shahrokh Amiri, Soroor Arman, Ahmad Ghanizadeh, Ahmad Ahmadipour, Rahim Ostovar, Hedayat Nazari, Seyed Hamzeh Hosseini, Atieh Golbon, Firoozeh Derakhshanpour, Ali Delpisheh, Forough Riahi, Siavash Talepasand, Azizollah Mojahed, Naser Hajian Motlagh, Aazam Sadat Heydari Yazdi, Mohammad Ahmadpanah, Reza Dastjerdi, Houshang Amirian, Alireza Armani, Parvin Safavi, Maryam Kousha, Anita Alaghmand, Mahin Eslami Shahrbabaki, Arezou Kiani, Javad Mahmoudi Gharaei, Alia Shakiba, Hadi Zarafshan, Maryam Salmanian, Eric Taylor, Eric Fombonne
Publication date
2019/1
Journal
Iranian journal of psychiatry
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
1
Publisher
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Description
Objective: Considering the impact of rapid sociocultural, political, and economical changes on societies and families, population-based surveys of mental disorders in different communities are needed to describe the magnitude of mental health problems and their disabling effects at the individual, familial, and societal levels.
Method: A population-based cross sectional survey (IRCAP project) of 30 532 children and adolescents between 6 and 18 years was conducted in all provinces of Iran using a multistage cluster sampling method. Data were collected by 250 clinical psychologists trained to use the validated Persian version of the semi-structured diagnostic interview Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-PL (K-SADS-PL).
Results: In this national epidemiological survey, 6209 out of 30 532 (22.31%) were diagnosed with at least one psychiatric disorder. The anxiety disorders (14.13%) and …
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