TY - JOUR T1 - Social Etiology of Psychotic and Mood Disorders TT - سبب‌شناسی اجتماعی اختلال‌‌های سایکوتیک و خلقی JF - ijpcp JO - ijpcp VL - 13 IS - 2 UR - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-160-en.html Y1 - 2007 SP - 112 EP - 121 KW - etiology KW - epidemiology KW - psychotic disorders KW - mood disorders KW - social factors N2 -  AbstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of social factors on the incidence and prevalence of psychotic and mood disorders and prediction of them based on the social factors. Method: This study was conducted based on a survey method and on the 150 hospitalized patients with psychotic and mood disorders admitted in the Yazd Centre of Psychiatry between March 2004 and March 2005. Random sampling method was used for patients selection. Distribution of psychotic and mood disorders in these patients were then compared according to some community variables such as gender, social class, marital status, geographical locality of accommodation, family history, and age. Results: There were significant differences between the three variables of social class (p M3 ER -