TY - JOUR T1 - Epidemiology of Mental Illnesses in Kashan City TT - بررسی همه‌گیر شناسی اختلال‌های روانی در شهر کاشان JF - ijpcp JO - ijpcp VL - 2 IS - 4 UR - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1745-en.html Y1 - 1996 SP - 19 EP - 27 N2 - This article reports the results of an epidemiology of mental disorders among adults above 15 years in urben areas of Kashan city. Data were gathered using General Health Questionnaire (28- Items version) and clinical interview based on DSM-IV. Results showed the total prevalence of mental disorders, were about 23.75%. More prevalent were mood disorder, (%11.75). anxiety disorder, (%11.15) and general anxiety disorder (%8.08). Prevalence of adjustment disorder and psychosomatic disorder were %1.62 and %0.97. Results showed significant relationship between age, sex, education, marital status, ocupational status, familial history of mental disorders and rate of mental illness. Retest validity of GHQ-28 was significant at 0.001 level and its sensitivity was high. Therefore, GHQ-28 is sufficient reliable to apply as a screening test in episeniological studies. M3 ER -