Journal:
:iranian journal of psychiatry
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hamid reza pouretemad department of psychology, shahid beheshti
university, tehran, iran
hamid reza naghavi psychiatry and psychology research center, roozbeh hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
hossein malekafzali department of biostatistics and epidemiology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
ahmad ali noorbala department of psychiatry, hafez hospital,
shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
harutiun davidian psychiatry and psychology research center, roozbeh hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
ahmad ghanizadeh department of psychiatry, hafez hospital,
shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran
objective: to study the prevalence and demographic characteristics of mood disorders among iranian adults. method: in this cross-sectional population-based epidemiological study (age > 18) in iran, 25180 individuals were selected through a randomized cluster sampling method for a diagnosis using the schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia (sads). they were then interviewed at home by...