Volume 14, Issue 44 (Sep 2004)
J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci 2004, 14(44): 60-67 |
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Background and purpose: Âdolecsence is the most important developmental period that can be predisposing for many behavioral disorders, offendery, substance abuse and mental disorders. Çonsidering the increase of these situations in adolecsents and youth population in Ïran, it is important for fact finding and suitable plan for controlling these disorders. Therefore, in this research, attempts were made to evaluated the status of high school students’ mental health in Sari city in 2002-2003.
Materials and methods: Ït was a descriptive-analytical research on 1536 high school students in Sari using two questioners SÇL-90-R and demographic. Data were analyzed using SPSS software.
Results: 10.5 percent of the students are suspicious of mental disorder and 9 most common psycopathological subscales in this population were in order of paranoid, interpersonal sensivity, aggression, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, psycotism, somatic complain and Fobia, respectively. There are significant correlation between mental health and variables of sex, age group and mother education (P<0/05).
Çonclusion: Çonsidering the rate of suspicious cases of mental disorder in students, government attention to mental health is neccessary. Promoting mental health and psychiatry conseling services, comprehersive planning in offering conseling services, mental health education and including chapters about mental health in school literature are recommended to overcome the problem.
Materials and methods: Ït was a descriptive-analytical research on 1536 high school students in Sari using two questioners SÇL-90-R and demographic. Data were analyzed using SPSS software.
Results: 10.5 percent of the students are suspicious of mental disorder and 9 most common psycopathological subscales in this population were in order of paranoid, interpersonal sensivity, aggression, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, psycotism, somatic complain and Fobia, respectively. There are significant correlation between mental health and variables of sex, age group and mother education (P<0/05).
Çonclusion: Çonsidering the rate of suspicious cases of mental disorder in students, government attention to mental health is neccessary. Promoting mental health and psychiatry conseling services, comprehersive planning in offering conseling services, mental health education and including chapters about mental health in school literature are recommended to overcome the problem.
Type of Study: Research(Original) |
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