چکیده (انگلیسی):

The main goal of this study is to determine prevalence of mental disorders among individuals at the age of
15-65 years in Ardabil province, Iran. Statistical population of current study is comprised of individuals at 1565 years of
age in the urban districts of Ardabil province. In current study the sample size of 1430 individuals who were inhabitant
in urban districts of Ardabil province were selected through multistage cluster random sampling. The selected method
in this study is survey research type and research design is cross sectional. Used tools in this study are; personal data
questionnaire and 28 items GHQ test. This study showed that 27.9 % of studied individuals were suffering from
different mental disorders totally. Prevalence rate of mental disorders has been varied from 13.3% (Sarein town) to
44.4% (Germi town). The highest prevalence of mental disorders was pertained to disorder of social performance and
anxiety disorders. On the basis of scales of GHQ test prevalence rate of depression, anxiety disorders, somatization
disorders and disorder of social performance were 14%, 22.30%, 20% and 32%, respectively. Current study showed
that prevalence rate of mental disorders is higher among the females than male (34.4% VS 21.1%).