TY - JOUR JF - umsha-ajnpp JO - Avicenna J Neuro Psycho Physiology VL - 3 IS - 3 PY - 2016 Y1 - 2016/8/01 TI - Estimation of Mental Disorders Prevalence in High School Students Using Small Area Methods: A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach TT - N2 - Background: Adolescence is one of the most important periods in the course of human evolution and the prevalence of mental disorders among adolescence in different regions of Iran, especially in southern Iran. Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of mental disorders among high school students in Bushehr province, south of Iran. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 286 high school students were recruited by a multi-stage random sampling in Bushehr province in 2015. A general health questionnaire (GHQ-28) was used to assess mental disorders. The small area method, under the hierarchical Bayesian approach, was used to determine the prevalence of mental disorders and data analysis. Results: From 286 questionnaires only 182 were completely filed and evaluated (the response rate was 70.5%). Of the students, 58.79% and 41.21% were male and female, respectively. Of all students, the prevalence of mental disorders in Bushehr, Dayyer, Deylam, Kangan, Dashtestan, Tangestan, Genaveh, and Dashty were 0.48, 0.42, 0.45, 0.52, 0.41, 0.47, 0.42, and 0.43, respectively. Conclusions: Based on this study, the prevalence of mental disorders among adolescents was increasing in Bushehr Province counties. The lack of a national policy in this way is a serious obstacle to mental health and wellbeing access. SP - 87 EP - 91 AU - Soltanian, Ali Reza AU - Naderi, Azadeh AU - Roshanaei, Ghodratollah AD - Associate Professor (PhD), Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran ; Modeling of Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran KW - Small Area Technique KW - Hierarchical Bayesian KW - Mental Disorders KW - Adolscent UR - http://ajnpp.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-79-en.html DO - 10.5812/ajnpp.45127 ER -