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Comparison of Demographic and Diagnostic Characteristics of Iranian Inpatients With Bipolar I Disorder to Western Counterparts.
Ghanbari Jolfaei, Atefeh; Ghadamgahi, Pari; Ahmadzad-Asl, Masoud; Shabani, Amir.
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  • Ghanbari Jolfaei A; Department of Psychiatry, Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
  • Ghadamgahi P; Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
  • Ahmadzad-Asl M; Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
  • Shabani A; Mental Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci ; 9(2): e839, 2015 Jun.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26288646
BACKGROUND: Patients' characteristics influence the disorders outcome, so it is valuable to compare mood disorders and inpatients' attributes in different large samples. OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to assess demographic and diagnostic characteristics of 3000 Iranian inpatient with bipolar disorders. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We collected the information of demographic, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics of the patients who were hospitalized in Iran Hospital of Psychiatry, a university affiliated hospital in Tehran, during the 5 years from 2006 to 2011. RESULTS: About 66.1% of the subjects were males and 33.9% were females. Iranian patients are characterized by a higher rate of unemployment, being more single, having health insurance and lower rate of divorce and education compared to the other clinical samples. In the majority of the patients, the disorder had begun with manic phase. CONCLUSIONS: Clinical and therapeutic features of Iranian patients are different from patients in western countries.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci Año: 2015 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Países Bajos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci Año: 2015 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Países Bajos