[ prevalence of PTSD in conscript and official staff of earth force in Tehran during 2005-6]

Background: PTSD[Post Traumatic Stress Disorder] was happened in who was put in fearing or helplessness situation against the danger occurrence and effort to avoidance it. This symptom may was began after event and affected all of the person's life. This study was design to determine of PTSD prevalence in conscript and official staff of NEZAJA in Tehran by 2005-6

Materials and methods: this cross sectional study was done on 355 conscript and official staff of NEZAJA Garrison. Clustered stratified sampling was done to select the samples. PTSD was diagnosed on DSM-IV-TR criteria by psychologists. The obtained data was analyzed using SPSS11.5

Results: age average of conscript and official staff of NEZAJA was 20.68 years old and the average mean duration of their employment was 24 month. Prevalence of PTSD disorder in Conscript and official staff of NEZAJA was 14.9%. The most common cause of the PTSD was motor accident[30.2%], explosion[9.4%]. The patients had more age and mean time of employment. [P<0.05]

Conclusion: prevalence of PTSD disorder in Conscript and official staff of NEZAJA was 14.9%. It is advised to reduce conscription period time, enhance safety standard and increase professional education

[ prevalence of mood disorder in conscript and fficial staff of NEZAJA in Tehran by 2005-6]

Background: human being's mood can be high, low or normal. Our fillings are under control of us but in mood disorders this control is damaged. The prevalence of that in life time is 2-25%. This study was design to determine the prevalence of mood disorder in conscript and official staff of NEZAJA and its attributed risk factors in Tehran within 2005-2006

Materials and Methods: this cross sectional study was done on 385 conscript and official staff of NEZAJA Garrison. Clustered stratified sampling was done to select the samples. The diagnose of disease was based on DSM IV [Diagnostic and Statistic manual of Mental Disorder] criteria and documented by psychologist interview

Results: 12.7% of samples had mood disorder. The patients with mood disorder had more contributory psychiatric diseases. The prevalence of depression was higher in younger patients and those had fiancée. However, ranks and servitude have no significance relation with mood disorder [P<0.05]

Conclusions: servitude have no significance relation with mood disorder