[ frequency of Suicidal-thinking in NEZAJA personnel in Tehran at 2004-5 year]

Background: self mutilation carrying out underlying other psychiatric disease and disorder. The studies have shown about 4% of hospital patient have history of tissue scission. This study was planning to detect risk factor and etiology of self mutilation in army 506 hospital patients by 2005-6 y

Materials and Methods: this description case series study was done on 150 person of refry outpatient and hospitalized patients. After examination of them with hospital psychologist and confirmation of this diagnosis from malinjury and suicide, complete of check list was done by interview

Results: the most of patients affected of borderline personality disorder [74%] and then antisocial personality disorder [8%]. The average of period that traversed was 11.3+/-4 month and most of them do that in upper limb [93.3%] and last self mutilation signs [85.1%]. The mean of last self mutilation number in was 9 and the patients with 2 stairs were the most frequent. The mean of wound depth was 9.8+/-18.4 length 91.2+/-183, number 17.16+/-32.4

Conclusion: the most of patients have history of self mutilation and they are predictable in probability o self mutilation

[ 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