Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Teachers of Different Educational Levels in the Cities of Lahijan and Siahkal

The aim of this research is to assess the prevalence of mental disorders among teachers of different educational levels in Lahijan and Siahkal .This descriptive study was conducted in 54 schools (28 rural schools, 26 urban schools) which was selected from 212 schools (109 rural schools,26 urban schools) randomly in academic year of 2010-2011. The distributed questionnaire which was responded to by 249 teachers (175 female teachers, 74 male teachers) was the result showed that 63.86 % of teachers suffering from at least one of the 24 assessed disorders in questionnaire .Also the result indicated that the highest prevalence with 67.42 % is related to women in addition the higher prevalence of mental disorders are related to teachers of rural areas more than urban areas, teachers with diploma degree more than other teachers and primary schools teachers more than others. The evidence suggest that the most common disorders among studied teachers are Histrionic Personality Disorder with 47.79 % , Compulsive Personality Disorder with 40.56 %, Anxiety Disorder with 25.2 %, Depressed Personality Disorder with 17.67 %.