Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational science,, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: The coexistence of symptoms of mental disorders are effective in the way they appear and spread. The purpose of this study was to investigate the coexistence of symptoms of mental disorders in the clients of psychological services in Tehran. Method: The current research is based on the purpose, applied and descriptive-correlation in nature. The research community was the psychological clients of Nasime-aramesh and Behnoosh clinics in Tehran. The sample size was 320 people aged 18 to 40 from 1397 to 1402 with Cochran's formula, who were selected by available sampling. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential indicators in SPSS version 27 software and and the test tool was SCL90. Findings: It showed that symptoms of physical complaints are most common with depression, anxiety, obsession and compulsion; Obsessive compulsive disorder with depression, anxiety and paranoid thoughts; Sensitivity disorder in reciprocal relationships with depression, paranoid thoughts and obsessions and compulsions; symptoms of depression disorder with paranoid thoughts, anxiety and obsession and compulsion; Anxiety disorder with depressive disorder, paranoid thoughts and obsessions and compulsions; Aggressive disorder with anxiety, paranoid thoughts and depression; Morbid fear disorder with symptoms of depression, anxiety and paranoid thoughts; Paranoid thought disorder with depression, anxiety and obsession and compulsion; It was a psychotic disorder with depression, anxiety and paranoid thoughts. Correlation of disorders with Pearson's correlation coefficient indicates the significance of their relationship with each other. Discussion and conclusion: The existing findings stated the coexistence of psychological disorders, which indicates the spectrum of disorders. As a result, in the treatment, psychologists can pay attention to the possibility of the onset or recurrence of symptoms of mental disorder in order to avoid the occurrence of symptoms of peripheral disorder along with the central disorder.
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