Psychological Dimensions in Patients admitted in Imam Khomeini General Hospital in Tehran

Objectives: the aim of this study was to assess the mental health of patients admitted in internal medicine, surgery and gynecology wards of imam khomeini hospital of tehran in 2009. method: the symptom checklist-90-r (scl-90-r) questionnaire was administered for 93 patients in internal, surgical and gynecological wards of imam khomeini hospital in 2009. result: in this study, the mean age was (32.89 ± 12.69) with a range of 14 to 70 years old. 42 patients (44.7%) were male and 52 (59.6%) were female ; 56 patients (59.6%) were married and 37 (40.4%) were single. there is a significant relationship between gender& marital status (p<0.04). according to cut of point of global severity index (gsi) which was reported in a study (0.7), 58.1 percent of the patients have different levels of psychiatric problems (gsi>0.7). in psychiatric symptoms, somatization has the highest prevalence (90.5%) ,and depression (77.9%) and anxiety (71.6%) have a higher prevalence than other symptoms among patients who suffer from psychiatric problems. conclusion: according to the result of the current study, there is a high prevalence of psychiatric problems among the admitted patients in internal medicine, surgery and gynecology wards of a general hospital according to scl-90-r questionnaire. this study advises that more attention be given to mental health in general hospitals.