comparison of physical health and family functioning in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar and normal

Objective: the aim of this study was to compare physical health and family functioning in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder and normal.methods: the present study was a causal-comparative study and the statistical population of the study includes all obsessive-compulsive and bipolar patients hospitalized and referred to fatemi hospital and psychiatric clinics in ardabil in autumn, which were diagnosied by obsessive-compulsive and bipolar disorders. . from this statistical population, 40 obsessive-compulsive individuals, 40 bipolar individuals and 40 normal individuals were selected by available sampling method and answered the physical health and family functioning questionnaires. data were analyzed using spss-25 software.results: the results of the present study showed that there was a significant difference between physical health and its components in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder and normal (p <0.01). also, this difference was significant in the family performance variable and its components in all three groups of normal, bipolar and obsessive (p <0.01).conclusion: these results indicated that impaired family dysfunction and physical health increase the severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder. therefore, paying attention to this result in psychotherapy plans and specialized interventions can be effective.