Epidemiology of Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder in the middle school students

The current study has aimed to investigate the prevalence of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder among the middle school students in kermanshah city. The design of this research is descriptive- survey. 584 students (282 boys and 302 girls) were selected by a multistage cluster sampling method and were assessed using the disruptive mood dysregulation disorder questionnaire. The data was analyzed by spss26 software using descriptive and inferential statistical methods including chi-square test. The results showed that the prevalence of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder in students in general is 11.13, in boys 13.82 and in girls 8.60. There was a significant difference between the mean score of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder and gender (p=0.001) and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder and students' education area (p=0.024). But there was no significant difference between disruptive mood dysregulation disorder and age and educational level. The results showed that the prevalence of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder in adolescent boys and girls of kermanshah city is high therefore, the necessity of preventive and therapeutic measures from the education of this province and also health decision makers is revealed.