title: National and sub-national prevalence, trend, and burden of mental disorders and substance abuse in Iran: 1990 - 2013, study protocol.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The measurement of population-based dimensions of mental disorders and their effects on the population health is one of the major public health concerns.  There is some evidence on the trend and point estimations of mental disease and substance abuse for many specific groups of Iranian population but there is a progressive requirement to documents on their exposure distribution at sub-national level, information about their trends, and their effects on the population health.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present protocol is aimed to provide the standards of data collection and methodology processes for estimating the trends of selected mental disorders and their attributed burden at national and sub-national levels. For nine categories of mental disorders, we will estimate 1990 to 2013 trends of prevalence, Years of Life Lost due to premature mortality (YLLs), and Years Lived with Disability (YLDs) and Disability-Adjusted Life Years DALYs by sex, age group, and province. We will also quantify the uncertainty intervals for the estimates of interest.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study of National and sub-national prevalence, trend, and burden of mental disorders and substance abuse in Iran provides valuable convincing evidences for policy makers and other stakeholders for more evidence-based priority setting, resource allocation, interventions, service providing, and evaluation at both national and sub-national levels. The results also could be used for future complementary global, regional, national, and sub national studies.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. f-farzadfar@tums.ac.ir, mazmoradi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Morteza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naserbakht
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Science Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Shirin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Djalalinia
authors.affiliation: Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Science Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Batool
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tayefi
authors.affiliation: Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
authors.forename: Mehri
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gholami
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mehrdad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eftekhar Ardabili
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Vahid
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Shariat
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mozhgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taban
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hajebi
authors.affiliation: Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Behtaj
authors.affiliation: Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyedeh Arezoo
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sajadi
authors.affiliation: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Afarin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahimi-Movaghar
authors.affiliation: Community Medicine Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Maziar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moradi-Lakeh
authors.affiliation: Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Science Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Farshad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farzadfar
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D015340:Epidemiologic Research Design; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013997:Time Factors