Prevalence of Anxiety Disorders and its Relation to Past Child Abuse and General Health in Universities Students of Iran

Introduction: anxiety disorders are the most prevalent psychological disorders and disrupt individual and social functions in patients .It is necessary to understanding of etiology and course and prognosis of these disorders .One of the risk factors in anxiety disorders is the child abuse experience in patients’ psychological history. But, there is no study on this relation in Iran. Therefore, current study has performed.Purpose: the purpose of this study was the investigation on prevalence of anxiety disorders and predictive relation of abuse experience in childhood with General health and anxiety disorders in universities students of Tehran.Method: 400 college students in Tehran (198 male, 202 female) were selected and answered to structured mental disorders inventory, general health questionnaire (GHQ) and Child Abuse Self Report Survey(Mohammad Khaniet et al., 2002).Findings: findings show that there is a significant relationship between anxiety disorders and child abuse.Results: the results of this study show the necessity of supportive education and concerning to psychological health of the children whom are encountered with social damages which lead to future psycho -social problems.