Behzad Malehmir - master of clinical psychology
Niloufar Mikaeli - Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
Mohammad Narimani - Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare physical health and family functioning in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder and normal.Method: The present study is 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 received by obsessive-compulsive and bipolar disorders. . From this statistical population, ۴۰ obsessive-compulsive individuals, ۴۰ bipolar individuals and ۴۰ normal individuals were selected by available sampling method and answered the physical health and family functioning questionnaires. Data were analyzed using SPSS-۲۵ software.Results: The results of the present study showed that there is a significant difference between physical health and its components in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder and normal (P <۰.۰۱). Also, this difference is significant in the family performance variable and its components in all three groups of normal, bipolar and obsessive (P <۰.۰۱).Conclusion: These results indicate 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.

Physical Health, Family function, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Bipolar disorder