The effect of teachers on the learners is considered undeniable in educational research. The importance of teachers’ mental health is very obvious because a healthy teacher means safe education and safe education guarantees a safe society.
 
Materials and Methods:Theaim of this study was investigating the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms among elementary school teachers in Shahrekord in 2005-2006 academic years. 1008 teachers from 139 elementary schools (districts 1 and 2) in Shahrekord made the population of this descriptive, cross-sectional study. Seventy percents of teachers answered the questions and 705 teachers participated in this research. The required data gathered via Scl-90-R standardized questionnaire and personal and social features questionnaire. Descriptive and analytical data analysis (t-test, analysis variants, post hoc and regression) were done through SPSS.
 
Results: Some degrees of mental disorder were seen in 27.4% of teachers. The highest of prevalence was related to somatization disorder (74.9%) and the lowest was phobia (20.6%). There was no significant relationship between prevalence of mental disorders and marital status (P=0.7) and teaching experience (P=0.77). A significant reverse relationship was observed between prevalence of psychiatric symptoms, income, and degree of education (P<0.001).
 
Conclusion: The results showed that the prevalence of mental disorder was high among the subjects of the study.