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Title: Mental health in Iran
Author: Mehrabi, Fereydoon; Bayanzadeh, Seyed-Akbar; Atef-Vahid, Mohammad-K.
Abstract:
Presents an overview of mental health in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The sections cover the following aspects: the history of psychiatry in Iran, development of modern psychiatry in Iran, epidemiology of mental illness, characteristics of psychiatric il
Journal: In: Al-Junun: Mental illness in the Islamic world. Al-Issa, Ihsan; Madison, CT, US: International Universities Press, Inc, 2000: 139-161