Urban mental health in Iran: Challenges and future directions

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-14

  Sharifi, Vandad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Community psychiatry; Iran; Mental health; Urban

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; AUTHORITY; BUDGET; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CROWDING; DIET; DRUG ABUSE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION; INTEGRATION; IRAN; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLLUTION; POPULATION; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK; RURAL AREA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77954998131     PISSN: 17358639     EISSN: 17359287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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