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725 – Cultural Issues in Anxiety Disorders: Some Particularities of Iranian Culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

A. Malekian ,
G. Ahmadzadeh  and
H. Afshar
A. Malekian
Affiliation:
Psycho-Somatic Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
G. Ahmadzadeh
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
H. Afshar
Affiliation:
Psycho-Somatic Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

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Anxiety disorders occur in all human societies ; yet there are cross- cultural variations in the symptomatology, prevalence, the etiologically contributing bio-psycho-social factors and the social responses to the symptoms and their management. Iran has a heterogeneous population with numerous subcultures bounded closely to each other through the common history, language, Old Persian culture and the similarities in their impressing experiences as a nation.

In the format of a narrative review article, here we intend to induce a minimal insight into a few areas of particularity of anxiety disorders in Iranian culture. We will focus on the examples of socio-cultural factors affecting the source of distress, helpseeking behaviors, symptom presentation and treatment of these disorders in Iran.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E231
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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