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Psychiatry in Iran

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Majid Sadeghi  and
Gholamreza Mirsepassi
Majid Sadeghi
Affiliation:
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran, Iran, email: sadeghmj@sina.tums.ac.ir
Gholamreza Mirsepassi
Affiliation:
Iranian Psychiatric Association
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The Islamic Republic of Iran is located in the Middle East between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Iran's total land area is 1 648 000 km2. Its total population in 2003 was about 68 920 000 (UNICEF, 2003). The population growth rate is 1.41%. Of the total population, 60.4% live in urban and 39.6% in rural areas (Yasamy et al, 2001).

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International Psychiatry , Volume 2 , Issue 10 , October 2005 , pp. 10 - 12
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