Psychiatry in Qatar

Suhaila Ghuloum; Mohammed A. Ibrahim

doi:10.1192/S1749367600004975

Psychiatry in Qatar

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018

Suhaila Ghuloum and

Mohammed A. Ibrahim

Show author details

Suhaila Ghuloum: Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box 3050, Doha, Qatar, email sghuloum@hmc.org.qa
Mohammed A. Ibrahim: Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, email psychiatry@hmc.org.qa

Article contents

Extract

Rights & Permissions

Extract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

The State of Qatar is a peninsula overlooking the Arabian Gulf, with an area of 11400 km2. The Al Thani family has ruled the country since the mid-1800s. The population of just over 860000 is of a multi-ethnic nature, and predominantly resides in the capital, Doha. Only about 20% of the population is Qatari. Around 73% of the population are between the ages of 15 and 64 years. Life expectancy at birth is 74.8 years for males and 73.8 years for females. The literacy rate is 94.9% for men and 82.3% for women. Arabic is the official language and English is a common second language. The economy is dominated by oil and natural gas, and the country has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world. The per capita government expenditure on health is $574 (international dollars), which is among the highest in the region.

Type: Country Profile
Information: International Psychiatry , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , October 2006 , pp. 16 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/S1749367600004975 [Opens in a new window]
Creative Commons: This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits noncommercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.