Psychiatry in Iran

Majid Sadeghi; Gholamreza Mirsepassi

Psychiatry in Iran

Int Psychiatry. 2005 Oct 1;2(10):10-12. eCollection 2005 Oct.

Authors

Majid Sadeghi¹, Gholamreza Mirsepassi²

Affiliations

¹ Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran, Iran, email: sadeghmj@sina.tums.ac.ir.
² Vice President, Iranian Psychiatric Association.

PMID: 31507787
PMCID: PMC6733132

Abstract

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).