Mental health literacy in iran: an urgent need for a remedy.
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Mental health is considered as one of the fundamental criteria of evaluating a specific society and there is no doubt that it plays a key role in its efficiency and also its advancement. Mental health refers to a broad range of activities related to the mental well-being component directly or indirectly, covered in the World Health Organization (WHO) definition of health: “A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease.”[1] The loss of mental health causes disorders comprise a broad range of problems, with different symptoms that are generally characterized by some combination of abnormal thoughts, emotions, behaviors and relationships with others. Examples like depression, schizophrenia and disorders due to drug abuse, which most of them can be successfully treated.[2]
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Authors: Azadeh Sayarifard, Laleh Ghadirian
Institution: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1905733116