Psychiatric Bulletin, 27(5), May 2003, pp.190-191.
Publisher:
Royal College of Psychiatrists
More than any other area of medicine, psychiatry is influenced greatly by the cultural setting in which it is practised. Iran and the UK have similar-sized populations, but are very different in many other respects. The opportunity arose to compare psychiatric practice in these two countries when one of the authors spent 3 months visiting mental health services at a UK centre
More than any other area of medicine, psychiatry is influenced greatly by the cultural setting in which it is practised. Iran and the UK have similar-sized populations, but are very different in many other respects. The opportunity arose to compare psychiatric practice in these two countries when one of the authors spent 3 months visiting mental health services at a UK centre
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, psychiatry, severe mental health problems, social care provision, treatment, therapy and treatment, training, comparative studies;