Secretary of the section "Psychoanalysis in Psychiatry" of the World Psychiatric Association, a member of the International Advisory Board of the journal Psychodynamic Psychiatry, and Past President of the Iranian Psychotherapy Association. He served on the Council of the International Federation for Psychotherapy. He practices as a psychiatrist and psychodynamic psychotherapist in private practice in Tehran, Iran.
Psychodyn Psychiatry. 2023 Jun;51(2):160-168. doi: 10.1521/pdps.2023.51.2.160.
Iran, as one of the oldest civilizations in the world, is positioned at the crossroads of important trade routes linking Asia, Africa, and Europe, resulting in enormous cultural interactions with the East and West. The development of modern psychiatry and psychodynamic psychiatry in Iran occurred in the context of the broader process of modernization through interactions with the West. Mentioning key scholars and influences that helped establish a psychodynamic tradition within centralized government-led systems of mental health care and medical education, the author describes various stages of the development of psychodynamic psychiatry in Iran.
伊朗是世界上最古老的文明之一,地处连接亚洲、非洲和欧洲的重要贸易路线的交汇处,因此与东西方之间发生了大量的文化交流。现代精神病学和精神动力精神病学在伊朗的发展是在与西方互动的现代化更广泛进程中发生的。作者提到了一些关键学者和影响因素,这些学者和影响因素帮助在中央政府主导的精神卫生保健和医学教育系统中建立了精神动力传统,描述了伊朗精神动力精神病学发展的各个阶段。