Jafar Bolhari
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Jafar Bolhari | |
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| Born | August 6, 1948 Iran |
| Education | Ph.D, Psychiatry |
| Alma mater | Tehran University of Medical Sciences |
| Occupation | Professor of Psychiatry |
| Employer | Iran University of Medical Sciences |
Jafar Bolhari, M.D. (born August 6, 1948), is an Iranian psychiatrist and researcher. He is a Professor of psychiatry at the Mental Health Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and has been working as the director of Tehran Psychiatric Institute [1] since 1992.[1]
Professor Bolhari has also been the director of the Iranian Mental Health Research Network since its formation in 2006. His major areas of interest are community mental health services, spiritual and religious therapy, and drug abuse prevention programs.[2]
He is one of the founders of the Program of Integration of Mental Health Care in the Primary Health Care System in Iran.[3]
Dr. Bolhari is the author of several Persian-language books for health care providers with different educational levels. Some of his books are in the following topics: 1. Mental Health for Health Workers
2. A Guide to Implementation of OSCE in Iran
3. Effective Communication
4. Spiritual and Religious Therapy
5. Spirituality for University Students
External links
- List of published books - Iranian National Library
- Articles Indexed in JSTOR
- Article databank
- List of articles in Persian
- Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Pshychology
References
- ^ Mental Health In Our Future Cities, David Goldberg, Thornicroft Graham, Psychology Press, 2013, P. 237
- ^ http://www.biomedexperts.com/Profile.bme/135374/Jafar_Bolhari
- ^ http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/services/Iran.pdf