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Psychiatric profiles of adolescents in pre-revolutionary Iran

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In 1977 when this research was undertaken, Iran was witnessing the emergence of growing numbers of distressed adolescents. Psychiatric profiles of adolescent outpatients (N=110) and undiagnosed adolescents (N=406) were obtained using an adapted version of the Johns Hopkins Symptom Checklist-90. These profiles are compared with those from the American adolescent psychiatric outpatients. The results show that Iranian adolescents register significantly higher distress levels on nearly all the scales. The findings are discussed in the light of prevalent child rearing practices, rapid socio-economic transition and political-cultural factors dominating the pre-revolutionary Iran.

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  1. Jordan Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Center, Tehran, Iran

    Hushang Aminian MD (Director)

  2. Educational Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Shahrzad Siassi PhD (Assistant Professor)

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

    Bahman Fozouni PhD & Iradj Siassi MD

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  1. Hushang Aminian MD
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Aminian, H., Siassi, S., Fozouni, B. et al. Psychiatric profiles of adolescents in pre-revolutionary Iran. Child Psych Hum Dev 12, 106–120 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00709627

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