Jafar Bolhari (born August 6, 1948) is an Iranian
psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...
and
researcher. He is a
professor
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of
psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. See glossary of psychiatry.
Initial psych ...
at the Spiritual Health Research Center,
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) ( fa, دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی درمانی ایران, ''Danushgah-e 'lum-e Pezeshki-ye vâ Xedâmat-e Behedashti-ye Dârmani-ye Iran'') is a high ranked medical u ...
, and he worked for 25 years as the director of
Tehran Institute of Psychiatry: School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Healthbr>
خانهsince 1992.
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.
He is one of the founders of the Program of Integration of Mental Health Care in the Primary Health Care System in Iran.
Bolhari is the author of several English articles and Persian-language books for health care providers with different educational levels: Mental Health for Health Workers; A Guide to Implementation of OSCE in Iran; Effective Communication and mental health care; Spiritual and Religious skills/Therapy; Spirituality in clinic and for University Students.
References
External links
of published books - Iranian National Library''
''Articles Indexed in JSTOR''''Article databank''''List of articles in Persian''''Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Pshychology''
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Academic staff of Iran University of Medical Sciences
Iranian psychiatrists
Living people
1948 births