Stigma Complicates Treatment of Iranian Women's Mental Illness [HuffingtonPost.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/13/1412:00 PM

Being a mental patient in Iran is a struggle. Moreover, being a female mental patient in Iran is a struggle with stigma. Though Iranians are by no means under-educated when it comes to dealing with mental health issues, women have a bigger challenge to face when faced with this genre of illness. Women are singled out more, left alone more, shunned more. Women have a tougher time finding friends, dating, getting married, and staying married.

Official statistics issued in 2013 by the Iranian government show that 26.5% of Iranian women and 20.8% of Iranian men are living with chronic mental conditions. When it comes to dealing with mental conditions in women, matters become complicated.

[For more of this story, written by Mehrnaz Samimi, go to http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...hp_ref=mental-health]

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