Precipitating factors of neurotic reactions in middle and upper-middle class Persian women (Iran).
In search of the socio-cultural factors contributing to the development of neurotic reactions in Persian women, the author has examined the records of two hundred and eighty five (285) patients from his private practice in Tehran. Factors to marital conflicts superceded the others by a wide margin. The content of marital conflicts seems to be related to the cultural confusion that has come out of the meeting of the cultural values of the West and the East. The author stresses the role of the communication media in the development of this confusion. In conclusion, implications and limitations of the paper were discussed.
D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D003468:Cultural Evolution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008393:Marriage; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012922:Social Change; D012923:Social Class; D014930:Women