Managing Anxiety in Uncertain Economic, Political and Social Conditions Report by Mitra Shujai From June 1 to July 6 this year, the country's welfare organization implemented the "National Health Assessment Program" throughout Iran. According to the results of this survey, which was published on November 3 and participated in by one million people, "16.3 percent of respondents are at a high risk level in terms of the devastating effect of war on mental health and suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder." Also, Tehran province with just over 20% and Razavi Khorasan with about 9% have the highest number of people with anxiety. This means that one in five people in Tehran suffers from anxiety. This survey was conducted at a time when the 40-day war between Iran and the US apparently ended in a fragile cease-fire agreement, but scattered attacks by both sides and the naval blockade of Iran continued. And the two provinces of Tehran and Khorasan Razavi, especially the cities of Tehran and Shahid, were the main centers of bloody killings during the January protests. In such a situation it is possible to predict and explain the high level of anxiety among people, especially in the big cities. But can this extent (a fifth of the population) be explained even in this situation? Reza Kazemzade, a psychologist who lives in Belgium, says: "Of course this statistic is worrying, but in the conditions of our society today, it is completely understandable and not far from expected." In an interview with Deutsche Welle, he emphasizes that anxiety is not a symptom of a disease in itself, and considering Iran's current situation, "it can be considered a natural response to a long period of insecurity." Referring to the various threats that Iranian society faces today, such as the threat of war, economic insecurity, the lack of a clear and predictable future, Kazamzade sees anxiety in Iranian society not as an individual problem but as a collective problem that "cannot be analyzed and understood individually. This psychologist also emphasizes that this measurement was only made among a million people and that 20% of these people suffer from anxiety does not scientifically mean that 20% of the residents of Tehran have anxiety disorders. Read the full text of the report on the DW Persian website.

Managing Anxiety in Uncertain Economic, Political and Social Conditions Report by Mitra Shujai From June 1 to July 6 this year, the country's welfare organization implemented the "National Health Assessment Program" throughout Iran. According to the results of this survey, which was published on November 3 and participated in by one million people, "16.3 percent of respondents are at a high risk level in terms of the devastating effect of war on mental health and suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder." Also, Tehran province with just over 20% and Razavi Khorasan with about 9% have the highest number of people with anxiety. This means that one in five people in Tehran suffers from anxiety. This survey was conducted at a time when the 40-day war between Iran and the US apparently ended in a fragile cease-fire agreement, but scattered attacks by both sides and the naval blockade of Iran continued. And the two provinces of Tehran and Khorasan Razavi, especially the cities of Tehran and Shahid, were the main centers of bloody killings during the January protests. In such a situation it is possible to predict and explain the high level of anxiety among people, especially in the big cities. But can this extent (a fifth of the population) be explained even in this situation? Reza Kazemzade, a psychologist who lives in Belgium, says: "Of course this statistic is worrying, but in the conditions of our society today, it is completely understandable and not far from expected." In an interview with Deutsche Welle, he emphasizes that anxiety is not a symptom of a disease in itself, and considering Iran's current situation, "it can be considered a natural response to a long period of insecurity." Referring to the various threats that Iranian society faces today, such as the threat of war, economic insecurity, the lack of a clear and predictable future, Kazamzade sees anxiety in Iranian society not as an individual problem but as a collective problem that "cannot be analyzed and understood individually. This psychologist also emphasizes that this measurement was only made among a million people and that 20% of these people suffer from anxiety does not scientifically mean that 20% of the residents of Tehran have anxiety disorders. Read the full text of the report on the DW Persian website.