Development
Wellbeing
A referral service in preparation. It helps people find qualified care that understands their language and background.
- Status
- In preparation
- What it offers
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- Courses
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- Country programmes
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Before you begin IDCDC is a peer-to-peer network. It is not a university and acts for no government, party, corporation or faith body.
Courses are written and reviewed by peers. Outlines are drafts until expert review.
In context
- Health This is health information for learning, not medical or mental health advice. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.
How this page handles evidence
Every figure carries its measure, year, source and label. Unknown is shown as unknown.
- Verified
- A label: the item matches its primary record, such as the official table or the Crossref entry.
- Secondary source
- A label: the figure comes from a reliable report about the source, not from the source itself.
- To verify
- A label: the item is listed as found and still needs checking against its source.
Sources
Open scholarly records on this subject, from approved indexes. Listed for reference, not yet reviewed.
- Mohammad Seidisarouei (2025). Depression, Discrimination, and Integration: Mental Health Challenges of First-Generation Iranian Immigrants in Germany. Center for Open Science. DOI 10.31234/osf.io/xdbt2_v2
- Alireza Zare, Nima Ghorbani, Hojjatollah Farahani et al. (2026). The Role of Personality in the Mental Health of Iranian Immigrants: Investigating the Mediating Role of Acculturation. مجله علوم روانشناختی.
- Hadidi M, O’Connor E, Abu-Zahra N et al. (2026). Leisure as Catalyst for Well-Being and Sense of Belonging Among Iranian Immigrant Women Aged 30-55 in Ottawa, Canada.. Int J Environ Res Public Health. DOI 10.3390/ijerph23080999
- S. S. Martin (2009). Illness of the Mind or Illness of the Spirit? Mental Health-Related Conceptualization and Practices of Older Iranian Immigrants. Health & Social Work. DOI 10.1093/hsw/34.2.117
- Askarian M, Groot G, Carr T (2026). Lived Experiences of Long COVID in Iranian Immigrants in Canada: Implications for Post-Infection Care and Global Health Equity. Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences. DOI 10.30476/ijms.2026.110312.4589
01What it offers
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Referral list
A list of qualified providers, checked against professional registers.
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Languages
Each provider’s languages are listed, including the languages of Iran.
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Literacy
Courses on trauma and resilience for families and community workers.
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Crisis lines
Each country page lists official crisis lines.
02Who it is for
- People seeking support
- Families
- Community workers
- Qualified care providers
03How it works
- Search
- a person looks up providers by country and language.
- Check
- each provider is checked against a professional register.
- Contact
- the person contacts the provider directly.
- Review
- providers are rechecked on a fixed cycle.
04What it always keeps
- IDCDC does not provide therapy or medical care.
- Only registered professionals are listed.
- No health information is collected.
- Emergencies go to official emergency services.
05Courses
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Trauma and resilience literacy
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
06More in Development
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Youth
A network for young people on leadership, identity and heritage.
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Women
A network for women on leadership, enterprise and mutual support.
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Elders
Company, care and the recording of memory for older members of the community.
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Newcomers
First steps in a new country, with a local guide from a Chapter.
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Families and heritage schools
Support for families and weekend schools that teach the languages and heritage of Iran.
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Convenings
Festivals, lectures and gatherings, with private venues and published rules.
Cite this page
- APA
Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Wellbeing. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/development/wellbeing/
- Chicago
Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Wellbeing.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/development/wellbeing/.
- BibTeX
@misc{idcdc2026_development_wellbeing, author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Wellbeing}, url = {https://iranians.global/development/wellbeing/}, howpublished = {https://iranians.global/development/wellbeing/}, }- RIS
TY - ELEC AU - Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council DA - 2026/// PY - 2026 ID - idcdc2026_developmen N1 - Licence: CC BY 4.0 TI - Wellbeing UR - https://iranians.global/development/wellbeing/ ER -
07Learn in the Academy
Courses and disciplines of the Academy on the subject of this page.
Courses
- Trauma and resilience literacyProposed
- Waves of the Iranian diasporaOutlined
- Career transition for skilled migrantsOutlined
- Food entrepreneurshipProposed
A completion record shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.
08Research and sources
Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.
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Mohammad Seidisarouei · 2025 · Center for Open Science
PreprintCrossrefEurope PMCOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-4.0
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Alireza Zare, Nima Ghorbani, Hojjatollah Farahani et al. · 2026 · مجله علوم روانشناختی
ArticleDOAJOpen access
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Hadidi M, O’Connor E, Abu-Zahra N et al. · 2026 · Int J Environ Res Public Health
ArticleEurope PMCOpen access
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S. S. Martin · 2009 · Health & Social Work
ArticleCrossrefOpenAIRE
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Askarian M, Groot G, Carr T · 2026 · Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
ArticleEurope PMCOpen access
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Well-Being and the Mental Health Needs of Iranian American Immigrants
Nicole Moshfegh, Shelly P. Harrell · 2012 · PsycEXTRA Dataset
DatasetCrossref
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Razieh Eizadifard, Malek Bastami Katuli, Zahra Asgari et al. · 2025 · SAGE Publications
PreprintCrossrefCC-BY-4.0
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Siavash Jafari, Souzan Baharlou, Richard Mathias · 2008 · Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
ArticleCrossrefOpenAIRE
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Navigating Discussions of Mental Health With Iranian Americans.
Nekovei A, Ravanfar P, Pak T · 2026 · J Psychiatr Pract
ArticleEurope PMC
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Mental health of Iranian immigrants and their descendants: A review.
Bahaur Amini, Omar Raheel, Alexis Exum et al. · 2022 · Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
ArticleOpenAIRE
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The Acculturation of Iranian Immigrants in the United States and the Implications for Mental Health
S Ghaffarian · 1998 · The Journal of Social Psychology
ArticleOpenAIRE
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Mental Disorders in Iranian and Afghan Immigrant Women: the impact of acculturation
Behshid Garrusi, Saideh Garrusi, Ali Amirkafi et al. · 2022 · Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences
ArticleOpenAIREOpen access
Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; DOAJ (Metadata CC0 1.0 (DOAJ); articles under their own open licences), 2026-10-23; Europe PMC (Metadata reusable; full text under each article’s licence), 2026-10-23; OpenAIRE (CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)), 2026-10-23.
