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  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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

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01What it offers

  • 01

    Referral list

    A list of qualified providers, checked against professional registers.

  • 02

    Languages

    Each provider’s languages are listed, including the languages of Iran.

  • 03

    Literacy

    Courses on trauma and resilience for families and community workers.

  • 04

    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

06More in Development

  • Forming

    Youth

    A network for young people on leadership, identity and heritage.

  • Forming

    Women

    A network for women on leadership, enterprise and mutual support.

  • In preparation

    Elders

    Company, care and the recording of memory for older members of the community.

  • In preparation

    Newcomers

    First steps in a new country, with a local guide from a Chapter.

  • In preparation

    Families and heritage schools

    Support for families and weekend schools that teach the languages and heritage of Iran.

  • In preparation

    Convenings

    Festivals, lectures and gatherings, with private venues and published rules.

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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/.

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@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/},
}

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PY  - 2026
ID  - idcdc2026_developmen
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TI  - Wellbeing
UR  - https://iranians.global/development/wellbeing/
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08Research and sources

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  1. Depression, Discrimination, and Integration: Mental Health Challenges of First-Generation Iranian Immigrants in Germany

    Mohammad Seidisarouei · 2025 · Center for Open Science

    PreprintCrossrefEurope PMCOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  2. The Role of Personality in the Mental Health of Iranian Immigrants: Investigating the Mediating Role of Acculturation

    Alireza Zare, Nima Ghorbani, Hojjatollah Farahani et al. · 2026 · مجله علوم روانشناختی

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  3. Leisure as Catalyst for Well-Being and Sense of Belonging Among Iranian Immigrant Women Aged 30-55 in Ottawa, Canada.

    Hadidi M, O’Connor E, Abu-Zahra N et al. · 2026 · Int J Environ Res Public Health

    ArticleEurope PMCOpen access

  4. Illness of the Mind or Illness of the Spirit? Mental Health-Related Conceptualization and Practices of Older Iranian Immigrants

    S. S. Martin · 2009 · Health & Social Work

    ArticleCrossrefOpenAIRE

  5. Lived Experiences of Long COVID in Iranian Immigrants in Canada: Implications for Post-Infection Care and Global Health Equity

    Askarian M, Groot G, Carr T · 2026 · Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

    ArticleEurope PMCOpen access

  6. Well-Being and the Mental Health Needs of Iranian American Immigrants

    Nicole Moshfegh, Shelly P. Harrell · 2012 · PsycEXTRA Dataset

    DatasetCrossref

  7. Suicidal Ideation/Behavior in Iranian Immigrants and Refugees in Germany: Association with Markers of Positive and Negative Mental Health

    Razieh Eizadifard, Malek Bastami Katuli, Zahra Asgari et al. · 2025 · SAGE Publications

    PreprintCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

  8. Knowledge of Determinants of Mental Health Among Iranian Immigrants of BC, Canada: “A Qualitative Study”

    Siavash Jafari, Souzan Baharlou, Richard Mathias · 2008 · Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

    ArticleCrossrefOpenAIRE

  9. Navigating Discussions of Mental Health With Iranian Americans.

    Nekovei A, Ravanfar P, Pak T · 2026 · J Psychiatr Pract

    ArticleEurope PMC

  10. 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

  11. The Acculturation of Iranian Immigrants in the United States and the Implications for Mental Health

    S Ghaffarian · 1998 · The Journal of Social Psychology

    ArticleOpenAIRE

  12. 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.