Author/Authors :
Ghaffarihosseini, Faraneh Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Jalali Nadoushan, Amir Hossein Mental Health Research Center - Community Mental Health Research - Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Alavi, Kaveh Mental Health Research Center - Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Bolhari, Jafar Spiritual Health Research Center - Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
For years there were no organized supporting system helping victims of domestic violence in
Iran. 16 years ago Ministry of Interior started a national survey which led to try legislating bills
in order to improve preventive and supporting services. This has inspired many health care
professionals, including Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Training, to pursue this field
for research. Since then, many studies has been done; which were reviewed in this paper. We
tried to build a stepping stone for the future researchers and activists, since despite all what has
been done, still there is no legislated bill or enough organizations to protect the victims.
