Prozak diaries psychiatry and generational memory in Iran

325 Pages·2016·20.249 MB·English

by  Behrouzan, Orkideh

Prozak Diaries

Orkideh Behrouzan
Prozak Diaries
Psychiatry and Generational Memory in Iran
Stanford University Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Behrouzan, Orkideh, 1977- author.
Title: Prozak diaries : psychiatry and generational memory in Iran / Orkideh
Behrouzan.
Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016027702 (print) | LCCN 2016028655 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780804797429 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780804799416 (pbk. : alk.
paper) | ISBN 9780804799591 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Psychiatry--Iran. | Depression, Mental--Iran. |
Youth--Iran--Psychology. | Medical anthropology--Iran.
Classification: LCC RC451.I7 B44 2016 (print) | LCC RC451.I7 (ebook) |
DDC 362.1968900955--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016027702
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Contents
Note on Transliteration vii
Abbreviations ix
The Anthropologist 1
Introduction: Ethnographic Experiments across Sites and Disciplines 5
The Poet-Satirist 19
Chapter 1: Mapping Prozak Diaries and Medicalization 21
Freud 37
Chapter 2: Pedagogical and Cultural Histories of Iranian Psychiatry 39
The Counselor 61
Chapter 3: An Emerging Psychiatric Discourse in Five Frames 63
The Student 91
Chapter 4: Depreshen Talk, the Pill, and Psychiatric Subjectivities 93
The Blogger 123
Chapter 5: Material Remains, Cultural Aesthetics, and Generational
Forms 125
The Mother 159
Chapter 6: Tending ADHD, Shifting Moralities, and Generational
Perceptions 163
The Medical Intern 189
Chapter 7: The Many Minds of Psychiatry, or Psychiatry as Cultural
Critique 191
vi contents
Conclusion: Reflections on Mental Health and Interdisciplinary
Conversations across Cultures 211
Acknowledgments 223
Notes 229
References 277
Index 303
Note on Transliteration
I use a modified form of the Iranian Studies transliteration scheme for Per-
sian as outlined by the International Society of Iranian Studies. Consonants are
consistent with this system, but I use only one diacritic to distinguish pronun-
ciation in Persian. I mark the long vowel aleph with the diacritic ā (similar to
the English a in all) as contrasted with a, the short vowel, which is very close
to the English a in ask. The short vowels are rendered with the closest English
equivalent to the way they are spoken in standard contemporary Iranian Per-
sian; thus I use e (e.g., ejtemā’i, or hejāb) and o (e.g., gol) rather than i and u.
I use i for long ی (e.g., pezeshki) rhyming with English me, and u for long و
(e.g., sukhteh) rhyming with English soon. I double letters to indicate tashdid
(e.g., takhassos). The silent final h is written and indicated by eh (e.g., khātereh);
and ‘ayn and hamza are indicated by ’. I write the ezafeh as -e after consonants
(e.g., nasl-e) and as -ye after vowels and silent final h (e.g., daheh-ye). Similarly,
I add the plural hā to singular words as in daheh-ye shasti-hā. All dates are AD
(Anno Domini) except those in Persian-language references, which follow the
format Anno Persico–Anno Domini. “Anno Persico” refers to the Iranian solar
Hejri calendar. The year 1981 AD, for instance, equals 1360 AP. All date formats
are day/month/year.

Abbreviations
ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
CBT cognitive behavioral therapy
CIDI Composite International Diagnostic Interview
CNS central nervous system
DALY disability-adjusted life year
DIS Diagnostic Interview Schedule
DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
EBM evidence-based medicine
ECT electroconvulsive therapy
EEG electroencephalography
EMR Eastern Mediterranean Region
IACAP Iranian Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
IBS irritable bowel syndrome
ICD International Classification of Diseases
IPA Iranian Psychiatric Association
IPM Iranian Institute for Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
IRIB Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
NMHP National Mental Health Program
PANA Parvaresh-e Niruhā-ye Ensāni (“Developing Human Skills”)
PHC primary health care
PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder
SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
WHO World Heath Organization
WPA World Psychiatric Association