Parakandeh: Mental Health in the Iranian Diaspora
Kamyar JarahzadehParakandeh is a podcast looking at the experiences of the Iranian diaspora from a mental health lens. Making a meaningful life outside of one's homeland can be deeply complicated, and for Iranians there are often more questions than answers. By bringing together perspectives from social science, art, and mental health, each episode explores on a different issue facing the community. Podcast is hos... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 7 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Categories | Health & FitnessMental Health | ||||
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This episode is just a rebroadcast of the audio of a recent discussion held with the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State University about the role of mental health in the Iranian American Diaspora. Learn more about the center h... more
How can we conceptualize the relationship between political events, political chaos, and what we can do in the therapy room? This episode offers a few thoughts on therapy in an unstable world, particularly through the Iranian American lens.
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In Persian, people sometimes use the terms psychology, psychiatry, and talk therapy interchangeably. But in the United States, we understand therapists and psychiatrists as generally have different roles and approaches. This episode provides some ide... more
Shame, stigma, and fear of accessing mental health services. This episode takes a brief look at the paradox between Iranian-Americans strong familiarity with basic concepts of mental health, and the fear that exists around actually accessing services... more
A bit of a different episode: I discuss the film "The Persian Version" after finally seeing it, and considering what it can teach us about how to best conceptualize generational trauma for Iranian-Americans.
A great reading on the definition of Tr... more
This week's podcast answers a supposedly simple question: once you decide you want to try therapy for the first time or for a new attempt, how do you actually find a therapist to work with? We explore a few routes for getting connected to a therapist... more
Welcome to the podcast! For the first episode, I will introduce myself, explain the goal behind Parakandeh, and also get into a little discussion about how to best translate mental health professionals' titles into Persian.
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