en عمومى General مروری Review Article <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">Background: </span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">Mental disorders are recognized as the main cause of disability in the world. It is estimated that mental disorders will be the second leading cause of disabilities in the world by the year 2020. Nowadays, the importance of mental health and its vast effect on the other sections of health (including physical, social, and spiritual health) is not deniable.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Methods</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">: This comparative-descriptive study intends to compare mental health systems of Iran and the selected countries in the year 2019. In order to achieve this goal, two groups of countries were selected to be compared with Iran. The first group consisted of countries similar to Iran in terms of context and texture specifications, including Turkey, Iraq, and Lebanon. Moreover, the second group included countries that are known to be successful in managing and providing health services, including Norway, Canada and Australia. In order to evaluate and compare mental health systems, the authors used the WHO Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS). A summarized version of the WHO-AIMS form was implemented for collecting the data. </span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Results</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">: After evaluation of the data obtained by mental health assessment tool, the results for each country were summarized and presented in comparative tables. Comparing mental health systems in the selected countries and Iran showed that there are a number of differences between countries in different aspects. </span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Conclusion:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"> While Iran has specific mental health policies, these policies are not implemented desirably because of the lack of executive guarantees in this manner.</span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Mental Health, Policy, Health System, Iran 53 64 http://jebhpme.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-14&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Roya Taheri Mirghaed 0000-0002-2247-9281 No community-Oriented Nursing Midwifery Research Center, Nursing and Midwifery School, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran zeynab Farhadi 0000-0002-0389-1174 No Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran Masood Taheri Mirghaed 0000-0002-4063-8020 Yes Clinical Research Development Unit, Ayatollah Kashani Hospital, shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran