The Role of Health in National Security and Sustainable Development-Section 6: Psychological Health and Its Relationship with Sustainable National Security

Document Type : Narrative Review

Authors
Seyyed Yahya Safavi 1
AhmadAli Noorbala 2
Mohammad Ali Mohagheghi 3
1 Professor in Political Geography, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran
2 Professor of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Professor of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
10.30491/jcm.2022.169203
Abstract
Background and Aim: Psychological security is under sustainable national security. There is a close relationship between comprehensive health, including the Psychological dimension, and national security. Mental (Psychological) aspects of Health and Security have been investigated in this study.
Methods: Library research method used in this study. The data analysis was qualitative and explanatory (causal), and interpretive.
Results: Mental security and mental health are necessary for each other. Providing, maintaining, and promoting mental health, in the context of the Islamic-Iranian model of progress. is possible in the following ways: Promoting moral and spiritual teachings; Consolidation of the family foundation; Eliminating the stressful factors from personal, family and social life; and Improvement of other mental health indicators.
Conclusion: Comprehensive health and sustainable security are two great divine blessings in human societies. Providing, maintaining and promoting mental health, in harmony with other dimensions of health, is a definite requirement and accompanied by sustainable national security and development.
Keywords
Security
Psychological Security
National Security
Health
Mental Health
The Mind

  • Receive Date 08 January 2022
  • Revise Date 07 March 2022
  • Accept Date 26 March 2022