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10.30491/JCM.2022.169203 Journal of Combat Medicine
Narrative Review 2022 | 5 (1) | 178-184

The Role of Health in National Security and Sustainable Development

Section 6: Psychological Health and Its Relationship with Sustainable
National Security

Seyyed Yahya Safavi , AhmadAli Noorbala , Mohammad Ali Mohagheghi 3
2
1 ⃰
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

Received: 8 January 2022 Accepted: 26 March 2022

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.

* Corresponding Author: Seyyed Yahya Safavi
Address: Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran.
E-mail: [email protected]

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