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Mental health services in Azerbaijan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Fuad Ismayilov*
Affiliation:
Baku City Psychiatric Hospital No. 2, Baku, Azerbaijan, email fouad@azerin.com
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Azerbaijan is a nation with a Turkic population which regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. It has an area of approximately 86 000 km2. Georgia and Armenia, the other countries comprising the Transcaucasian region, border Azerbaijan to the north and west, respectively. Russia also borders the north, Iran and Turkey the south, and the Caspian Sea borders the east. The total population is about 8 million. The largest ethnic group is Azeri, comprising 90% of the population; Dagestanis comprise 3.2%, Russians 2.5%, Armenians 2% and others 2.3%.

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