Neurotic and Psychotic Characters in Gholamhosein Sā'edi's Fictions

Gholam-Hossein Sā'edi is of the novelists who are expert in dealing with psychological problems and the issues relate to the spirit of their work's characters. He was a psychiatrist and used to reflect his objective observations of neurotic and psychotic problems of the people of his own age in his stories. This essay discusses the mental illnesses in his stories in three main areas: a) introduction of neurotic and psychotic characters, b) causes of these problems and diseases, c) certain therapies offered in some stories to treat a group of patients. As the results show depression, anxiety, distraction and states such as illusion and alienation are the most important diseases of neurotic and psychotic people of his stories, and social issues and problems are the main causes of psychological problems in the characters of his stories.