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Oct 15, 2020 · Specifically, it considers the frameworks within which mental health and illness were understood within the medieval Muslim medical tradition and their relevance to contemporary debates in psychology and psychiatry. In sum, this paper seeks to demonstrate that cultural formulations of mental illness, often viewed as “Islamic”, are distinct ...
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- Mens Rea & Criminal Responsibility
- Insanity
- Involuntary Admission
The concept of mens rea, the guilty intention, is fully accepted in the Islamic law. There is no crime if there is no criminal intention. The significance of the subjective element of a criminal action (and not only of the result of this action) gradually emerged in the Western Europe through the “publication” of the criminal law, which reached its...
There is tripartite classification of insanity in the Islamic law: (a) absolute or continuous, (b) intermittent, and (c) partial. In the case of intermittent insanity, it has to be proven that the mental disorder was active at the time of the criminal act for the defendant to be found not guilty by reason of insanity. Otherwise, if the disorder was...
A pivotal issue addressed in the Islamic law, lying in the interface between law and psychiatry, is the concept of involuntary admission of mental health patients. According to the principle of Al-Hajjer, the state can undertake the financial management of a person’s fortune, if he does not manage it “properly.” By extending the application of this...
- Georgios A. Tzeferakos, Athanasios I. Douzenis
- 2017
Islam is based on unity and core values of compassion, justice and benevolence. Islamic psychiatry has a proud early history, and advances are occurring. There is an opportunity for the profession of psychi-atry to bridge religious, ethnic and cultural boundaries. Key words: forensic psychiatry, Islam, psychiatry, Sharia.
Jun 15, 2018 · The model elaborates aspects of a mechanism for the development of the soul that constitutes a potential foundation for an Islamic theory of human psychology and has particular relevance for Islamic approaches to psychotherapy.
Aug 27, 2023 · Islamic psychology serves to introduce the theories and practices of early Muslim scholars as an approach to psychotherapy within an Islamic context, providing mental health practitioners a framework for addressing the unique mental health needs of Muslim communities .
Dec 18, 2018 · In this chapter, the authors will discuss the significance of mental health in Islam, offering an Islamic outlook on its comprehensive construct, a walk through the historical understanding and classifications of mental and psychological illnesses, including developments from major Muslim scholars and their treatises, and finally a brief explora...
The aim of the present paper is to explore psychiatry in Islam. Such an exploration may inform psychiatrists working in Western countries with Islamic patients, Western psychiatrists travelling to ...
