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Oct 5, 2007 · According to the survey report, 13 percent of the U.S. population claim no religious affiliation, compared with 10 percent of the responding physicians and 17 percent of psychiatrists. Protestants make up 55 percent of the U.S. population, but accounted for only 39 percent of the respondents and just 27 percent of the psychiatrists.
Best Practices. To bridge the gap between non-Muslim health professional and Muslim patients, psychiatrists may consider the following: Educating oneself on Muslim mental health to provide culturally appropriate care to Muslim patients 1. Engaging with the local Muslim community to provide education and information about mental health ...
Jan 25, 2024 · Furthermore, following the 9/11 attacks, numerous studies have shown heightened discrimination against Muslims in the US. 23,35,36 The increasing number of Muslims in the US, as well as the unique factors that shape their experience in the country, make exploring the intersectionality of trauma, perceived discrimination, and health imperative when addressing Muslim patient well-being.
In communities where Muslims are considered a minority and most likely to be referred to a non-Muslim professional, it was believed that therapists of the same religion would be better placed to understand patient attitudes towards mental health difficulties [27, 33, 39].
We drew the framework based on TPB/TRA, SEM, and the review of Muslim mental health literature (the concept map). The concept map and the framework provide the most important constructs about challenges Muslim’s face when attempting to utilize mental health services. Future researchers can use the concept map and the framework to conduct ...
Aug 5, 2015 · When Rania Awaad, M.D., traveled to Damascus to participate in an Islamic sciences summer program when she was 14, little did she know she was embarking on a lifelong journey that would one day lead her to respond to the mental health needs of Muslim women. Rania Awaad, M.D., says that one of the projects at Stanford’s Muslims and Mental ...
Jul 16, 2021 · Early Islamic scholars were actively engaged in the treatment of the mind and body. An Islamic focus on mental health can be traced back to the ninth century with notable figures such as Al-Kindi, who wrote books on cognitive approaches for depression; Al-Razi, who discussed “different types of melancholia, hypochondria, and effects of temperament on personality, lethargy, madness (junun ...
