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Muslim populations in Western countries are growing, and they face biopsychosocial, spiritual, and economic challenges. Although Islam gives utmost attention to mental health stability, Muslims tend to underutilize mental health services.
Jan 21, 2005 · Programs in Michigan are designed to be sensitive to cultural and religious issues that could impact the medical care of Muslim women in the United States and to address the unique treatment needs of torture victims from the Middle East.
Aug 5, 2015 · Rania Awaad, M.D., says that one of the projects at Stanford’s Muslims and Mental Health Research Lab, of which she is the director, is developing a religiously congruent psychotherapeutic framework for treating Muslims with mental health problems. Steve Fisch Photography. Open in viewer.
Aug 4, 2023 · Islamic culture is believed to significantly impact how Arab Muslims understand and approach mental health disorders and treatments. Numerous Arabic texts on mental disorders and treatment consider Islamic teachings to be a reliable source of information for mental health interventions and therapies.
- Demographics
- Cultural Factors
- Prevalence
- Attitudes
- Treatment Challenges
- Protective Factors
The Civic Engagement Fund AMEMSA Fact Sheet(link is external)reports that there are at least 3.5 million Americans of Arab descent. According to the American Psychiatric Association(link is external): 1. Based on estimates by the Pew Research Center, there are about 3.45 million Muslims living in the U.S., comprising about 1.1% of the total U.S. po...
The American Psychiatric Association(link is external)also reports: 1. The Islamic tradition places strong emphasis on mental health, and its perspective transcends mind-body dualism to integrate behavioral and physical health. 2. Certain Muslim communities, such as Pakistani and Egyptian, have high rates of marriages where they share the same bloo...
According to the article "Engaging South Asian Youth and Families(link is external)," 1 in 5 U.S. South Asians report experiencing a mood or anxiety disorder in their lifetime. The American Psychiatric Association(link is external)indicates that religious discrimination against Muslims is associated with depression, anxiety, subclinical paranoia, a...
The South Asian Public Health Association(link is external)reports: 1. U.S. South Asians often express greater stigma toward mental illness than other groups. 2. Mental health stigma impedes help-seeking in South Asian Americans. In the article "Socio-political Aspects of Mental Health Practice with Arabs in the Israeli Context(link is external)," ...
The article "Socio-political Aspects of Mental Health Practice with Arabs in the Israeli Context(link is external)" reports that a cultural gap leading to mistrust is given when a non-Arab mental health provider comes into contact with an Arab client. The South Asian Public Health Association(link is external)identified that culturally adapted fami...
The American Psychiatric Association(link is external)reports: 1. Involvement in community interventions can be utilized by providers to counter Islamophobia and encourage Muslim Americans to seek professional mental health care. 2. Clinicians and mental health providers have a crucial role in addressing societally connected mental health challenge...
Muslims experience the lowest recovery rate from mental health difficulties across all religious groups. The aim of this research is to understand the barriers that prevent Muslims from accessing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and the extent to which these may vary across country of residence.
Mar 16, 2007 · Predictably, much of what Abou-Allaban describes about practicing psychiatry as a Muslim is colored by life in post-9/11 America. He disavows violence and extremism and emphasizes that Islam is not intrinsically hostile to America or to the Western world.
