Al-Junun : Mental Illness in the Islamic World,9780823633371

Al-Junun : Mental Illness in the Islamic World

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ISBN13: 9780823633371
ISBN10: 0823633373
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-12-01
Publisher(s): Intl Universities Pr Inc
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Summary

International Arab Psychological Association. Emphasizes the central influence of cultural factors on psychopathology as the key to understanding mental illness and the development of psychiatric services in Islamic cultures. For researchers and practitioners in the area of mental health as well as social sciences.

Table of Contents

Contributors ix
Preface xiii
I. General Issues
Religion and Psychopathology
3(40)
Ihsan Al-Issa
Mental Illness in Medieval Islamic Society
43(28)
Ihsan Al-Issa
Forensic Psychiatry and Islamic Law
71(30)
Kutaiba Chaleby
II. Psychopathology in an Islamic Context
Culture and Mental Illness in Algeria
101(20)
Ihsan Al-Issa
Mental Illness in Kuwait and Qatar
121(18)
M. Fakhr El-Islam
Mental Health in Iran
139(24)
Fereydoon Mehrabi
Seyed-Akbar Bayanzadeh
Mohammad-K. Atef-Vahid
Jafar Bolhari
Davoud Shahmohammadi
Seyed-Ahmad Vaezi
Mental Illness and Its Treatment in Malaysia
163(24)
M. Z. Azhar
S. L. Varma
Mental Illness in Pakistan
187(18)
M. H. Mubbashar
Psychiatry in Saudi Arabia
205(30)
Abdullah Al-Subaie
Abdulrazzak Alhamad
Anxiety Disorders and Treatment in Arab-Muslim Culture
235(18)
Adnan Takriti
Tayseer Ahmad
III. Muslims in the Diaspora
The Mental Health of Muslim Immigrants in Europe
253(24)
Ihsan Al-Issa
IV. Treatment in an Islamic Context
Psychotherapy in Islamic Society
277(18)
Jawahir Al-Abdul-Jabbar
Ihsan Al-Issa
Sex and Sexual Dysfunction in an Arab-Islamic Society
295(20)
Mona Al-Sawaf
Ihsan Al-Issa
V. Epilogue
Does the Muslim Religion Make a Difference in Psychopathology?
315(40)
Ihsan Al-Issa
Name Index 355(12)
Subject Index 367

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