title: Role of Islam in the management of Psychiatric disorders.
abstract: With the significant growth of the Muslim population all over the world, there exists a corresponding increase in the need for mental health services that suit this group of patients. Research demonstrates the effectiveness of the integration of spirituality and religiosity into psychotherapy and how religious beliefs could affect the management plans. This article discusses the impact of various beliefs in the Islamic faith on the bio-psychosocial model for the management of different psychiatric disorders including focusing on the modification of psychotherapeutic techniques as cognitive restructuring. It also shows other types of therapies such as music therapy, meditation therapy, and aromatherapy. The main emphasis remains to ensure that Muslim psychiatric patients get ethical, acceptable, and effective treatment.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Walaa M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Sabry
authors.forename: Adarsh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vohra
keywords: Bio-psychosocial; Islam; Muslims; compliance; mental health; religious psychotherapy; spirituality