title: Achieving a Spiritual Therapy Standard for Drug Dependency in Malaysia, from an Islamic Perspective: Brief Review Article.
abstract: Religion is one of the protective factors that facilities positive outcomes by preventing individuals from engaging in addictive substance. A recent study has confirmed that religion inhibits drug addiction. The concept of psychospiritual therapy was to introduce drug addiction. Therefore, of the various methods of psychotherapy, the usage of Taqwa (piety) emerged as an applicable method of Islamic spiritual therapy. This study was conducted in Malaysia as a Muslim country and focuses on Islamic recommendations and its relation to spiritual therapy.
authors.affiliation: 1. Dept. of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya Center of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ; 2. Dept. of Clinical Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran .
authors.forename: Tahereh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seghatoleslam
authors.affiliation: 1. Dept. of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya Center of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Hussain
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Habil
authors.affiliation: 1. Dept. of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya Center of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hatim
authors.affiliation: 1. Dept. of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya Center of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Rusdi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rashid
authors.affiliation: 1. Dept. of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya Center of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Abolfazl
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ardakan
authors.affiliation: 1. Dept. of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya Center of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Esmaeili Motlaq
keywords: Addiction; Behavior change; Islamic perspective; Religion; Spiritual therapy standard; Taqwa (piety)