The role of religious advisors in mental health care in the World Mental Health surveys

Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Evans‐Lacko, Sara; Williams, David R.; Andrade, Laura Helena; Benjet, Corina; Have, Margreet ten; Wardenaar, Klaas J.; Karam, Elie G.; Bruffærts, Ronny; Abdumalik, Jibril; Abad, Josep Maria Haro; Florescu, Silvia; Wu, Benjamin; Jonge, Peter de; Altwaijri, Yasmin; Hinkov, Hristo; Kawakami, Norito; Caldas-de-Almeida, José Miguel; Bromet, Evelyn J.; Girolamo, Giovanni de; Posada‐Villa, José; Al‐Hamzawi, Ali; Huang, Yueqin; Hu, Chiyi; Viana, María Carmen; Fayyad, John; Medina‐Mora, María Elena; Demyttenaere, Koen; Lépine, Jean Pierre; Murphy, Samuel D.; Xavier, Miguel; Takeshima, Tadashi; Gureje, Oye

doi:10.1007/s00127-016-1290-8

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“…More detailed review of survey data not reported in the tables showed that the high rate of human services treatment in KSA consists largely of treatment by religious advisors ( Shaykhs ) or faith healers. This is challenging because these kind of service providers usually do not receive training in mental health counseling and lack access to or affiliation with healthcare systems (Kovess‐Masfety et al, 2017). It raises a question whether opportunities might exist for mental health professionals in KSA to work with religious professionals to facilitate referrals of individuals who would be helped more by treatment in the healthcare sector than in the human services sector.…”

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Twelve‐month treatment of mental disorders in the Saudi National Mental Health Survey

Alhabeeb

Altwaijri

Al‐Subaie

et al. 2020

Int J Methods Psych Res

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Objectives To estimate treatment rates of 12‐month mental disorders in the Saudi National Mental Health Survey (SNMHS). Methods The SNMHS is a face‐to‐face community epidemiological survey in a nationally representative household sample of citizens ages 15–65 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) (n = 4,004). The World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) was used to produce estimates of 12‐month prevalence and treatment of common DSM‐IV mental disorders. Results About one eighth (13.7%) of respondents with a 12‐month DSM‐IV/CIDI disorder received 12‐month treatment. The highest proportion of treatment occurred in the general medical sector (53.0%). Close to half (45.2%) of patients received treatment rated at least minimally adequate using standard treatment guidelines. Although serious disorders were significantly more likely to be treated (20.2%) than mild or moderate disorders (8.5–10.7%), no association was found between disorder severity and probability of receiving adequate treatment. Sociodemographic correlates were for the most part nonsignificant. Conclusions A high level of unmet need for treatment of mental disorders exists in KSA. Further analyses of the SNMHS data might provide insights into modifiable barriers to treatment and policy options to address the problem of unmet need for treatment.

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Twelve‐month treatment of mental disorders in the Saudi National Mental Health Survey

Alhabeeb

Altwaijri

Al‐Subaie

et al. 2020

Int J Methods Psych Res

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“…Access to religious advisors does not require referral and is free of charge, and as a result for some persons the only available resource. In a recent publication on the World Mental Health Surveys data (Kovess-Masfety, et al 2017), it was shown that religious advisors play an important role in mental health care and that religious attitudes are the strongest drivers of religious advisors usage. Some of the interventions employed by religious caregivers might classify as CAM, but others not.…”

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Complementary and alternative medicine contacts by persons with mental disorders in 25 countries: results from the World Mental Health Surveys

Jonge

Wardenaar

Hoenders

et al. 2017

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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CAM contacts are common in persons with severe mental disorders, in high-income countries, and in persons receiving conventional care. Our findings support the notion of CAM as largely complementary but are in contrast to suggestions that this concerns person with only mild, transient complaints. There was no indication that persons were less satisfied by CAM visits than by receiving conventional care. We encourage health care professionals in conventional settings to openly discuss the care patients are receiving, whether conventional or not, and their reasons for doing so.

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“…The healing power of the Quran refers to both mental and physical health. [14,15] As, Mohammad prophet introduced Quran as God's words and Islam miracle. Psychologists of Egbal Lahoori University of Pakistan [16] Showed that treating depression through praying to God and reading Quran versus in 78 percent of treatment group was effective and the Comparison group which stay late at high to pray to God shows only 15 percent improvements of depression.…”

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The effect of the Quran recitation on mental health of the Iranian medical staff

Darabinia

Gorji

Afzali

2017

JNEP

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This study was conducted with aim of determine the effect of the Quran recitation on mental health of the medical staff of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (Sari, Iran). This quasi-experiment study was done in 2016. According to same study 80 medical staff of Mazandaran University of medical sciences (Mazandaran, Iran) were gathered according to inclusion criteria's. Inclusion criteria's were (i) complete satisfaction to study, (ii) no having mental or physical disorders. In case of emergency events participants were excluded from study. Then participants randomly distributed to two groups (40 participants in control and experimental group). Experimental group listened to some verses of the Holy Quran for 3 months at the beginning of each working day for 3 minutes, while the control group didn't receive the Quran recitation. The findings showed that 45% of staffs were male and 55% of staffs were women. The average age of staffs was 44.87 ± 3.56. The mean of mental health and all its domains, after hearing the verses of the Quran, in experimental group was higher than the control group (p < .05). Also women indicated a higher average score than men on mental health, behavioral and socio emotional domains. As a final conclusion and on the basis of the findings of this study; it can be said, particularly in Muslim communities, hearing the Quran recitations improves the mental state of the people. Therefore, it is recommended to use the Quran recitations to reinforce positive emotions and psychological comfort for Muslim staffs.

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The role of religious advisors in mental health care in the World Mental Health surveys

Abstract: Religious advisors play an important role in mental health care and require appropriate training and collaboration with formal mental healthcare systems. Religious attitudes are strong predictors of religious advisors usage.

Cited by 24 publications

References 29 publications

Twelve‐month treatment of mental disorders in the Saudi National Mental Health Survey

Twelve‐month treatment of mental disorders in the Saudi National Mental Health Survey

Complementary and alternative medicine contacts by persons with mental disorders in 25 countries: results from the World Mental Health Surveys

The effect of the Quran recitation on mental health of the Iranian medical staff

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