2017
DOI: 10.31436/imjm.v16i1.360
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Psychiatric Morbidities among Attenders of an Islamic Spiritual Healing Centre in Malaysia

Abstract: Introduction: Traditional medicine which includes Islamic faith healing centre is still an important place to seek treatment whether for psychiatric reasons or others. This study aims to determine the prevalence of psychiatric illness among attenders of an Islamic spiritual healing centre and to understand patients’ illness attribution and their religiosity. Methods: A cross-sectional study was done with a systematic random sampling to obtain the prevalence of psychiatric illness which was diagnosed using Mala… Show more

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“…By holding on to this belief, prayer to God asking for recovery is the key. However, doctors, medication and even spiritual healing practitioners are instruments of the mercy of God in the healing process (Abdullah et al, 2017).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…By holding on to this belief, prayer to God asking for recovery is the key. However, doctors, medication and even spiritual healing practitioners are instruments of the mercy of God in the healing process (Abdullah et al, 2017).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This sometimes results in poor compliance to treatment as some practitioners’ advice against medical treatment. They attribute the illness to supernatural agents thus implying that medical treatment is not the solution (Abdullah et al, 2017). However, some practitioners know their limits and would suggest the patient to seek medical treatment, which happened with 14 cases (37.8%) of our sample.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A recent search shows that religiosity has become an attraction towards the interest of the behavioural scientists. For instant, several studies were conducted on the relationships between religious and materialistic values (Yeniaras 2016;Ilter et al, 2017), the effects of religiosity and banking (Abou-Youssef et al, 2015; Usman 2015), healthcare (Ahmad Basri et al, 2015;Othman et al, 2015;Abdullah et al, 2017), education (Bakar et al, 2015;Farah et al, 2014;Dali et al, 2014) and many more. Wilson and Liu (2011) managed to relate between Islamic halal branding and implicit and explicit Islamic values affecting the Muslim consumers behaviours.…”
Section: Systematic Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Traditional medicine is a broad term that encompasses traditional medicine system or practices that are based on theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures (Abdullah et al, 2017). Traditional healers or better known as bomoh or pawang in the Malay Archipelago, are influenced by the animistic, Hindu, and Islamic elements in their techniques and practices (Syed Othman, 2008).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Islamic spiritual healing is one of the techniques of the complementary or traditional medicine that is very popular in Muslim-majority countries (Abdullah, Saini, Sharip, & Shaharom, 2017). The practitioners are normally religious people in the community.…”
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confidence: 99%