University students’ views about compatibility of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) with their personal, social and religious values (a study from Pakistan)

Naeem, Farooq; Gobbi, Mary; Ayub, Muhammad; Kingdon, David

doi:10.1080/13674670903115226

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“…They answered in monosyllables, usually just "Yes" or "No." These findings are in line with our previous work in Pakistan, in which we surveyed medical and nonmedical university students, university teachers, and doctors from Lahore, Pakistan (Naeem et al, 2005;Naeem, Gobbi, Ayub, & Kingdon, 2009). More than half of the participants said they had not heard of an illness called depressive illness (Naeem et al, 2005).…”

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Views of Depressed Patients in Pakistan Concerning Their Illness, Its Causes, and Treatments

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Although the core symptoms of depression appear uniform across cultures, their presentations might vary from one culture to another. This interview study was part of a project to establish whether cognitive behavior therapy could be effective for the treatment of depression in a developing country. We interviewed outpatients from a university teaching hospital in Pakistan who were diagnosed as having depression. We tried to elicit their knowledge and perceptions of depression, its causes, and treatments, and their views about nonpharmacological treatments. We discovered that patients had very little knowledge of mental illnesses in general, and depression in particular. They believed that mental health problems were the result of stress or trauma, and that only medicines could help them. Patients had no knowledge of the roles of psychologists or psychotherapy. Their model of understanding mental illnesses appeared to represent a psychosocial understanding, with physical symptoms being their main concern.

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“…In a study on university students in Pakistan, the participants assert that principles of CBT are generally consistent with their belief systems in most areas including personal and religious values (Naeem, Gobbi, Ayub, & Kingdon, 2009). Whereas CBT is more of a therapeutic modality and less of a paradigmatic framework, it offers considerable flexibility for practitioners to adapt to clients' own personal and religious values.…”

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Journal of Muslim Mental Health

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Researchers from around the world have conducted numerous studies in the last few decades exploring the unique cultural and religious nuances of the application of clinical psychology to Muslim clients as a response to the traditional Eurocentric narratives of psychology. This paper is a review of the last 10 years of research within this domain. A thematic analysis was conducted to identify research topical trends in the literature related to the subject. The following five themes emerged: 1) Unification of western psychological models with Islamic beliefs and practices; 2) Research on historical accounts of Islamic Psychology and its rebirth 76 Amber Haque, Fahad Khan, Hooman Keshavarzi, and Abdallah Rothman in the modern era; 3) Development of theoretical models and frameworks within Islamic Psychology; 4) Development of interventions and techniques within Islamic psychology; and 5) Development of assessment tools and scales normed for use with Muslims. Recommendations are also provided to help direct future research efforts to expand underdeveloped areas in this field.

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“…Various approaches have been tried to increase the efficiency of CBT treatments including adapting individual treatments to a group format and develop self-help resources, bibliotherapy, and eMedia-assisted therapy program (Hofmann et al 2012 ;Hazlett-Stevens et al 2002 ). We further developed semi-structured questionnaires that could be used by psychology graduates, thus reducing the cost and further standardizing the process of interviews (Naeem et al 2009a(Naeem et al , b , 2010(Naeem et al , 2012(Naeem et al , 2015aNaeem and Ayub 2013 ). Our group has culturally adapted CBT for psychosis both in the UK and Pakistan Naeem et al 2015b ).…”

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