Background We present a literature review on trauma exposure and spirit possession in low-
and middle-income countries (LMICs). Despite the World Health Organization's objective of …

Islamic counselling is a form of counselling which incorporates spirituality into the
therapeutic process. Until now there has been little material available on the subject with no …

Westernized approaches to mental health care often place limited emphasis on refugees'
own experiences and cultural explanations of symptoms and distress. In order to effectively …

The aim of this article is to examine whether the diagnostic criteria of the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM–5), are able to differentiate …

The clinical heterogeneity of dissociation constitutes a challenge to the culture-sensitive
clinician. Variability in experiencing dissociation, the interplay between acute and chronic …

Mental health services in the UK have been repeatedly criticised for being insensitive to
patients' religious and cultural needs. Muslims form Britain's largest ethnic minority group …

This study sought to determine the prevalence of experiences of possession and
paranormal phenomena (PNP) in the general population and their possible relations to each …

The study was aimed to examine beliefs among 320 attendees of a large University Hospital
in Dhaka about Jinn, black magic and evil eye among Muslims in Bangladesh, using a self …

Few studies on Possession Trance Disorder (PTD) describe diagnostic and research
procedures in detail. This case study presents the clinical picture of a Caucasian Roman …

Muslim faith healers are often sought by the Malaysian public as an avenue to address
psychological distress.“Ruqyah” refers to the recitation of verses from the Qur'an and/or …