Religious-cultural psychotherapy in the management of anxiety patients

This study investigated the effectiveness of incorporating sociocultural and religious aspects in the management of anxiety among Muslim patients of ethnic Malay origin. Eighty-five religious and 80 non-religious patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were randomly assigned to the study or...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Razali, Salleh, Kassim, Aminah, Khan, Umeed Ali
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sage 2002
Subjects:	R Medicine (General)
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spelling	iium-233422013-04-12T08:29:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/23342/ Religious-cultural psychotherapy in the management of anxiety patients Mohd Razali, Salleh Kassim, Aminah Khan, Umeed Ali R Medicine (General) This study investigated the effectiveness of incorporating sociocultural and religious aspects in the management of anxiety among Muslim patients of ethnic Malay origin. Eighty-five religious and 80 non-religious patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were randomly assigned to the study or control group. Both groups received a standard treatment for GAD, although the study group received additional religious–cultural psychotherapy (RCP). Patients were followed up and assessed periodically for six months. Religious patients receiving RCP showed significantly more rapid improvement in anxiety symptoms than those in the control group. The difference, however, became non-significant at the end of six months. There was no significant difference in improvement between the study and control group of non-religious patients. We concluded that RCP rapidly improved anxiety symptoms in Muslim patients with a strong religious background. Sage 2002-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23342/1/Transcultural_Psychiatry-2002-Razali-130-6.pdf Mohd Razali, Salleh and Kassim, Aminah and Khan, Umeed Ali (2002) Religious-cultural psychotherapy in the management of anxiety patients. Transcultural Psychiatry, 39 (1). pp. 130-136. ISSN 1363-4615 http://tps.sagepub.com/content/39/1/130.full.pdf doi:10.1177/136346150203900106
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description	This study investigated the effectiveness of incorporating sociocultural and religious aspects in the management of anxiety among Muslim patients of ethnic Malay origin. Eighty-five religious and 80 non-religious patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were randomly assigned to the study or control group. Both groups received a standard treatment for GAD, although the study group received additional religious–cultural psychotherapy (RCP). Patients were followed up and assessed periodically for six months. Religious patients receiving RCP showed significantly more rapid improvement in anxiety symptoms than those in the control group. The difference, however, became non-significant at the end of six months. There was no significant difference in improvement between the study and control group of non-religious patients. We concluded that RCP rapidly improved anxiety symptoms in Muslim patients with a strong religious background.
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author	Mohd Razali, Salleh Kassim, Aminah Khan, Umeed Ali
author_facet	Mohd Razali, Salleh Kassim, Aminah Khan, Umeed Ali
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title	Religious-cultural psychotherapy in the management of anxiety patients
title_short	Religious-cultural psychotherapy in the management of anxiety patients
title_full	Religious-cultural psychotherapy in the management of anxiety patients
title_fullStr	Religious-cultural psychotherapy in the management of anxiety patients
title_full_unstemmed	Religious-cultural psychotherapy in the management of anxiety patients
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Religious-cultural psychotherapy in the management of anxiety patients

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