Friday, 28 October 2016

Psychiatry and Religion, What Psychiatrists and Religion Professionals Can Do?

It's not uncommon for a Psychiatrist to hear such question when He /She prescribe medications for a Psychiatric Disorder and he has to give an answer. And while thinking about the answer he has to put into consideration the cultural and religious beliefs of the patient and how to avoid challenging them and at the same time he has to explain scientific terms in a simple way. 



If you're not familiar with the Jinn this is one of the beliefs according to Islam that Jinns are completely separate creatures created by Allah from fire and they all serve God like angels and culturally people believe that they can possess someone and usually the first thing to in some societies is to seek help from Sheikhs or someone who could cast the Jinn out or does the Exorcism. Among Christians they also believe in Satanic Possessions as it is mentioned in the Bible and they usually seek Priests help before they go to a Mental Health Professionals. Read more......................

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