Religious-Cultural Psychotherapy in the Management of Anxiety Patients

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ID2394412
AutoresSalleh Mohd Razali (0000-0001-9726-1167, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia), Kassim Aminah (Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia), Umeed Ali Khan (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Ano2002
Volume39
Fascículo1
Páginas130-136
Data de publicação2002-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTranscultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/136346150203900106
OpenAlexW2160051392
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas9

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

Anxiety · Ethnic group · Generalized anxiety disorder · Malay · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Significant difference · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Education and Islamic Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Internal Medicine