Describe the ways Arabs and Muslims view mental health differently than those in the United States.

What will be an ideal response?


Arabs and Muslims believe dreams and visions are significant; experience significant stigma of mental illness; belief that Allah causes illnesses; concerns about family social standing if they seek treatment. Westerners conceptualize psychopathology as an intrapsychic disorder that causes suffering and impairment; has stigma but less of a stigma of mental illness compared to Arabs and Muslims.

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