The clinician should understand what being Muslim and being an immigrant means to the client. What specific stresses they are experiencing such as acculturation stress, ethnic identity stress, or economic stress. The client may be experiencing any number of stresses including ones associated with their religion or spirituality. The clinician should pay particular attention to how the client explains their presenting problems, both verbally and non-verbally. (Ahmed & Reddy, 2007) Some Muslim immigrants may perceive their illness as the result of the “evil eye” or some other spiritual issue.
Rousseau, et al, utilized the discrimination and mental health sections of the Quebec Cultural Communities Survey (QCCS) in its assessment of the 1000 …show more content…
The MEEC can be utilized to see how different skills introduced in therapy are effecting the events and the thoughts about the events that occur in the individual’s daily life. Other tools that would be used would be the Beck Depression Inventory is a 21-item (20-item for Youth) self-report measure based on the DSM-5criteria for Depression, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, a 21-item self-report questionnaire based on the DSM-5 criteria for Anxiety and the Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS), which is a five-item questionnaire that assesses the severity of anxiety and its impact on the individual’s functioning. (Payne, et al., 2014; Beck, et al., 1988; Beck, et al., 2005; Norman, et al. 2006; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) As always, the assessment tools should be administered in the child’s preferred or dominant language by a qualified clinician and with a certified interpreter if necessary. The Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory have been shown to be valid and reliable with Muslim responders, but more research is needed on the OASIS and therefore results should be taken in conjunction with other scores and observations. The Beck Depression Inventory and the Beck Anxiety Inventory were used with a sample of medical students at the Roozbeh psychiatric hospital in Tehran, Iran. The study utilized these inventories to assess the levels of anxiety and depression with the level of religious beliefs as self-reported on a Muslim religiosity questionnaire. The findings showed that religious beliefs helped to inoculate the medical students from depression and anxiety. (Vasegh & Mohammadi,
Rousseau, et al, utilized the discrimination and mental health sections of the Quebec Cultural Communities Survey (QCCS) in its assessment of the 1000 …show more content…
The MEEC can be utilized to see how different skills introduced in therapy are effecting the events and the thoughts about the events that occur in the individual’s daily life. Other tools that would be used would be the Beck Depression Inventory is a 21-item (20-item for Youth) self-report measure based on the DSM-5criteria for Depression, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, a 21-item self-report questionnaire based on the DSM-5 criteria for Anxiety and the Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS), which is a five-item questionnaire that assesses the severity of anxiety and its impact on the individual’s functioning. (Payne, et al., 2014; Beck, et al., 1988; Beck, et al., 2005; Norman, et al. 2006; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) As always, the assessment tools should be administered in the child’s preferred or dominant language by a qualified clinician and with a certified interpreter if necessary. The Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory have been shown to be valid and reliable with Muslim responders, but more research is needed on the OASIS and therefore results should be taken in conjunction with other scores and observations. The Beck Depression Inventory and the Beck Anxiety Inventory were used with a sample of medical students at the Roozbeh psychiatric hospital in Tehran, Iran. The study utilized these inventories to assess the levels of anxiety and depression with the level of religious beliefs as self-reported on a Muslim religiosity questionnaire. The findings showed that religious beliefs helped to inoculate the medical students from depression and anxiety. (Vasegh & Mohammadi,