Ibrahim Ahmed, Whitley Rob
Independent Scholar, Montreal, Canada.
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada.
BJPsych Bull. 2021 Jun;45(3):170-174. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2020.34.
Numerous commentators have noted a historic ambivalence between religion and psychiatry. However, a growing body of evidence indicates an association between mental health and various religious activities, both private and public. As such, there are growing calls for greater religious sensitivity among mental health clinicians, to help unlock the potentially healing aspects of religiosity. So far, most literature from English-speaking countries has focused on Christianity and mental health, with little attention paid to Muslim mental health. This is the fastest growing religion in English-speaking countries, and the mental health of Muslims in these countries is under-researched. As such, the present paper summarises new directions in the mental health and religion literature, with a focus on the mental health of Muslims in English-speaking countries.
许多评论家都指出宗教与精神病学之间存在着一种由来已久的矛盾态度。然而，越来越多的证据表明心理健康与各种宗教活动（包括私人的和公共的）之间存在关联。因此，越来越多的人呼吁心理健康临床医生提高宗教敏感度，以帮助发掘宗教信仰潜在的治愈作用。到目前为止，来自英语国家的大多数文献都聚焦于基督教与心理健康，很少关注穆斯林的心理健康。伊斯兰教是英语国家中发展最快的宗教，而这些国家中穆斯林的心理健康状况尚未得到充分研究。因此，本文总结了心理健康与宗教领域文献的新方向，重点关注英语国家穆斯林的心理健康。
