Jinn and psychiatry: Beliefs among (muslim) doctors

Jinn, psychiatry and contested notions of misfortune among east London Bangladeshis.

This study examines understandings of misfortune among east London Bangladeshis, particularly with respect to the role of jinn spirits. It reports on the findings of ethnographic interviews among 40 members of this community. Appeal to jinn explanations is commonplace at times of psychological disturbance and unexplained physical symptoms. Resort to traditional healers is frequent. These explan...

Health Beliefs of Muslim Women and Implications for Health Care Providers: Exploratory Study on the Health Beliefs of Muslim Women

Attitudes and beliefs of Muslim mothers towards pregnancy and infancy.

Courses in psychiatry for family doctors.

This course was organised so that future general prac titioners might learn those aspects of psychiatry which are relevant to their future work. It has been recognised that six months working in a mental hospital is only helpful to the future GP in terms of assessment and treatment of severe psychiatric illness of which the general practitioner sees relatively little. ' The vast majority of psy...

Psychiatry for tomorrow’s doctors: undergraduate medical education