Achieving a Spiritual Therapy Standard for Drug Dependency in Malaysia, from an Islamic Perspective: Brief Review Article

Seghatoleslam T; Habil H; Hatim A; Rashid R; Ardakan A; Esmaeili Motlaq F

Achieving a Spiritual Therapy Standard for Drug Dependency in Malaysia, from an Islamic Perspective: Brief Review Article

Seghatoleslam T ¹ , Habil H ² , Hatim A ² , Rashid R ² , Ardakan A ² , Esmaeili Motlaq F ²

Affiliations

¹ 1. Dept. of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya Center of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ; 2. Dept. of Clinical Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran
² 1. Dept. of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya Center of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Iran J Public Health, 2015 Jan;44(1):22-7.

PMID: 26060772

Abstract

Religion is one of the protective factors that facilities positive outcomes by preventing individuals from engaging in addictive substance. A recent study has confirmed that religion inhibits drug addiction. The concept of psychospiritual therapy was to introduce drug addiction. Therefore, of the various methods of psychotherapy, the usage of Taqwa (piety) emerged as an applicable method of Islamic spiritual therapy. This study was conducted in Malaysia as a Muslim country and focuses on Islamic recommendations and its relation to spiritual therapy.

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