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Delivering a culturally adapted therapy for Muslim clients with depression

Part of: Being an Anti-Racist CBT therapist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2019

Ghazala Mir ,
Ruqayyah Ghani ,
Shaista Meer  and
Gul Hussain
Ghazala Mir*
Affiliation:
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Ruqayyah Ghani
Affiliation:
Touchstone, Leeds, UK
Shaista Meer
Affiliation:
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Gul Hussain
Affiliation:
Northpoint Wellbeing, Leeds, UK
*
*Corresponding author. Email: G.Mir@leeds.ac.uk
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Abstract

Inequalities in mental health treatment access and outcomes for minority ethnic and religious groups in the UK have been recognized for more than a decade; however, work to address these at an operational level is still emerging. In recognition of the need for culturally adapted therapies, researchers at the University of Leeds developed and piloted an adapted therapy for Muslim clients, based on behavioural activation (BA), an existing evidence-based psychosocial treatment for depression. Therapists and supervisors at Touchstone, Leeds have been trained to deliver the culturally adapted approach, which supports Muslim clients who choose to use ‘positive religious coping’ as a resource for health. This paper describes the key elements of the intervention and how it is being delivered in practice to increase service uptake and recovery in Muslim communities.

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cultural adaptationdepressionMuslimreligion

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Service Models and Forms of Delivery
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the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist , Volume 12: Special Issue: Cultural Adaptations of CBT , 2019 , e26
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© British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2019. 

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Koenig, H, King, D, Carson, VB (2012). Handbook of Religion and Health. USA: OUP.Google Scholar
Mir, G, Kanter, JW, Meer, S (2013). BA-M Treatment Manual Addressing Depression in Muslim Communities. Leeds, UK: University of Leeds. http://medhealth.leeds.ac.uk/info/615/research/327/addressing_depression_in_muslim_communities Google Scholar
Mir, G, Meer, S, Cottrell, D, McMillan, D, House, A, Kanter, JW (2015). Adapted BA for treatment of depression in Muslims. Journal of Affective Disorders 180, 190–199. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.03.060 CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Salway, S, Mir, G, Turner, D, Ellison, GT, Carter, L, Gerrish, K (2016). Obstacles to ‘race equality’ in the English National Health Service: insights from the healthcare commissioning arena. Social Science and Medicine 152, 102–110.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shabbir, M, Mir, G, Meer, S, Wardak, W (2013). BA-M client self-help booklet ‘One Step at a Time’. http://medhealth.leeds.ac.uk/info/615/research/327/addressing_depression_in_muslim_communities Google Scholar

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