Working with Middle Eastern & African Mental Health Clients

Online Resource

Prerequisites

You must complete the following courses before accessing this resource:

• • Module 1 - Culture & Cultural Competency

 

To access the above courses, you need to check your eligibility and how to register/enrol.

About this resource

This HTML online resource is a guide for healthcare practitioners who work with African and Middle Eastern clients in a mental health context. 

The aim of the resource is to provide some information on mental health issues as they arise with these cultures specifically. It is not a stand-alone resource and it is assumed that the viewer has an understanding of the following from the cultural competency course "Module 9 - Working in a Mental Health Context with CALD Clients":

• The common issues and concepts that are involved in cross-cultural assessment

• Explanatory models of illness

• What we mean by 'somatization' when working with CALD clients

• Culture-bound syndromes

• The DSM-IV R's criteria for Developing a Cultural Formulation for Diagnosis

• Appropriate screening instruments and assessment tools, and issues related to these when working with CALD clients

• How to collaborate in intervention and treatment with CALD clients

• Ethnopharmacology

• Familiarity with the CALD Assessment Tool 

It is in part a research document and in part a guideline for health practitioners who work with CALD clients. It includes video and audio components to illustrate some of the issues covered. Topics include:

• Demographics is an introduction with demographics and summarises key issues from previous CALD programmes recommended for working with this resource.

• Refugees provides background information for working with clients who have refugee experiences.

• Muslims provides background information on how religious and spiritual beliefs interact with cultural practices and mental health. It has a specific focus on working with Muslims.

• Assessment provides information on clinical assessment with people from the MEA group, including refugees.

• Intervention provides information on treatment and intervention with people from the MEA group, including Muslims and refugees.

• Resources include PTSD symptoms, the CALD Assessment Tool for Children, and a Bibliography and list of References for this resource.

Author/owner

Victoria Camplin-Welch