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Culturally sensitive social work practice with Arab clients in mental health settings

Al-Krenawi, A., Graham, J. R.·2000·Health & Social Work
DOI 10.1093/hsw/25.1.9
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Several culturally specific practical considerations should inform social work interventions with ethnic Arab peoples in Arab countries or in Western nations. These include taking into account gender relations, individuals' places in their families and communities, patterns of mental health services use, and, for practice in Western nations, the client's level of acculturation. Such aspects provide the basis for specific guidelines in working with ethnic Arab mental health clients. These include an emphasis on short-term, directive treatment; communication patterns that are passive and informal; patients' understanding of external loci of control and their use of ethnospecific idioms of distress; and, where appropriate, the integration of modern and traditional healing systems.

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  • Clinical observations report that Arabs prefer short-term and directive psychological treatments focusing on practical skills and the here-and-now, and that do not require them to divulge their story.

    “clinical observations of therapists who have reported that Arabs prefer short-term and directive psychological treatments that have a focus on practical skills and the here-and-now, and that do not require them to divulge their story (Abudabbeh and Hays, 2006, Al-Krenawi and Graham, 2000, Chaleby, 1992).”

    From A pilot study of self-guided internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety and depression among Arabs (2016) · cites this paper as Al-Krenawi and Graham, 2000

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Authors
Al-Krenawi, A., & Graham, J. R.
ORCID
Graham, J. R.
Venue
Health & Social Work
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2000-02-01
Volume
25
Issue
1
Pages
9-22
ISSN
  • 0360-7283 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-6854
DOI
10.1093/hsw/25.1.9
OpenAlex
W2141756034
Cited by
485
References
83
Citations by year
2026: 28 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 22 · 2012: 21
FWCI
20.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Health & Social Work (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Cultural Competency in Health Care
  • Social Sciences › Public Administration › Social Work Education and Practice
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
Keywords
mental health service utilization, gender relations, family and community role, acculturation, communication patterns, locus of control, idioms of distress, traditional healing
MeSH terms
Acculturation, Attitude to Health, Mental Disorders, Communication, Emigration and Immigration, Family, Gender Identity, Humans, Internal-External Control, Professional-Patient Relations, Religion and Psychology, Social Work, Psychiatric, Arabs

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