Mental Health and Psychological Practice in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Mental Health and Psychological Practice in the United Arab Emirates provides a broad overview the practice of psychology in the UAE. Topics covered span the profession from research to clinical practice to the place of Islam within the broader context of psychology. Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Part I Setting the Scene; 1 Thinking and Practicing Psychology in a Kaleidoscopic UAE: Notes from a Social Responsibility Perspective Shaima Ahammed; 2 Mental Health System Development in the UAE Amber Haque and Badriya Abdulla Al Kindi; 3 Conducting Psychology Research in the Lab: Challenges in the UAE Mark Aveyard; Part II Culture, Diversity, and Social Psychology; 4 Implications of Ethnic Stereotyping for Emirati Society Angela T. Maitner. 5 Cultural Identity Transformation: Emirati Students Studying in the UK and Their Return to the UAE Samineh I. Shaheem6 Culturally and Spiritually Attuned Psychotherapy in the UAE Justin Thomas and Steven W. Furber; 7 Made in the UAE: An Indigenous Positive Psychology for the United Arab Emirates Louise Lambert and Nausheen Pasha-Zaidi; 8 Transition to Retirement for Expatriates in the UAE: A Psychological Perspective Tatiana Schi fferle Rowson; Part III Psychology in Action: Counseling, Psychotherapy, and Mental Health Interventions. 9 The Status of Counseling in the United Arab Emirates Fatima Al-Darmaki10 Marriage Counseling in the UAE Kennon Rider; 11 Substance Misuse in the UAE and the National Rehabilitation Center Shamil Wanigaratne and Hamad Abdullah Al Ghaferi; 12 Teenagers' Transformational Training: Evaluation of Twenty Years of the Teenager Dynamic® Personal Growth Program in the UAE George Kaliaden; 13 Telepsychology: A Potential Lifeline for People in the UAE Chasity O'Connell; 14 Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Psychology: An Islamic Therapy for Non-Muslims Carrie York Al-Karam. Part IV Schools, Kids, and Assessments: Educational, School, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology Explored15 Educational Psychology and the UAE Vision 2021 Mandy Ewen; 16 Cultural and Language-Based Issues in Educational Psychology Assessment Amy Bailey and Esra Uzsayilir; 17 Introducing Bilingual Creative Education to the UAE School Curriculum Anatoliy V. Kharkhurin; 18 Social Skills Training for Children in the UAE Jessica Rios-Habib; 19 School Psychology in the UAE: A Mindfulness-Based Intervention Explored Carmen Barrack. 20 Psychometrics in the UAE Workforce: Are We Measuring Capability with a Thermometer? Angela de JongPart V Making Sense and Moving Forward; 21 Regulating the Practice of Psychology in the UAE: An Ethical Code Alia Al Serkal; 22 Building a Professional Community: Are We a Salad or a Soup? Alia Al Serkal and Annie Crookes; 23 Sowing the Seeds: Academic Psychology as the Foundation for an Applied Psychology Community Annie Crookes; Notes on Editors; Notes on Contributors; Index. edited by Carrie York Al-Karam, Amber Haque. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-5 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Thinking and Practicing Psychology in a Kaleidoscopic UAE: Notes from a Social Responsibility Perspective....Pages 9-21 Mental Health System Development in the UAE....Pages 23-34 Conducting Psychology Research in the Lab: Challenges in the UAE....Pages 35-44 Front Matter....Pages 45-45 Implications of Ethnic Stereotyping for Emirati Society....Pages 47-55 Cultural Identity Transformation: Emirati Students Studying in the UK and Their Return to the UAE....Pages 57-67 Culturally and Spiritually Attuned Psychotherapy in the UAE....Pages 69-81 Made in the UAE: An Indigenous Positive Psychology for the United Arab Emirates....Pages 83-91 Transition to Retirement for Expatriates in the UAE: A Psychological Perspective....Pages 93-102 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 The Status of Counseling in the United Arab Emirates....Pages 105-116 Marriage Counseling in the UAE....Pages 117-127 Substance Misuse in the UAE and the National Rehabilitation Center....Pages 129-142 Teenagers’ Transformational Training: Evaluation of Twenty Years of the “Teenager Dynamic”® Personal Growth Program in the UAE....Pages 143-153 Telepsychology: A Potential Lifeline for People in the UAE....Pages 155-167 Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Psychology: An Islamic Therapy for Non-Muslims....Pages 169-178 Front Matter....Pages 179-179 Educational Psychology and the “UAE Vision 2021”....Pages 181-188 Cultural and Language-Based Issues in Educational Psychology Assessment....Pages 189-198 Introducing Bilingual Creative Education to the UAE School Curriculum....Pages 199-209 Social Skills Training for Children in the UAE....Pages 211-222 School Psychology in the UAE: A Mindfulness-Based Intervention Explored....Pages 223-232 Front Matter....Pages 179-179 Psychometrics in the UAE Workforce: Are We Measuring Capability with a Thermometer?....Pages 233-241 Front Matter....Pages 243-243 Regulating the Practice of Psychology in the UAE: An Ethical Code....Pages 245-249 Building a Professional Community: Are We a Salad or a Soup?....Pages 251-259 Sowing the Seeds: Academic Psychology as the Foundation for an Applied Psychology Community....Pages 261-266 Back Matter....Pages 267-278 The United Arab Emirates, a rapidly developing and dynamic nation with a large expatriate population, provides a unique backdrop for the practice of psychology in both the academic and applied contexts. This volume is the first of its kind to explore the professional field of psychology in a Middle Eastern country. Contributors discuss challenges faced in their work when operating in such a unique and multinational society. Various subfields such as clinical practice, research, industrial-organizational work as well as the place of Islam within the broader psychology context are all addressed