do YOU believe in mental illnesses?

[Nanees]

Mental illnesses, are they actual physiological conditions or the influence of shaitan and jinn?

[MrSinister]

and you want to go med school?

[Nanees]

and you want to go med school?

no i don't... but what does that have to do w. my question?

[MrSinister]

i thought i read that somewhere. the point im making is someone who believes in demonic possessions should not in medicine.

[Nanees]

i thought i read that somewhere. the point im making is someone who believes in demonic possessions should not in medicine.

I am in medicine, but that that doesnt always mean med school.

So as a muslim, i'm obligated to believe in the ghaib and the jinn, however as a medical professional i'm obligated to not believe in them? How do you suggest I reconcile the two...

[1nemansquad]

yes i do, we all have some sort of mental disorder; i sure do

they could be both, influence of shaitan and physiological condition.

[Nanees]

yes i do, we all have some sort of mental disorder; i sure do

they could be both, influence of shaitan and physiological condition.

wow you think everybody has a mental disorder??

[1nemansquad]

one in four people will experience some type of mental disorder, am shocked that its news to you seeing as you're a med student

[fighter]

Nearly 46 million American adults have had a mental illness in the past year, a new government report shows.

1 in 5 Canadians suffer from a mental illness

Shocking.

[MrSinister]

you can believe in it as much as you want, but your job as a health professionsl is to diagnose illness based on science and medicine available. and mental illness is no different than physicsl illness, there are specific symptoms associated with it.

[HaileyBailey]

I believe that ther are two types of conditioning:

1- can be understood in the Islamic perspective of the shaydaan: this is when "mental illness" is caused by evil influences, such as drugs, alcohol, etc.
2- is biological such chemical/physical imbalance, in this case I believe the individual is ill and needs medication to help his condition.

[Nanees]

you can believe in it as much as you want, but your job as a health professionsl is to diagnose illness based on science and medicine available. and mental illness is no different than physicsl illness, there are specific symptoms associated with it.

saxiib, why is everything so black and white for you? You can have 10 people present with the same symptoms, yet each have a different ailment. Do you not believe that demonic possession can be happening concurrently with physiological imbalances that lead to other M.I's?

one in four people will experience some type of mental disorder, am shocked that its news to you seeing as you're a med student

1 in 3 people will experience depression, not even counting other mental illnesses. You said all, thats why I was surprised.

[1nemansquad]

your job as a health professionsl is to diagnose illness based on science and medicine available

In every case where a person claimed to have a mental illness, the western doctors prescribed medications which made their condition worse, and thus dependent on the drugs to keep them sane

There is no better cure than dhikr and Qur'an recitation

Nanees, i meant to say almost all Somalis lol

[MrSinister]

nanees

the thing is demonic possession can neither be prooven or disproven, so why bother considering it.with all mental ilness the science and medical answers should be exhausted first.

ofcourse reading quran on someone doesnt hurt, at best it can have a sort of placebo effect.

[Alphanumeric]

1. shaytaan and jinn? no sense
2. stop trolling

nanees

the thing is demonic possession can neither be prooven or disproven, so why bother considering it.with all mental ilness the science and medical answers should be exhausted first.

ofcourse reading quran on someone doesnt hurt, at best it can have a sort of placebo effect.

yes, observationally, it can.