Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-09053-6
Ph.D.
Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
University of Minnesota
2017
Recent sociopolitical events in Egypt have alarmed the global mental health community and led to warnings about the lasting psychological effects of political turmoil for Egyptian women, who are often characterized by Western-trained psychologists as likely to suffer from mental illness due to 'Arab culture' (Al-Krenawi, 2005; Charara et al., 2017). This dissertation examines the assumptions underlying this explanation of mental illness through a qualitative study of how representations of 'culture' shape the work of counseling psychologists in Egypt providing psychosocial support to women (and men).
Counseling Psychology
Psychology;Counseling psychology;International development;Middle east and north africa
Ashraf, Assef
Goh, Michael
Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development