Mental Health and Psychological Practice in the United Arab Emirates

Introduction; Carrie York Al-Karam and Amber Haque 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 & Badriya 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. Shaheem 6. Culturally and Spiritually Attuned Psychotherapy in the UAE; Justin Thomas & Steven Furber 7. Made in the UAE: An Indigenous Positive Psychology for the United Arab Emirates; Louise Lambert & Nausheen Pasha-Zaidi 8. The Transition to Retirement for Expatriates in the UAE: A Psychological Perspective; Tatiana Schifferle Rowson PART III: PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION: COUNSELING, PSYCHOTHERAPY, AND MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS 9. The Status of Counseling in the UAE; Fatima Al-Darmaki 10. Marriage Counseling in the UAE; Kennon Rider 11. Substance Misuse in the UAE and the National Rehabilitation Center; Shamil Wanigaratne & Hamad Abdullah Al Ghaferi 12. Teenagers' Transformational Training: Evaluating 20 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 EXPLORED 15. 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 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 Jong PART 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?; Annie Crookes & Alia Al Serkal 23. Sowing the Seeds: Academic Psychology as the Foundations for an Applied Psychology Community; Annie Crookes Contributor biographies Index