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Dr Nada Eltaiba

Qualifications:

BA (Al-Fatech) (Curtin University of Technology), MA in Counselling (Jordan University), PhD (UWA)

Research Interests:

Mental health, spirituality, religion and mental health, carers of people with mental illness, cross-cultural practice, dementia, torture and trauma survivors, teaching social work PhD thesis, "Perceptions of mental health problems in Islam: a textual and experiential analysis".

Teaching Interests:

Mental health, cross-cultural issues, counselling, group work, field education.

Profile:

I have been a social worker since 1983.  I have been working as a social work practitioner, researcher and as an educator.  The experience obtained internationally in different areas of social work in North Africa, the Middle East and in Australia.  I have practiced social work mainly in mental health clinics, hospitals and with carers of people with mental health problems.  Other areas of experience are in child development, domestic violence, migration and refugees.

Publications:

Eltaiba, Nada (2007) Perceptions of Mental Health Problems: Islamic context, VDM Publisher.

Eltaiba, Nada (2005) Religion and Spirituality and the promotion of social inclusion for individuals with mental health problems within Muslim communities, Synergy (1).

Al-Krenawi, A., Graham, J.R., Dean, Y.Z., Eltaiba, N. (2004) 'Cross-national study of attitudes towards seeking professional help: Jordan, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Arabs in Israel', International Journal of Social Psychiatry, vol. 50, no. 2, pp 102-114.

Conferences:

Eltaiba, Nada (2003) Cultural Mental Health. The Europeans Programme (International Conference),  The University of Western Australia, WA, Australia

Eltaiba, Nada (2003) Attribution of mental health problems among Jordanian Muslim with mental health problems, Diversity in Health 2003, Sydney, Australia

Eltaiba, Nada (2003) Traditional healing perceptions among Muslims Jordanian individuals with mental health problems, ALCHEMIES, Seventh Annual Humanities Graduate Research Conference, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Eltaiba, Nada (2004) Help seeking among Jordanian Muslims with mental health problems, Similarities and Differences: working together 2004, WA, Australia
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