In our second episode of this three-part series, Dr. Benjelloun joins us as we dive further into our discussion on culture and cultural sensitivity as it relates to psychiatric practice in Morocco. Dr. Roukaya Benjelloun is Department Chair of Mental Health at Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences, Psychiatry Residency Program Director, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry in Casablanca, Morocco.

Hosts: Toshia, Alan

Guests: Roukaya Benjelloun, MD, Yasmine Dakhama, MS4

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4. Zandi T, Havenaar  JM, Limburg-Okken AG, van Es H, Sidali S, Kadri  N, van den Brink W,  Kahn RS. The need for culture sensitive diagnostic  procedures: a study  among psychotic patients in Morocco. Soc  Psychiatry  Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2008 Mar;43(3):244-50. doi:   10.1007/s00127-007-0290-0. Epub 2007 Nov 30. PMID: 18060339.

5. Zarrouq B, Abbas  N, Hilaly JE, Asri AE, Abbouyi S, Omari M, Malki  H, Bouazza S,  Moutawakkil SG, Halim K, Ragala ME. An investigation of  the association  between religious coping, fatigue, anxiety and  depressive  symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco: a  web-based  cross-sectional survey. BMC Psychiatry. 2021 May  22;21(1):264. doi:  10.1186/s12888-021-03271-6. PMID: 34022849; PMCID:  PMC8140317.