Abstract
Part 1: Culture, environment and health -- Culture and health / Sherine F. Hamdy and Laeth S. Nasir -- Globalization, health and culture / Laeth S. Nasir -- Gender and health / Laeth S. Nasir and Raeda Al-Qutob -- Genetic disorders / Ghazi O. Tadmouri -- Part 2: The family -- The Arab family : formation, function and dysfunction / Arwa K. Abdoul-Haq -- Child abuse and neglect / Adib Essali -- Domestic conflict and violence / Aisha Hamdan -- Disability / Arwa K. Abdul-Haq --Age and aging / Abdelrazzak Abyad -- Death and dying / Laeth S. Nasir -- Part 3: Mental health -- Approach to the patient in primary care psychiatry / Laeth S. Nasir and Arwa K. Abdul-Haq -- Anxiety and somatoform disorders / Brigitte Khoury, Michel R. Khoury and Laeth S. Nasir -- Post-traumatic stress disorder / Eyad El-Sarraj, Taysir Diab, Abdel Aziz Thabet -- Eating disorders / Nasser Shuriquie -- Substance abuse / Laeth S. Nasir -- ǂt Depression, self-harm behavior and suicide / Laeth S. Nasir -- Part 4: Patient education -- Patient education / Anahid Kulwicki.