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Any one can have problems (personal, psychological, marital, social etc...) which may disturb them on a daily basis and they have no one to turn to. As time passes, the problems are growing bigger and they need to seek professional help to solve them.

I was wandering how come psychotherapists, psychologists or simple consultants are nearly inexistant in Oman?

we are a small community..and if anyone goes to see a (psychotherapist, psychologist or simple consultant) then the word is bound to spread and people are going to start to talk , and in our community what's worse than people talkin about u.. u're life is prctiacly over if that happens!! sad but true..and so..not many exist here cause there wont be many who'll be willing to go to them.

well x-p i do agree there are few spychiatrist overhere...
but we shall not compare it with teh west.. since the prevelance of psychiatric diseases is much much more there...

most of people who has psyciatric problem tend to go to trditional healer and people who heal by Holy Quraan...
as far as i know there are two centres in muscat.. one in squ and teh other in wadi hataat.

actually i know one psychiatrist who is teh best , i always send people to him and he is very nice.. he gave me one of big books in psychiatry to read and help people by using it..

Boy.i, I know that we leave in a small community but what is important is to cure someone who in search of help.

If we talk about a psychological problem, it doesn't have to be a major one, but the side effect can be terrible on the person as well on his/her family. We hear many people being depressed or having fears etc....Maybe only few consultations might bring a solution.

If we talk about a marital problem, like we see many here, maybe if the couples or one of the partner talk to a marital advisor, the specialist can help at early stage whatever problems they are facing before it becomes worst.

Sometimes a problem can be too big or too private to talk about it to a best friend or to a family member and needs to be in the hands of a specialist. Where to go then?....

There are so many things that we don; t have in Oman x-press.... to put it in simple English ... the community here in Oman or in other words the ppl are not used to such things.

as if someone has some personal problems ... them talking to a pro is never in their heads. many are used to just put whatever problem they go in them self’s.. or as you see many would just do negative actions as you know but could lead to major problems and I do agree with you on that.

The mentality on how ppl would react if they know that for example " Moe" am going to see a psychologist or psychiatrist its like I am telling them I am SICK and Mad .... and as Boy said ... ppl won’t leave you alone .... and that’s what we were talking in the previous thread about the community disease.!!!

You know what x-press … if lets say you go to the hospital .. and you have some emotional problems .. such as depression and whatever comes under that problem they would most probably reverse you to Ibniseena … which you know it’s the hospital of the mantel retarded ppl… !!!

I thought once before to really become a psychiatrist and than form there to open my own privet clinic… but my parents always told me do you think that major would really give you a good future in OMAN!!

good question.... but as been mentioned..its not quite an option to consider..over here...when facing such problems...

even in schools...there is a person in charge..but how many students actually visit...or how incouraged..do they get to go forward with it....not many....

its quite a very interesting field....but so far...there isnt a big demand for it....yet....

Originally posted by DeSerTDesTroYeR
its quite a very interesting field....but so far...there isnt a big demand for it....yet....

I do not agree with what you said Dede. How do you know that people do not in fact need it? It is not because they stay quiet that they wouldn't like to find help somewhere.

As Neena said, it is because of the wrong mentality that people have about this issue. I am sure if tomorrow they accepted the idea that it is okay to talk about how you feel or what bothers you inside, and if there were several offices with professional consultants, they would be flowded with men and women like us.

Originally posted by BoY-iNterrupted
we are a small community..and if anyone goes to see a (psychotherapist, psychologist or simple consultant) then the word is bound to spread and people are going to start to talk , and in our community what's worse than people talkin about u.. u're life is prctiacly over if that happens!! sad but true..and so..not many exist here cause there wont be many who'll be willing to go to them.
Thats shame man!!!!!:sorry: Y do people care about what others say? myself i dont really care no matter wat u just cant stop them. And Y on earth do some1 go and tell ppl that am going to psychotherapists or psychologists :confused: well as Neena said ppl are not used to such things God knows how they gonna get use if they dont even try:(

We don't have that many sort of problems in our society ,and if it does happen then people usually find someone to turn to rather than psych, but it 's might be increasing now ,,coz people start to live apart from each others ,,i mean the family and society cohesion is getting worse due to what they call civilization !!

I dont think we need many psychiatrists... Counciling would be useful and beneficial in minor problems. Most of the problems we have in Oman are social/family problems that just need descussion and advice.
I dont understand why there is no where to go to if a person was in need of councilling, advice or just wanted to talk, because the truth is, its a good buisness :P
Now I understand why I heard about many patients who wanted referals to "ibn Sina"! Obviously there is no where else to go to!!
There is big difference between a pschizophrenic and a person who just needs a talk and someone with ears!

There are times that you have something in your mind but you can not tell anybody.. for some reasons.. possibly because you can hurt your family or anyone close to you..

In my opinion, we do need psychiatrists in Oman, especially in the institutes such as Orphanages and different diseases, or when a person is under pressure/stress..
Not everything can be resolved within the family or by your friends…

Sometimes you need to talk to a person whom you completely trust and it would never affect her/him in any ways.

Many marriages are falling apart.. But if we have a marriage counselor then perhaps we could resolve the couple’s problems.. I know that such thing can be done at home in front of the elders.. but sometimes one person can take the other side..
Or there are times were couples are having problems and they do not want to involve anyone from the family…then def they would need a marriage counselor

The kids at the Orphanages… they need psychiatrists in their lives. They just don’t need supervisors..

We have people suffering form different diseases… we also need psychiatrist in schools as well.. so as to help the children..

Originally posted by Azraq
I dont think we need many psychiatrists... Counciling would be useful and beneficial in minor problems. Most of the problems we have in Oman are social/family problems that just need descussion and advice.
I dont understand why there is no where to go to if a person was in need of councilling, advice or just wanted to talk, because the truth is, its a good buisness :P
Now I understand why I heard about many patients who wanted referals to "ibn Sina"! Obviously there is no where else to go to!!
There is big difference between a pschizophrenic and a person who just needs a talk and someone with ears!

Arqa I must disagree with you ....... believe me we do need psychiatrists.... big time . When was he last time you have been in ibniseena?!! do you really believe a lot who were sent there were actually Crazy?!!! No ... many of them actually started having this inner problem things to do with depression, emotional problems and so on, till it affected their minds one way or the other. And the best thing that here in oman hospitals could do is that they take you to a mental hospital such as ibniseena!!

Actually there are psychiatrists here in oman that i came to find out, but very very lil.... and they are not omanies that is..!

There are psychiatrists in SQU, Hatat House Clinic and Shatti Hospital that I know of.

Thanks mux, but what about psychologists? Someone might not necessarily have a mental problem even if a problem might affect that person emotionally or be disturbing.

We are currently discussing the subject of Phobia (http://www.englishsabla.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11516) (<=in this thread).
It seems it is experienced at different level and form by some members (fear of darkness, fear of animal, fear of crowd...).

Let's presume that one person has a phobia which is so strong that it affects his/her daily life.

That person might not understand the origin or the reason behind feeling so scared at a particular moment. No friend or family member can help and the problem becomes so severe that it starts to seriously affect that person...
only a qualified pshychologist or a professional therapist can remove that fear or phobia. It might be something small but if left untreated seems enormous and might have a really negative effect on both the sufferer and his/her surrounding.

what i find pretty bad in this country is the non existence of social consultants in schools. every school is bound to have some students who might have some sort of difficulity or another. for example if a student is dyslexic he/she will be assumed to be stupid. and there's no one to help.

Originally posted by Big MO
what i find pretty bad in this country is the non existence of social consultants in schools. every school is bound to have some students who might have some sort of difficulity or another. for example if a student is dyslexic he/she will be assumed to be stupid. and there's no one to help.

tend to agree to some extent to this BUT
nowdays teachers gradiuated from SQU have some knowledge in such conditions and psychology as well that enables Thenm to spot out such conditions and refer them to the appropriate hospital!! However still....Good social consultants exsistence in schools can be a valid deman indeed!!!

The Tabo about psychiatry and the wrong idea that some people still have about it (like no one goes 2 them except those whom are insane or crazy or stupid or whatever) is still out there
But its on its way to disapear (inshallah)
with much people awarness about it and education
with media playing some role (specially nowdays) where they host Good psychiatrists in some of their shows.....Things r going to the better direction