Freudian psychotherapy is not popular in Malaysia. Supportive psychoth
erapy and the behavior therapies are well accepted by patients. A new
form of psychotherapy using the Koran and Hadith has been developed in
Kelantan, Malaysia. Tt uses cognitive therapy as the basic principle:
it does not look for conflicts in patients but collaborates with the
patients to find their ideals or values, These are then analyzed to un
derstand why they cause symptoms and subsequently modified with the Ko
ran and Hadith as guidelines in order to extinguish symptoms. Research
has indicated that patients on this therapy improve faster than patie
nts on supportive therapy.