Islam is more than just a religion; it is also a political system and a method of social organization-a methodology for solving mankind's spiritual, practical and intellectual problems. The central theme of present day advancements in psychiatry is reductionism. At the root of behaviour therapy are the Pavlovian and Skinnerian abstractions. However, human activity should be viewed and experienced in its totality. The utilization of Islamic psychiatry and the application of its principles in Muslim countries can harmarize the objectivity of the Western clinical practice of pharmacology with an Islamic value structure.