For them, these are supernatural powers that need specific religious and cultural practices to overcome. The beliefs that a mental illness is a ‘test’ from God, a chance to reconnect with God, or a result of God’s will and that only His will cure it are also factors that may de-stigmatize mental illness (Youssef & Deane 2006). However, such beliefs may induce the stigma of mental illness from a different perspective: that mental illness is a punishment for one’s sins or is the result of a person’s weak faith