Mental Health

Community in the Time of Coronavirus

The COVID-19 crisis has ushered in a “new normal” in 2020 and is widely viewed as the most disruptive event of our times. With all countries actively battling the COVID-19 virus, it has taken its toll in everyday lives the world over, both personally and professionally. The pressing mental health need doesn’t have a vaccine or therapeutic to offer as a quick fix. Even before 2020, 1-in-5 Americans reported experiencing a mental illness in a given year(1). Social distancing measures over the past few months have further exacerbated feelings of anxiety, loneliness, and isolation.

The Future Shock of Healthcare

As a faith-based community and as a nation, we need to recognize the place that stress and trauma have in our lives. People who have suffered trauma previously are now further at risk for poor mental health outcomes that may include depression, anxiety, and additional traumatic responses. Isolation can aggravate much of what we feel that we have already been struggling with and can instill a sense of hopelessness.

Where Does Our State of Mental Health Go From Here?

As a faith-based community and as a nation, we need to recognize the place that stress and trauma have in our lives. People who have suffered trauma previously are now further at risk for poor mental health outcomes that may include depression, anxiety, and additional traumatic responses. Isolation can aggravate much of what we feel that we have already been struggling with and can instill a sense of hopelessness.

Mountains or Molehills: Depression, Suicide, and Your Help

Depression. One of the most commonly used terms to describe a number of emotions: sadness, apathy, or just the blahs. True depression, however, is mostly misunderstood. Depression includes symptoms such as a reduced interest in normal activities, insomnia, fatigue, diminished ability to think clearly, and recurrent thoughts of death, which may include suicidal ideation (DSM-V, …

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Mental Health Stigmatized Among Health Professionals

Mental Health Stigmatized Among Health Professionals I recently received a message from a friend struggling with anxiety and ADHD, who had been prescribed medication by her doctor. Coming from a South Asian Muslim background, her family was not supportive of her decision to take antidepressants and felt she just needed to strengthen her iman (faith). …

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Bottled Up: Mental Health and American Muslims

“Shhh, we don’t talk about that.” “People will think I’m crazy.” I often hear these statements in reference to a number of things within Muslim communities but none so often as seeking mental health services. The notion of telling a stranger your deepest thoughts and feelings when we have a hard enough time telling our …

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AMHP at ISNA 2012

 If you are coming to the ISNA conference, please do let us know.  We have two super events lined up: (1) “Helping Our Community Conquer Addiction, Vices, and Grief Through Worship and Counseling“–our panel discussion on Sunday 2 Sept at 2:30pm. Click through for additional information! (2) “Muslim Health Forum“–our inaugural TED talk-style event which features several exciting …

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Dealing with Muslim Patients with Dementia

Samara, Naim, Nassir, Mona, Malika, yes that’s it Malikah. How are you? I waited patiently as my grandmother called the names of her grandchildren before she recognized that I was the one standing before her. I was not alarmed initially because it is normal to have a typical age-related change. Sometimes forgetting names but remembering …

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