Hundreds of counselors, religious leaders and service providers came together in Houston...
Attendees listen to programming at the Ibn Sina Foundation Muslim Mental Health Conference for Community Leaders, Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Sugar Land. The conference agenda focused on healthcare, community support and to inform leaders about mental health needs.The often-stigmatized subject of mental health brought together Muslims from across Houston for a first-of-its-kind event Saturday.
“Our aid clinic will have a whole floor of mental health services,” Rupani said, “We are hoping that we provide a service completely free to people who can’t afford it.”can be taboo“Some Muslims with mental illness may also think that mental illness is sort of a curse or punishment,” said Dr. Asim Shah, a conference speaker and psychiatrist with Baylor College of Medicine. He said some Muslims perceive seeking treatment as a form of weakness.
Abbasi said it’s vital that religious leaders should be validating —- not critical — regarding mental health struggles. “If you make women stronger, all the kids will be raised in a society that will be stronger, too,” Abakar said. Abakar said getting women to open up is a major challenge, especially because there are also cultural barriers to consider. Being from Sudan, her experiences as a Muslim woman are different from women from Central and South Asia.The conference also addressed mental health among refugees and immigrants, a subject that Kadidja Diallo knows intimately as program director at Olive Branch Muslim Family Services.
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