Mental Health is Not Ignored in Islam

[Al-Mualim]

Just a quick search, there's a fair amount of stuff available but I guess since mental health is quite a buzzword and contemporary issue in the mainstream (more people are aware of the issues) more Muslims are seeking the Islamic approach.

*disclaimer: I haven't read thoroughly the links or watched any of the videos, i'm just pasting what i've found in 5 minutes*

https://www.journalofmuslimmentalhealth.org/ (There's a complete journal with various articles - but again this isn't accessible for folk who don't have that reading level)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/...76.2010.488441
https://www.mind.org.uk/about-us/our...m-communities/
https://mwrc.org.uk/wp-content/uploa...tal-Health.pdf
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publ...project-mosque
http://musliminc.com/selfcare-tips-a...disorder-13855

Videos
Muslims and Mental Health: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D58tRpAqBtU
It's mental health not jinns (for the Northern Muslims) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDwW3irC5Wc
Freedom from anxiety, depression etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1B60L4m60M
Mental Health: Islamic Perspective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFXdOAK4ZVQ

[Abu 'Abdullaah]

You're not really doing a good job of challenging those notions AA, I'm afraid.

Put something out there for people to latch on to as well - like what mental health issues for instance. Are we talking GAD and depression? Bipolar? Personality disorders? PTSD/C-PTSD?

I'd say that while Mental health isn't ignored in Islam, it's definitely ignored by a % of Muslims - sometimes from cultural ignorance or just ignorance-ignorance.

Then we agree. Mental health is not ignored in Islam.

% of Muslims is irrelevant - only the knowledgeable ones matter.

[Meriadoc]

You're not really doing a good job of challenging those notions AA, I'm afraid.

Put something out there for people to latch on to as well - like what mental health issues for instance. Are we talking GAD and depression? Bipolar? Personality disorders? PTSD/C-PTSD?

I'd say that while Mental health isn't ignored in Islam, it's definitely ignored by a % of Muslims - sometimes from cultural ignorance or just ignorance-ignorance.

[Abu 'Abdullaah]

masjids dont automatically help people
imams arent the same as ibn qayyims time half of them dont know about how to help peoples health
its about having imams who can actuallt councel/ give therapy or have some expertise in pyschology

Which mental health issue are you talking about?

[Abu julaybeeb]

Like masjids, families, friends... those sorts of things?

masjids dont automatically help people
imams arent the same as ibn qayyims time half of them dont know about how to help peoples health
its about having imams who can actuallt councel/ give therapy or have some expertise in pyschology

[Abu 'Abdullaah]

i meant places orgamisations people

of course we have spiritual help but thats not what i thought this thread was about

Like masjids, families, friends... those sorts of things?

[Abu julaybeeb]

First and foremost resource: al-Qur'an

i meant places orgamisations people

of course we have spiritual help but thats not what i thought this thread was about

[Abu 'Abdullaah]

i think it is
what resources or facilities do muslims have for mental health

First and foremost resource: al-Qur'an

[Abu julaybeeb]

i think it is
what resources or facilities do muslims have for mental health

[Abu 'Abdullaah]

The idea that mental health isn't given it's due attention in Islam or by Muslims is getting more and more popular.

This thread is to challenge that idea.