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Centuries Ahead: Islam’s Mental Health Revolution with Dr Rania Awaad

Freitag, 22. August 2025 · 1 h 00

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How can we manage life’s hardships and pain, and does our modern way of living explain why so many people find themselves in therapy today? Dr Rania Awaad is the Co-Founder and President of Maristan and a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University. She draws on both Islamic tradition and medical science to revive a legacy of holistic healing in which the psyche is understood through the ruh, qalb and nafs, offering a spiritually grounded alternative to Western approaches that often pathologise struggle while overlooking faith and growth.

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