Course: Understanding Mental Health in Muslim Communities

In this article, Dr Roz Warden explores language and terminology around mental health. She explains why the terms we use matter, and examines the underlying assumptions behind them. Preferred terminology …

In this video, Suhayl Patel brings the perspective of a Muslim mental health practitioner who works in a mainstream mental health service. Suhayl is BAME Programme Manager at Beacon Counselling …

In this video, Suhayl describes how Islamic beliefs and practices can be incorporated into support for addiction to Muslims, based on his experiences as a Muslim practitioner in a mainstream …

In this video, Dr Yusuf, outlines the effects of religious beliefs around the ‘unseen world’ (spiritual influences) that affect Muslim mental health. Practitioners who have experience of providing support for …

In this video, Dr Yusuf describes how Muslims might experience OCD in distinctive ways, focusing on scrupulosity OCD. Scrupulosity OCD can refer to obsessional ideas that relate to faith and …

For most Muslims, their religious identity shapes how they see the world and their role in it. Islam relates to, and organises, all aspects of Muslim life, including all forms …

In this video, Mark Bryant explains and presents wudu – ritual washing undertaken by Muslims before performing ritual acts of worship such as prayer and reciting from the Quran. This …

I am delighted to be saying a few words of welcome as you begin this FutureLearn short course ‘Understanding Muslim Mental Health’. My name is Sophie Gilliat-Ray, and I am …

In this video, Suhayl describes his lived experience of mental health stigma. Suhayl is now a mental health practitioner, working for the mental health charity Beacon Counselling Trust which is …

This video is presented by Dr Athanasios Hassoulas. Dr Hassoulas describes the symptoms and causes of OCD. He then goes on to explain how this mental health problem is diagnosed …

What does Islamophobia have to do with mental health? This article is written by Dr Michael Munnik, The Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, Cardiff University. For …

In this video, Dr Yusuf presents a case study of providing support for a Muslim who was experiencing scrupulosity OCD. The person in the case study had previously received mental …

This step, and those that follow in this activity, include excerpts from an interview with Mohammed Akhlak Rauf MBE. Akhlak is founder and director of Meri Yaadain Community Interest Company …

This video is presented by Dr Athanasios Hassoulas. Dr Hassoulas describes the symptoms and causes of dementia. He then goes on to explain how this mental health problem is diagnosed …

In this video, Tabasum Munawar, Mental Health Support Coordinator at Diverse Cymru, explains the ways in which migration, and migration status, can mean that stigma is a particular barrier to …