Muslim mental wellness: Retain core religious values to get through Ramadan in lockdown, say health professionals
A week before Ramadan, the Khalil Center, a U.S.-based psychological and spiritual community wellness organisation, held an online Muslim mental wellness summit in cooperation with Stanford University’s Muslims & Mental Health lab. Topics ranged from the fear of death to marital disorder and issues related to parenting. Such events usually attract a few hundred attendees, but thousands flocked to this online summit.
The high number of attendees was a signal that anxiety levels are high in the local Muslim community, said Dr. Rania Awaad, Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, and clinical director of the Khalil Center in the Bay Area.
As Ramadan loomed, anxieties among American Muslims shifted to how to handle a different type of Ramadan to previous years - one under lockdown.
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