The Development of a Novel Suicide Postvention Healing Model for Muslim Communities in the United States of America

Suicide among American Muslims is understudied, despite recent research highlighting increased suicide attempts among this population. While suicide is forbidden in Islam, formal guidelines for addressing and responding to suicide within Muslim communities did not exist until recently. The Stanford...

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Nebentitel:"Tribal Healing, Suicide, Ethical Issues, Cancer and Measuring Religiosity and Spirituality"
VerfasserInnen: Awaad, Rania (VerfasserIn) ; Hussein, Anwar (VerfasserIn) ; Durrani, Zuha (VerfasserIn) ; Shareef, Sana (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. 2024
In: Journal of religion and health
Jahr: 2024, Band: 63, Heft: 2, Seiten: 1002-1016
weitere Schlagwörter:B Muslims
B Postvention
B Grief
B Islam
B Healing
B Suicide
B Community
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Zusammenfassung:Suicide among American Muslims is understudied, despite recent research highlighting increased suicide attempts among this population. While suicide is forbidden in Islam, formal guidelines for addressing and responding to suicide within Muslim communities did not exist until recently. The Stanford Muslim Mental Health and Islamic Psychology Lab has responded to a number of suicides in Muslim communities across North America and implemented an original model for suicide response and community healing. This approach incorporates Islamic principles and values to create a culturally and religiously congruent response to suicide that can support loss survivors and steer impacted communities toward healing. The Muslim Postvention Community Healing session described in this paper aims to provide a safe space for individuals impacted by suicide to come together and process their emotions, while also using Islamic teachings to guide the healing process. This unique model has the potential to serve as a valuable resource for Muslim communities across North America, and beyond, in addressing and responding to suicide.
ISSN:1573-6571
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-023-01949-7