Publications
Zotero Citation Group (Full Bibliography)
https://www.zotero.org/groups/5023636/smmhip_lab
Edited Books
Maristāns and Islāmic PsychologyA Historical Model for Modern Implementation. Routledge. 2025. Awaad R., Demir M.
Islamophobia and Psychiatry: Recognition, Prevention and Treatment. Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2019 Moffic, H.S., Peteet, J., Hankir, A., Awaad, R. (Eds.)
Muslim Mental Health. American Psychiatric Association Publishing. Awaad R., Hamid, H. (Eds.) (manuscript)
Applying Islamic Principles to Clinical Mental Health Care: Introducing Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy. Routledge 2020 Keshavarzi, H., Khan, F., Ali, B., Awaad, R. (Eds.)
Overcoming Addiction: An Islamic Approach to Recovery. By Tabya Foundation
Peer Reviewed Articles
- Humam, F., McBryde-Redzovic, A., Mahoui, I., Ali, S, A.bolaban, H., Zia, B., Awaad, R. The Role of Muslim Religious Leaders in Mental Health: A Community Based Participatory Research Study in the San Francisco Bay Area. Pastoral Psychol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-023-01077-9
- Awaad, R., Rajeh, N. B., Cabuk, K., Sifat, M., & Khan, A. R. (2023). Impacts of Census Categories On Muslim American Health. Health Affairs Forefront. https://doi.org/10.1377/forefront.20230614.685636
- Awaad R. Quadri, Y., Suleiman, K., Husain, A., Hosseini, Z., Rehman, O., Elzamzamy, K., Abdelrehim, A., Rushdi, R., Hill, T., & Koenig, H. (2023). Islam and suicide: An interdisciplinary scoping review. Spirituality in Clincal Practice, 10(1), 32-51. https://doi.org/10.1037/scp0000311
- Awaad, R., & Ali, S. (2023). The original self-help book: Al-Balkhi’s 9th century “Sustenance of the body and soul”. Spirituality in Clinical Practice, 10(1), 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1037/scp0000310
- Hosseini Z, Bakdash T, Ahmad S, Awaad R. Predictors of depression among Syrian refugee women: A socio-culturally relevant analysis. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 2023; 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640231155810
- Awaad, R., Obaid, E., Kouser, T., & Ali, S. (2023). PAddressing Mental Health Through Community Partnerships in a Muslim Commuity. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 74(1), 96–99. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100505
- Awaad, R., Nursoy-Demir, M., Khalil, A. et al. (2023) Islamic Civilizations and Plagues: The Role of Religion, Faith and Psychology During Pandemics. Journal of religion and health, 62(2), 1379–1393. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-023-01765-
- Suleiman, K. & El-Gabalawy, O. & Zia, B. & Awaad, R., (2023) “Suicide Response in American Muslim Communities: A Community Case Study”, Journal of Muslim Mental Health 17(1): 1. doi: https://doi.org/10.3998/jmmh.1457
- Ali, S., Mahoui, I., Hassoun, R., Mojaddidi, H., & Awaad, R. (2023). The Bay Area Muslim mental health community advisory board: Evaluation of a community based participatory approach. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 32, E7. http://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796022000786
- Waqar S., Ghouri N, Awaad R. (2023). Chronic Disease Management During Ramadan. American Family Physician. Ahead of Print published January 3, 2023. https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/journals/afp/Waqar.pdf
- Awaad, R., Obaid, E., Kouser, T., & Ali, S. (2023). Addressing Mental Health Through Community Partnerships in a Muslim Community. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 74(1), 96–99. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100505
- Ali, S., Mahmood, A., McBryde-Redzovic, A., Humam, F., & Awaad, R. (2022). Role of Mosque Communities in Supporting Muslims with Mental Illness: Results of CBPR-oriented Focus Groups in the Bay Area, California. The Psychiatric quarterly, Q 93, 985–1001 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-022-10002-x.
- Awaad, R., Conn, Y. S., Kolkailah, N., El-Haddad, H., Ali, S., & Fereydooni, S. (2022). From Alchemy to Psychiatry: A Glimpse into the Ethics and Mental Health Practices of Tenth-Century Muslim Physician Abū Bakr al-Rāzī. Harvard review of psychiatry, 30(5), 323–326. https://doi.org/10.1097/HRP.0000000000000347
- Rothman, A., Ahmed, A., & Awaad, R. (2022).The Contributions and Impact of Malik Badri: Father of Modern Islamic Psychology. American Journal of Islam and Society, 39(1-2), 190–213. https://doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v39i1-2.3142
- Awaad, R., Abolaban, H., Maklad, S., Ahmad, R., & Koopman, C. (2022). Improving Recruitment for Mental Health Research in Muslim American Women : Research Recruitment in Muslim American Women. Community mental health journal, 58(4), 799–805. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-021-00887-6
- Ali, S., Elsayed, D., Elahi, S., Zia, B., & Awaad, R. (2022). Predicting rejection attitudes toward utilizing formal mental health services in Muslim women in the US: Results from the Muslims' perceptions and attitudes to mental health study. The International journal of social psychiatry, 68(3), 662–669. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640211001084
- Awaad R., El-Gabalawy O., Shaheed-Jackson E., Zia B., Keshavarzi H, Mogahed D, Altalib H. Suicide Attempts of Muslims Compared With Other Religious Groups in the US. JAMA Psychiatry. July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.1813
- Awaad R, Kouser T, Raza L, Umarji O. The Need for Deen: Muslim Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of British Islamic Medical Association. May 2021. https://www.jbima.com/article/the-need-for-deen-muslim-mental-health-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/ Common and country-specific characteristics associated with suicidality in the Arab region. The Journal of clinical psychiatry82https://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.19m13199
- Awaad, M.D., R., Abid, A., & Fereydooni, S. (2020). The Power of Prejudice: Cross-cultural Competency and Muslim Populations. Journal of Islamic Faith and Practice. Journal of Islamic Faith and Practice, 3(1), 73–87. https://doi.org/10.18060/24673
- Awaad, R., Dailami, M., & Noureddine, N. (2020). US Policy of Public Charge Inadmissibility and Refugee Suicides. The lancet. Psychiatry, 7(3), e12. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30037-7
- Awaad, R., Fisher, A. J., Ali, S., & Rasgon, N. (2019). Development and Validation of the Muslims’ Perceptions and Attitudes to Mental Health (M-PAMH) Scale with a Sample of American Muslim Women. Journal of Muslim Mental Health, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.3998/jmmh.10381607.0013.205
- Furqan Z, Awaad R., Kurdyak P, Husain M, Husain N, Zaheer J. Considerations for Clinicians Treating Muslim Patients with Psychiatric Disorders during Ramadan. Lancet Psychiatry. 2019 Jul;6(7):556-557. PMID: 31056458
- Altalib HH, Elzamzamy K, Ali S, Alfattah M, Awaad R. Mapping Global Muslim Mental Health Research: Analysis of Trends in the English Literature from 2000-2015. Global Mental Health (Cambridge). 2019 May 16;6:e6. PMID: 31157114
- Awaad R. A Muslim Graduate Student from Sudan Trapped by the Travel Ban. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2017 Oct 1;174(10):925-926. PMID: 28965465
- Hashemi, B., Ali, S., Awaad R. et al. Facilitating mental health screening of war-torn populations using mobile applications. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2016 Nov 4. PMID: 27815623
- Awaad R, Ali S. A Modern Conceptualization of Phobia in al-Balkhi's 9th Century Treatise: Sustenance of the Body and Soul. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 2015 Dec 18;37;89-93. PMID: 26741063
- Awaad R, Ali S. Obsessional Disorders in Al-Balkhi’s 9th Century Treatise: Sustenance of the Body and Soul. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2015 Jul 15;180:185-9. PMID: 25911133
- Awaad R, Ali S, Salvador M, Bandstra B. A Process-Oriented Approach to Teaching Religion and Spirituality in Psychiatry Residency Training. Academic Psychiatry. 2014 Dec 16. PMID: 25510222
- Awaad Y, Tayem H, Munoz S, Ham S, Michon AM, Awaad R. Functional Assessment Following Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy. J Child Neurol. 2003 Jan;18(1):26-34. PMID: 12661935
- Daouk S., Awaad R., Ahmed B., Barakat S., Muñoz R.F., Leykin Y., Common and country specific characteristics associated with suicidality in the Arab region. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Peer Reviewed Book Chapters
Umarji, O., Mahmood, A. A., Raza, L., & Awaad, R. (2023). Religiosity, Coping, and Mental Health: An Empirical Analysis of Muslims Across the COVID-19 Pandemic. In Islam, Muslims, and COVID-19 (pp. 114–149). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004679771_007
Awaad R. “Rania Awaad” in Rassool, G.H., & Luqman, M.M. (2022). Foundations of Islamic Psychology: From Classical Scholars to Contemporary Thinkers (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003181415
Awaad R., Elsayed D., Ali S., Abid A. “Islamic Psychology: A Portrait of its Historical Origins and Contributions” in Applying Islamic Principles to Clinical Mental Health Care: Introducing Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy. Routledge 2020 Keshavarzi, Ansari, Khan, Awaad (eds.)
Awaad R., Mohammad, A., Elzamzamy, K., Fereydooni, S., Gamar, M. “Mental Health in the Islamic Golden Era: The Historical Roots of Modern Psychiatry” in Islamophobia and Psychiatry: Recognition, Prevention and Treatment. Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2019 Moffic, H.S., Peteet, J., Hankir, A., Awaad, R. (Eds.)
Awaad R., Maklad, S., Musa, I., “Islamophobia from an American Muslim Perspective” in Islamophobia and Psychiatry: Recognition, Prevention and Treatment. Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2019 Moffic, H.S., Peteet, J., Hankir, A., Awaad, R. (Eds.)
Ali, S., Awaad R. “Islamophobia and Public Mental Health: Lessons Learned from Community Engaged Projects” in Islamophobia and Psychiatry: Recognition, Prevention and Treatment. Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2019 Moffic, H.S., Peteet, J., Hankir, A., Awaad, R. (Eds.)
Reda, O., Maklad, S., Awaad R. “Caring for Muslim Refugees” in Islamophobia and Psychiatry: Recognition, Prevention and Treatment. Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2019 Moffic, H.S., Peteet, J., Hankir, A., Awaad, R. (Eds.)
Awaad R. “Eine Reise des gegenseitigen Wachstums Bewusstsein für psychische Gesundheit in der muslimischen Gemeinschaf” in Islam and Psychology. Current Concepts in Theory and Practice. Waxmann Publishers 2018. Rueschoff, I. and Kaplick, P. (Eds.)
Awaad R., Reicherter D. “Cultural Perspectives in the Context of Western Psychological Mind-sets: The Need for Cultural Sensitivity in the Mental Health of Immigrant Youth” in Psychotherapy for Immigrant Youth. Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 S.G. Patel, D. Reicherter (eds.)
- Awaad R. “A Journey of Mutual Growth: Mental Health Awareness in the Muslim Community” in Partnerships in Mental Health. Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 L.W. Roberts et al. (eds.)
Reports and Manuals
Islamophobia, Muslim Safety, and Violence Survey
Dr. Hatem Bazian | Executive Director, ISC
Rania Awaad, MD | Clinical Professor & Director, Stanford Muslim Mental Health & Islamic Psychology Lab
A Guidebook for Those Concerned about Palestine.
All contributors to this work are members of the Stanford Muslim Mental Health and Islamic Psychology Lab.
Op-Eds
- Awaad R., Kouser T, Ahmed S. “Seeking Therapy & the Importance of Asking Help” Washington Post, March 30, 2023
- Awaad R., Suleiman O., Kouser T. “Fortitude Through Faith: The Muslim Pandemic Experience” Religion News, March 31, 2022
- Awaad R, Kouser T. “Muslims face a suicide crisis in America. The taboo of talking about it must end.” USA Today, January 2nd, 2022
- Awaad R “We're seeing confusion, despair and even suicide after Trump rule on aid to immigrants” USA Today, March 17th, 2020
Other Publications
- Awaad R, Adegbindin A, Ahmed S, Ayub A. Cultivating Mental Well-Being in the Muslim Community [Part I]: Debunking Myths, Steps Toward Seeking Support. Muslim Matters, May 2023
- Awaad R, Rajeh N, Jalal H, McBryde-Redzovic A. Eating Disorders and Ramadan. Muslim Matters, March, 2023
- Gray T, Younis H, Awaad R, et al. “Statement Against Domestic Violence: The Female Scholarship Network” Muslim Matters, July 24, 2022
- Awaad R. “Muslim Community Hosts Mental Health Event At Wisconsin Library” American Muslim Today, March 10, 2022
- Awaad R, Kouser T, El-Gabalawy O, Zia B. “Suicide Prevention for Muslim Communities” Muslim Matters, September 10th, 2021
- Omar Reda, MD, H. Steven Moffic, MD, Saul Levine, MD, Mary V. Seeman, MD, Rahn K. Bailey, MD, Narpinder Kaur Malhi, MD, Neil Krishan Aggarwal, MD, MBA, MA, Rania Awaad, MD, Andy McLean, MD, MPH, Rama Rao Gogineni, MD, John R. Peteet, MD, Ahmed Hankir, MD. “Psychiatrists Concerned With the Afghanistan Situation: Ethical and Practical Issues” Psychiatric Times, August 17, 2021
- Rania Awaad, MD , Amina Asim Husain, MD, Belal Zia, MA. “Clinical pearls for Muslim Patients with Suicide Risk” Clinical Psychiatric News, August 10, 2021
- Rania Awaad, Danah Elsayed, Hosam Helal. “Holistic Healing: Islam’s Legacy of Mental Health” Yaqeen, May 27, 2021
- Omar Reda, MD, H. Steven Moffic, MD, Andy McLean, MD, MPH, John R. Peteet, MD, Mary V. Seeman, MD, Rama Rao Gogineni, MD, Rahn K. Bailey, MD, Narpinder Kaur Malhi, MD, Sharon Packer, MD, Jack Gorman, MD, Saul Levine, MD, Sigalit Gal, PhD, Ahmed Hankir, MD, Rania Awaad, MD, SPIRIT (Social Psychiatrists Interested in Recovery from International Trauma). “An Interfaith Psychiatrist Prescription for Middle East Peace” Psychiatric Times, May 26, 2021
- Awaad R, Kouser T, El-Gabalawy O. “How to Respond to Suicide in Muslim Communities” Muslim Matters, April 8, 2021
- Awaad R, Conn YS, Nursory-Demir M, Helal H, Maklad S, Farajallah I, “Coping with Pandemics: Psychological and Spiritual Lessons from Islamic History” Yaqeen, February 4, 2021
- Awaad R. “Coping with COVID: Best practices for mental health professionals during the pandemic” Institute of Muslim Mental Health, April 20, 2020
- Awaad R ”On Prophetic Wisdom and Speaking to Children in Times of Distress” Muslim Matters, March 19, 2019