ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2021
Reaching the Unreached: Bridging Islam and Science to Treat the Mental Wounds of War.
Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03761732 (Islamic Trauma Healing), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Islamic Trauma Healing: Feasibility Study
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of MHPSS interventions targeting non-clinical Arabic-speaking refugees and/or displaced populations in the MENA region.BMJ global health · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness, barriers, and facilitators of interventions delivered by traditional healers for the treatment of common mental disorders: A systematic review.Transcultural psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Lay-Led Intervention for War and Refugee Trauma: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Mental health and psychosocial support interventions for populations affected by ongoing armed conflict: a scoping review.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Gender identity's impact on Pakistan's adoption of emotion-focused, and religious-spiritual coping mechanisms during the COVID-19 pandemic.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Taking efficacious treatments for posttraumatic stress beyond the bedside: Exploration of successes and challenges in training community and lay providers across the globe.Journal of traumatic stress · 2025Review
- Mosques and Public Health Promotion: A Scoping Review of Faith-Driven Health Interventions.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2024Article
- Considerations for Addressing Trauma in Muslim Communities.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Islamic trauma healing (ITH): A scalable, community-based program for trauma: Cluster randomized control trial design and method.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2024Article
- Congregation leader and member discussions in a church-based family strengthening, mental health promotion and HIV prevention trial: Intervention.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Community-based models of care for adolescent and adult depression, suicidal behavior, anxiety, trauma, and substance use in Africa: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Perceived Need for a Faith-Based Trauma-Focused Treatment in a Sample of Forcibly Displaced Muslims.Cogent mental health · 2024Article
- The unmet need for mental health support among persons with disabilities in Somalia: Principal correlates and barriers to access.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Islamic Trauma Healing: Integrating Faith and Empirically Supported Principles in a Community-Based Program.Cognitive and behavioral practice · 2021Article
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Abstract
Radical new paradigms are needed to equip non-professionals and leverage community faith-based infrastructure to address the individual and communal wounds of war- and conflict-related trauma. Muslims in war-torn regions like Somalia experience high rates of trauma and posttraumatic stress; yet, lack of providers, potential stigma, and lack of integration with one's faith are substantial barriers to care. In this pre-post feasibility clinical trial (NCT03761732), mosque leaders implemented a brief, group- and mosque-based intervention,
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