Maristan's Suicide Response Certification Training | In-Person in Minnesota

3533 Lexington Avenue North,Arden Hills MN 55126

07 August, 2022

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Alhamdulillah, thanks to your generous donations, and Minnesota's community organizations, Rabata and the Dr. Shabaz Charity Group, tickets to Maristan's first full in-person Suicide Response Training are being reduced from $300 to $100! Why Suicide Response Training?US-born American Muslims can be up to twice as likely to attempt suicide when compared to other faith and non-faith groups. - Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) Psychiatry This disturbing finding has been eye-opening for Muslims across the world and has motivated many Muslim leaders and institutions to address the topic of suicide in Muslim communities. Let's Save Lives"... And whoever saves a life it is as though he had saved the lives of all mankind." - Quran 5:32Maristan will be conducting our in-person Suicide Response Certification Training in collaboration with our Minnesotan co-sponsors, Rabata and the Dr. Shabaz Charity Group, to increase the capacity of Religious and Community Leaders to address suicide within our communities. In this post-pandemic atmosphere, this is a unique learning opportunity for Muslim Religious and Community Leaders to learn about suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. Evidence-Based Training at Your FingertipsMaristan’s Suicide Response Certification Training program is a result of years of research by the Muslim Mental Health and Islamic Psychology Lab at Stanford University. Maristan is now offering this evidence-based Suicide Response Certification Training for Muslim leaders across the United States.Our training was designed and peer-reviewed with notable contributions from researchers and experts in the Lab as well as expert Mental Health researchers and Islamic Scholarship from across the world.For the first time in Muslim American History, Muslim Leaders can train alongside researchers and clinicians at the forefront of the field of Islamic Psychology to build professional skills in community suicide prevention, intervention and postvention. We hope you will join us on this journey in training Muslim leadership across the nation to advance and support the mental well-being of our Muslim communities! Who is Eligible to Register?In-Person: This Community Suicide Response Training is available in-person to Muslim leaders.Eligibility: This training is specifically for Religious and Community Leaders including: Imams, Chaplains, Sheikh/a, Ustadh/a, Hafidh/a, Religious Directors, Youth Leaders, Islamic School Teachers, Board Members, Islamic Scholars, and other Community gatekeepers.Certification: Eligible Registrants will join a day-long professional training and receive a Maristan Suicide Response Certificate upon completion.In the near future, we hope to expand Maristan's Community Suicide Response Training to a multinational audience. In the meantime, please follow us on social media and join Maristan’s listserv for the latest updates: https://maristan.org/contact-us Who are the Trainers?Dr. Rania Awaad M.D.Dr. Rania Awaad M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine where she is the Director of the Stanford Muslim Mental Health & Islamic Psychology Lab, Associate Chief of the Division of Public Mental Health and Population Sciences, and Co-Chief of the Diversity and Cultural Mental Health Section. She is also the Executive Director of Maristan, a non-profit organization dedicated to reviving the Islamic heritage of holistic wellbeing. She is currently a Senior Fellow at Yaqeen Institute and ISPU. In addition, she serves as the Director of The Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls. She has previously served as the founding Clinical Director of the Khalil Center-San Francisco as well as a Professor of Islamic Law at Zaytuna College. Prior to studying medicine, she pursued classical Islamic studies in Damascus, Syria and holds certifications (ijaza) in Qur’an, Islamic Law and other branches of the Islamic Sciences. Follow her @Dr.RaniaAwaad Kamal Suleiman, B.A.Kamal Suleiman is a recent graduate of The University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. He has served as a research assistant at the Stanford Muslim Mental Health and Islamic Psychology Lab for two years, where he has studied suicide in American Muslim communities and contributed to a variety of research projects. Through his work with the suicide research line he led the development of an in-depth community case study of Muslim suicide response. His research background also extends to UPenn and the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, with primary focuses on implementation science and the mental health of marginalized populations. Kamal is pursuing a career in mental health research and Islamic Psychology, and will be spending the next two years in Somalia teaching English, studying Qur’an, and conducting global mental health research. ​​Questions?If you have additional questions or would like to learn more about scheduling an in-person training, kindly contact us at [email protected].