The Influence of Early Muslim Physicians and Classical Islamic Scholars on the Development of Modern Psychiatry

Rania Awaad, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Muslim Mental Health & Islamic Psychology Lab, Stanford University School of Medicine

The next Healthcare and Religion Lecture will be Tuesday, November 1 @ 8:00am when Rania Awaad, MD (Stanford University) will present The Influence of Early Muslim Physicians and Classical Islamic Scholars on the Development of Modern Psychiatry via Zoom. 

The first psychiatric hospitals in the world were established as early as the 8th century during the Islamic Renaissance. Despite the emergence of a highly sophisticated and interdisciplinary system of understanding the human psyche in early Islamic history, most students of modern psychology are unfamiliar with this rich history. This lecture will provide an historical and contemporary review of the Islamic intellectual heritage as it pertains to modern behavioral science and how mental illness was historically perceived and treated in the Muslim world.

Registration. Click here to register for this Zoom event.

Continuing medical education credit will be available.

This lecture is part of the Healthcare and Religion Lecture Series mini-series focusing on Religion and Mental Healthcare. The series is offered in conjunction with the Provost’s Year of Emotional Well-being initiative and co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics & Health Law, Department of Religious Studies, Jewish Studies Program, Palliative and Supportive Institute of UPMC, and the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Continuing Education Program

For more information, please contact Mia Spinelli, Program Coordinator at the Center for Bioethics & Health Law, Research, Ethics and Society Initiative at 412-648-7007 or via email at mls349@pitt.edu.
 

Rania Awaad, MD