Journal of Muslim Mental Health

Volume 18 • Issue 1 • Thematic Issue: Islamic Psychology

Guest Editor: Dr.Hooman Keshavarzi

The Journal of Muslim Mental Health is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed academic journal and publishes articles exploring social, cultural, medical, theological, historical, and psychological factors affecting the mental health of Muslims in the United States and globally. The journal publishes research and clinical material, including research articles, reviews, and reflections on clinical practice.

This special issue came together to capture some of the notable paper presentations that came out of an international symposium held in the summer of 2022 in Istanbul, Turkiye. This symposium on “The intersection of Islamic Studies and Contemporary Psychology” was sponsored and hosted by both ISAR, an Islamic research center and Khalil Center, an Islamic psychology clinic and research center. It was held at ISAR’s campus in Uskudar, Istanbul.

This issue contains five articles, the first of which provides a scoping review of all contemporary Muslim scholars within the last fifty years who similarly attempted to demonstrate the relevance and richness of classical Islamic traditions as it pertains to the topic of human psychology. The authors conducted a review of articles and books written in three languages, namely English, Arabic and Turkish to provide a survey of the existent literature on that reviewed classical scholarly works in psychology.