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Depression and Treatment under Islam


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1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
2 Department of Forensic Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
     

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"In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious and The Most Merciful" "What does Islam say regarding self-hatred and self-harm? Does Islam condemn situational depression? What about clinical depression? What about depression over our limited human knowledge -our inability to fully understand everything- is it a trust issue with Allah (SWT)?" This is a very interesting issue, because according to psychological studies, in modern era a considerable percentage of people alive are subject to several kind of depression including small children. There are many reasons for depression such as personal, social and economical matters. In present competitive world, people are continuously struggle for achieving success in their life. Sometime, they achieve their goal while defeated and feel defeated, helpless and depressed. The Islamic system aims to create balance in a Muslim's life, by putting life matters into perspective, rearranging our accordingly, harmonizing all circles of relationships between the individual and his inner or outer environments.

Keywords

Depression, Suicide, Major Depressive Disorder, Religion, Islam.
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Hena Fatma
Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
Munawwar Husain
Department of Forensic Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


"In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious and The Most Merciful" "What does Islam say regarding self-hatred and self-harm? Does Islam condemn situational depression? What about clinical depression? What about depression over our limited human knowledge -our inability to fully understand everything- is it a trust issue with Allah (SWT)?" This is a very interesting issue, because according to psychological studies, in modern era a considerable percentage of people alive are subject to several kind of depression including small children. There are many reasons for depression such as personal, social and economical matters. In present competitive world, people are continuously struggle for achieving success in their life. Sometime, they achieve their goal while defeated and feel defeated, helpless and depressed. The Islamic system aims to create balance in a Muslim's life, by putting life matters into perspective, rearranging our accordingly, harmonizing all circles of relationships between the individual and his inner or outer environments.

Keywords


Depression, Suicide, Major Depressive Disorder, Religion, Islam.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2016%2Fv7i1%2F123681