Farha Abbasi, MD
Dr. Farha Abbasi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan State University and core faculty member of the Muslim Studies Program. She is from Pakistan and settled in the United States in the year 2000 with her three daughters. In January of 2009, Dr. Abbasi received the American Psychiatric association SAMSHA Minority fellowship. She used the grant money to create awareness about cultural competency, to redefine it as not just tolerance but acceptance.
Her areas of interest are cultural psychiatry and teaching medical students how to provide culturally appropriate care to Muslim patients. She works directly with Muslim American community to encourage integration rather than isolation from mainstream society. In addition to her efforts to build bridges between the two cultures, Dr. Abbasi work as a psychiatrist has led her to address the barriers that stigmatize and silence mental health.
She is the founding director of the Annual Muslim Mental Health Conference. In 2018 the tenth conference was held at the United State Institute Of Peace in Washington, DC. In addition, she launched a Global Muslim Mental Health Conference in Malaysia and Jordan. She is also the managing editor of the Journal of Muslim Mental Health and Director of the Muslim Mental Health Consortium, Michigan State University.
Dr. Abbasi has received numerous awards for her service to the community and promoting mental health. Dr. Abbasi was an Honoree, National Alliance of Mentally Ill, and American Psychiatric Foundation Award for Promoting Minority Mental Health and Globie award winner, Office of International Students Services, Community Service Award by All Pakistanis Physician of North America and Community Service Award by Pakistan Women Association of Michigan.
She has served on many boards and committees including Council on Minority Mental Health and Health Disparities American Psychiatric Association. She currently chairs the Mental Health Task Force for the Mayor of Lansing, Michigan.
She works relentlessly and tirelessly towards one goal: Learning to coexist and go beyond our differences to reach the common point of peace and prosperity.
2022 14th Annual Muslim Mental Health Conference at Yale University.
Dr Abbasi address conference attendees at Yale along with Muslim Mental Health advocates
Drs Hamid, Abbasi, Naeem, Nadir at the 2019 MMH Conference. These four have been at the forefront of the Muslim Mental Health movement.
Dr Farha Abbasi at the 7th Annual Muslim Mental Health Conference in 2015. She said, "Faith is a protective factor in Mental Health."
Dr Farha Abbasi welcomes the nearly 300 participants at the 10th Annual Muslim Mental Health Conference at the US Institute of Peace in Washington DC.
Sylvia McCullough, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Dr Halim Naeem and Dr Abbasi at the 7th Annual Conferece.
Dr. Farha Abbasi, M.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan State University and a staff psychiatrist. She emigrated from Pakistan and settled in the United States in 2000. Her areas of interest are cultural psychiatry and teaching medical students how to provide culturally appropriate care to Muslim patients. She works with the Muslim-American community to encourage integration rather than isolation from mainstream society. She has established the Muslim Mental Health Conference and is the managing editor for the Journal of Muslim Mental Health.
Welcome from Michigan State University - Farha Abbasi MD Welcome from ISSA - Aneesah Nadir PhD & Halim Naeem PhD Welcome from City of Tempe Mayor’s office - Lauren Kuby, Vice Mayor Welcome from Health & Human Services - Ben O'Dell Welcome from Institute of Muslim Mental Health - Hamada Hamid Altalib, DO, MPH
Webinar on "How to be mentally & physically healthy during COVID-19" via Zoom by Dr Farha Abbasi, MD on July 17th 2020 @ 6PM EST Dr. Farha Abbasi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan State University and core faculty member of the Muslim Studies Program. She is from Pakistan and settled in the United States since 2000 with her three daughters. Her areas of interest are cultural psychiatry and teaching medical students how to provide culturally appropriate care to Muslim patients. She is the founding director of the Annual Muslim Mental Health Conference. She is also the managing editor of the Journal of Muslim Mental Health and Director of the Muslim Mental Health Consortium, Michigan State University. She currently chairs the Mental Health Task Force for the Mayor of Lansing, Michigan.
2011 Muslim Mental Health Conference in East Lansing Michigan, sponsored by Michigan State University Department of Psychiatry. Resiliency in Muslim American Students: Ten Years After 9/11 with Farha Abbasi, MD and Zain Shamoon
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