Dr. Farah Islam is a mental health advocate, educator, and researcher. Her focus is on on the mental health concerns and service access barriers of racialized and migrant communities with a particular interest in South Asian and Muslim populations.

She completed her PhD in the epidemiology of mental health at York University and her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

She has taught the Psychology of Adolescence from an Islamic perspective at Islamic Online University (IOU) and is currently working as a Research Consultant at Access Alliance Multicultural Community and Health Services, in addition to teaching a course on Muslim Youth Mental Health at the Islamic Institute of Toronto (IIT).

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Publications:

Mental Health Consultation Among Ontario’s Immigrant Populations. Community Mental Health Journal (COMH), Nov 2017

Mental health of South Asian youth in Peel Region, Toronto, Canada: a qualitative study of determinants, coping strategies and service access. British Medical Journal (BMJ) Open, Oct 2017

What is ‘South Asian’? A quantitative content analysis evaluating the use of South Asian ethnic categorization in Canadian health research. South Asian Diaspora, Sept 2014

“Satan Has Afflicted Me!” Jinn-Possession and Mental Illness in the Qur’an. Journal of Religion and Health, June 2012

Videos:

Dr. Farah Islam, "South Asian Youth Mental Health"

Interview with Dr. Farah Islam on Health, Racism, and Inclusion

Understanding Mental Health

Farah Islam, PhD, Researcher