Today marks the beginning of National Suicide Prevention Week. It is a week dedicated to bringing awareness around the topic of suicide, the harms associated with it, and how to prevent it. We are joined by world-renowned scholar, Dr. Rania Awaad to discuss this pertinent topic and how we can prevent suicide from occurring and addressing the symptoms leading up to it. Here are some resources on the works of Dr. Rania and on understanding suicides: Stanford Muslim Mental Health and Islamic Psychology Lab @StanfordMMHIP  The lab's new non-profit focused on Muslim mental health & Islamic Psychology: maristan.org @maristan_org  Support us: maristan.org/support-maristan Mental health resources: maristan.org/resources Maristan Suicide Response "500 Imam" Campaign video Dr. Rania was referring to where she trained Imams on this topic. The Suicide Response trainings for the Muslim community are developed by her lab, and offered by their non-profit, Maristan.org mentioned above:  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1NJIn58I8OM Recent AP article about her suicide response trainings: https://apnews.com/article/tx-state-wire-health-mental-health-religion-663828d07e5f32b5ab44f755e79f8d67 Recent radio or TV interviews:  https://omny.fm/shows/kcbsam-on-demand/mental-health-professionals-and-faith-leaders-are? Muslim Network TV: https://youtu.be/X9A3wz_Ex0Q CBS News Radio Weekend roundup interview: https://art19.com/shows/weekend-roundup/episodes/afa8b98e-9dc9-4bed-820c-a4a73a3646dd KCBS San Francisco Radio interview: https://www.audacy.com/kcbsradio/podcasts/kcbs-on-demand-20757/new-study-indicates-american-muslims-have-higher-attempted-suicide-rates-651290296 CBS Kaleidoscope with Allison Keyes interview: https://art19.com/shows/kaleidoscope/episodes/04de6fb7-8761-472b-beb5-bf9610fdfc20 0:00 Disclaimer 1:40 Intro 2:16 Advice related to suicide 4:14 Why people consider suicide 11:33 When living is Hard 13:20 How often to contact them 15:53 Cryptic messages 21:32 When people feel like they are a burden on others 24:50 Regret and reaching out 31:02 Postvention 43:46 Recap and concluding