The Ticket to Healing

Jamaica Muslim Center Youth and The Heal Collective invite you to “The Ticket to Healing,” a discussion about understanding depression, suicide prevention, and how to help those who are struggling mentally.
Compared to other age groups, youth in the U.S. are struggling most with their mental health. 9.7% of youth in the U.S. have severe major depression.
Experiencing serious thoughts of suicide is also increasing among adults; in September of 2020, 37% of people reported having suicidal thoughts nearly every day.
Moreover, 38% of people are not receiving the mental health services that they need, even in states with the most access.
These statistics from Mental Health America demonstrate the prevalence of mental health challenges in our society and the necessity for us to educate ourselves:
What IS depression? How can we identify symptoms of depression in those around us and in ourselves? How can we help those around us, or ourselves, who are struggling mentally with depression or suicidal thoughts?
We are honored to have Omar Shareef, MD/MBA and Bisma Anwar, LMHC from The Heal Collective as our speakers.
The Heal Collective is an emerging collective with a clear mission: to destigmatize mental health challenges by creating forums of education, advocacy, and awareness for mental health challenges.
SPEAKERS
Omar Shareef is the organizational outreach coordinator at The Heal Collective and an MD/MBA combined degree graduate from St. George’s University School of Medicine, and is currently a psychiatry resident physician at Nassau University Medical Center while concurrently pursuing a certification in Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at Columbia University. He is a certified Adult Mental Health First Aid instructor, and dedicates himself to advocating and promoting mental health wellness and literacy in underserved, BIPOC, and faith-based communities.
Bisma Anwar is the content development coordinator at The Heal Collective and a Licensed Mental Health counselor. She has a Master of Education and a Master of Arts degree in Psychological Counseling from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her area of expertise include, depression and anxiety, stress management, cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavioral therapy. Bisma has extensive experience counseling children, teens, and adults from diverse backgrounds and helping them deal with various life issues. Bisma currently works at Mount Sinai Hospital in the Psychiatric Department as a Therapist. She also has a private practice where she primarily works with the Muslim children, adults, and families. She has done workshops on various mental health issues such as stress management, wellness management, social emotional learning, coping skills, how to communicate with parents/children at Muslim organizations and community centers. Bisma also has a podcast called Therappuccino where she addresses various issues related to mental health.
When: March 20th, 2021, at 8:00 PM
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Meeting ID: 657 341 5246