Muslim Woman makes Incredible Discovery of Psychology/Dr.Rania Awaad

Dr Rania Awaad recounts her ground-breaking Discovery in the Field of Modern Psychology. Dr Rania challenges the Narrative of ‘Obsessive Compulsive Disorder’, or OCD, a modern Disorder long held to be diagnosed in 19 century.  She recounts her studies of Imam Abu Zeyd Al-Balkhi, a 9th century Persian Muslim polymath.

Rania Awaad, M.D. is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psyhiatry at the Stafford University School of Medicine where she is the Director of the Stanford Muslim Mental Health & Islamic Psychology lab as well Stanford University’s Affiliate Chaplain.