Suicidal Behavior in Muslim Majority Countries: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prevention

Dr. S M Yasir Arafat is currently working as an assistant professor of Psychiatry at Enam Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He completed M.D. in Psychiatry from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, and MBBS from the Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He also did an MPH in Health Economics and MBA in Marketing. Dr. Arafat has (co)authored more than 300 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and (co)edited several books with Springer. He was included in the global 2% researcher list in 2021, 2022, and 2023. He is acting as an editorial member in more than ten leading journals in mental health published by Frontiers, Wiley, Hindawi, Springer, and Taylor and Francis. His research focused on suicidal behavior, psychometrics, panic buying, and psycho-sexual disorders.

Professor Mohsen Rezaeian is a professor of Epidemiology at Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences in Iran. He is one of the founders of the Iranian Scientific Society for Suicide Prevention (ISSSP) and editor-in-chief of the newly developed Journal of Suicide Prevention (JSP). He is a co-chair of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) Special Interest Group (SIG) on the Development of Effective National Suicide Prevention Strategy and Practice. Over the past two decades, he has published numerous articles and a couple of book chapters in the area of suicide prevention. He has also developed some new ideas in the areas of suicide studies and suicide prevention.

Professor Murad Moosa Khan, MRCPsych, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychiatry and Brian & Mind Institute, Aga Khan University. He is also an associate faculty at the Centre for Bioethics and Culture (CBEC), Karachi. Prof. Khan is the past president of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) 2017-2020 and continues to serve on the Board of IASP, where he contributes to the organization's global suicide prevention strategy. He also serves in several other mental health non-governmental organizations and bioethics forums in Pakistan. Prof. Khan's research interests include focusing on epidemiology and socio-cultural and religious factors in suicide and self-harm in South Asia and developing economies, mental health of women and the elderly, narrative medicine, and organizational ethics. His extensive research work, findings, and contributions on social and ethical issues have been published in several medical journals and the lay press, where is a frequent contributor.

Dr. S M Yasir Arafat目前在孟加拉國達卡的Enam醫學院和醫院擔任精神病學助理教授。他在孟加拉國達卡的Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib醫科大學取得了精神病學博士學位，並在孟加拉國達卡的達卡醫學院取得了MBBS學位。他還獲得了健康經濟學的MPH學位和市場營銷的MBA學位。Arafat博士（合著）發表了300多篇同行評審的文章和專書章節，並與Springer合作編輯了幾本書籍。他在2021年、2022年和2023年被列入全球2%的研究人員名單中。他在由Frontiers、Wiley、Hindawi、Springer和Taylor and Francis出版的十多本領先精神健康期刊中擔任編輯成員。他的研究主要集中在自殺行為、心理測量學、囤積購買和心理性障礙方面。

Mohsen Rezaeian教授是伊朗Rafsanjan醫學科學大學的流行病學教授。他是伊朗科學防止自殺學會（ISSSP）的創始人之一，也是新開發的《自殺預防雜誌》（JSP）的主編。他是國際自殺防治協會（IASP）發展有效國家自殺防治策略和實踐特別利益小組（SIG）的聯合主席。在過去的二十年中，他在自殺防治領域發表了許多文章和幾篇專書章節。他還在自殺研究和自殺防治領域提出了一些新的想法。

Murad Moosa Khan教授，MRCPsych，Ph.D.是阿迦汗大學精神病學和布萊恩與心靈研究所的名譽教授。他還是卡拉奇生物倫理和文化中心（CBEC）的副教員。Khan教授是國際自殺防治協會（IASP）2017-2020年的前任主席，並繼續在IASP董事會上服務，為該組織的全球自殺防治戰略做出貢獻。他還在巴基斯坦的幾個其他精神健康非政府組織和生物倫理論壇中擔任職務。Khan教授的研究興趣包括南亞和發展中經濟體地區的自殺和自我傷害的流行病學、社會文化和宗教因素，婦女和老年人的心理健康，敘事醫學和組織倫理。他在幾本醫學期刊和大眾媒體上發表了大量關於社會和倫理問題的研究工作、發現和貢獻，並經常作為撰稿人。