Imams and religious leaders have responded to worsening mental health problems in a variety of ways, including by taking mental health training. Although limited, such training can be a first step toward imams becoming a crucial part of the solution to their community’s mental health needs. White people were the most likely to receive mental health treatment; more than 30% of whites reported receiving mental health treatment in 2021, compared with 15% of Blacks, 13% of Hispanics, and 11% of Asians. As many foreign-born Muslims in the U.S. are Asian, and many U.S.-born Muslims are Black or Hispanic, the data suggests that Muslims receive lower levels of mental health treatment than their non-Muslim peers. For her, structural oppression and Islamophobia are at the heart of stigmas against mental health care, on par with social and political pressures.