Noor Sharif

• Doctor of Clinical Psychology
• Assistant Professor at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Allies are members of an ingroup who work toward fairness for people in an outgroup. Ally behaviors include calling out discrimination and fighting for inclusion of outgroup members, and it includes public and private behaviors. As such, White allies can be an important means of reducing racism against people of color. There are few means of assess...

Being a White ally goes beyond being merely “non-racist” and having good intentions. Meaningful allyship is behavioural and requires active participation in dismantling systems of oppression. The objective of this study was to ascertain the degree to which White individuals behave in an allied manner when provided the opportunity to do so by compar...

Although treatments for schizophrenia and psychosis have improved significantly over time, many clients still experience social disparities, such as poverty, unemployment, social network strain, and barriers to community supports, that can negatively impact clinical outcomes and perpetuate the cycle of illness. Research is needed to help better und...

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is the most widely used evidence-based community mental health intervention for people with severe mental illness (SMI). Despite research showing that the vast majority of those with SMI have traumatic histories, the ACT service model does not have consistent guidelines on how to address trauma in their client po...

Being a White ally goes beyond being merely “non-racist.” Allyship is behavioural and requires active participation in dismantling systems of oppression. The objective of this study was to better understand White allyship by looking at the propensity of observed allyship behaviour and self-reported allyship. Using a subsample (N=31) from a larger s...

Racism is prejudice and discrimination targeted at a person or people based on their membership to a racial group that is reinforced by societal structures of power. Unfortunately, the existence and nature of systemic racism has not changed significantly in the past decade,¹,² and it continues to be present in all facets of society, including psych...

The literature on severe mental illness (SMI), trauma, PTSD, and substance use is expansive, yet no research exists examining the specific population served by Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) concerning these relationships and particularly the SMI-PTSD model proposed in the literature. In this paper, we employed retrospective chart reviews to e...

This article provides clinical guidelines for basic knowledge and skills essential for successful work with clients who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) across ethnic, racial and religious differences. We emphasise multiculturalist and anti-racist approaches and the role of culture in shaping the presentation of OCD in clients. Several comp...

Racism exists at the individual and systemic level where power differentials and hierarchies oppress racial minorities. Canada’s auspicious history of colonialism and systemic racism puts Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour at-risk of poor psychological health, in addition to a host of other health-related concerns. As psychologists and trainee...

Objective: To evaluate the impact of trauma on criminality in a sample of 282 clients enrolled in a community-based outpatient program. The interaction of trauma, gender, and age of onset of mental illness was also examined.

Refugees experience a host of traumatic events and stressors in their countries of origin, during flight, and during resettlement. The impact of these experiences on both their physical and mental health is well documented in the literature. However, the potentially positive effects of trauma on well-being are less well understood. The purpose of t...