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WPA TRANSCULTURAL PSYCHIATRY SECTION

& WORLD ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH

 Department of Psychiatry – University of Missouri, COLUMBIA

and Italian Institute of Transcultural Psychiatry

Organizes Congress

ISLAM AND MENTAL HEALTH

The Islamic Approach To Treatment Management Of People Who Have Been Exposed To Continuous Traumatization

 9-15 June, 2003

E.mail : felsendiony@yahoo.com

q       Editorial

 Dear Colleagues,

       The coming event is a combined training session and a congress to be held in Narni Italy 9-15 June 2003.

       It is organized by the World Islamic Association for Mental Health in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Tans-Cultural Psychiatry and the World Psychiatric Association – TP section and the University of Missouri, Columbia, Department of Psychiatry. The training course as well as the congress will mirror increasing awareness of the importance of cultural factors, especially as they affect decisions about diagnosis and treatment. The central theme will be “Islam and Mental Health” with special emphasis on the Islamic Approach to treatment, management of people who have been exposed to continuous Traumatization. Trainees will come from Palestine (if they successfully manage to get out of Palestine) .

       The attached file has a tentative schedule of the major events.

       We regret that we will not be able to give financial assistance to colleagues to attend this event but the registration fee is waived so participants are expected to pay for their air tickets and accommodation. You and your colleagues are most welcome to participate so please disseminate this information among your colleagues. 

       Please advise me at your earliest convenience of the would-be participants from your end so that I can advise you of the names of hotels for hotel reservations and give your names to Italian authorities for the issuing of a Visa.

Pr. SENDIONY Farouk

Please accept my best regards.

q       Program At Glance

 

Sunday 8^th of June 2003

Arrival and transfers from Rome airport

 

Monday 9^th of June 2003

Morning sessions:                    

09:00 - 10:00    Opening session

10:00 - 10:30 Tea Break

10:30 - 12:30     Session number one:

Topic:         Role of trans-cultural studies in an ever changing world  

Speaker:    Prof. Bartocci, M.D

Topic:          Topic: Recognizing Psychological consequences of Man made  Disasters.

Speaker:     Arshad Hussain, M.D

Topic:         Victims of trauma and the crisis of Mental Health in EMR

Speaker:     Ahmed Abou El-Azayem, M.D

Topic:          Difficulties facing Conflict resolution efforts

Speaker:      Leila Dane, Ph.D.      

 

Afternoon sessions:

02:00-04:00 Session number two:

Topic:        PTSD: Cultural specificity issues

Speaker:    Prof. Momtaz Abdulwahab, M.D

Topic:        Demedicalisation of Trauma: a culturally appropriate program

Speaker:    Farouk El-Sendiony, PhD

Topic:    Role of religion in the management of trauma and related     stresses

Speaker     Dr. A El Mannan-Saudi Arabia

 

Tuesday, 10^th of June, 2003

Morning Session:

09:00-11:00 Session number Three:

Topic:        Dealing with traumatized children

Speaker:     Prof. Arshad & Team

11:00-11:30 Tea Break

11:30-12:30 Session three

Topic:   Developing culturally based interventions for traumatized children

Speaker:     Arshad Hussain's team

 

Afternoon Sessions:

02:30-04-30 Session number Four:

Topic:       Continuous stress disorder: Experiences from Palestine

Speaker:   Walid El-Salhy)

Topic:      Ambivalence of identity

Speaker:   Hassan Omar

Topic:    Five year follow up for children of community violence in Algeria

Speaker:    Abdulkader El-Khaiaty

Topic:       Victims of violence, Palestinian experience

 

Wednesday 11^th of June 2003

Morning Session

09:00-11:00 Session number Fife:

Topic:        Future Mediterranean programs to prevent conflict:

Panelists:   Ahmed El-Azayem  - Italian panalist ,  Laila Dane - Italian Panelists

11:00-11:30 Tea Break

11:30-12:30 Session number Six

Topic:        Managing grief and loss

Topic:        Arshad's team

 

Afternoon Session

02:00-03:30 Session number Seven

Topic:         Trauma healing and reconciliation

Speakers     Prof. Arshad's team

Topic:         Dr. Mandy Play therapy Room

Speaker      Dr. Mandy Brauer

Thursday, 12^th of June 2003

Morning Session

09:00-10:30 Session number Eight

Topic:   Post traumatic stress disorder from Islamic Perspective: Forgiveness versus revenge for recovery

Speaker:      Dr. Mohamed El-Mahdy

Topic:   The psychology of suicidal bombing: Background and management

Speaker:      Dr. Ahmed Abdullah

Topic:      Overview of stressful and traumatic situations in Psychiatry   and Islamic perspective Speaker

Speaker:      Lotfy El-Sherbiny

11:00-12:30 Session Number Nine

Topic:          Thoughts on helping traumatized children

Speaker:       Dr. Mandy Braure.

Topic:           Religious healing: experience from different cultures

Speaker:       Afzal Javed

Topic           Non-traditional therapies for victims of trauma

Speaker:      Fatma Mosa.

 

Afternoon

02:00-04:00 Session ten:

Panel Discussion

Inter Mediterranean region networking for Mental Health of victims of trauma

Leave to Dr. Bartocci to organize during the meeting

 

Friday 13^th of June 2003

Free day / Visits

Saturday, 14th June 2003

Conference on "Multiculturalism, Mental Health and man made disasters"

Details to be finalized by the Italian organizers

We have to give names of our speakers. I suggest four of us.

 

Sunday, 15th June 2003

Transfers to Rome airport

For your observation:

Algerians may be able to have a trainee who speaks Italian for translation

q       Partenaires

WPA TRANSCULTURAL PSYCHIATRY SECTION

 WORLD ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY – UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA

 ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF  TRANSCULTURAL PSYCHIATRY

q       List of Participants

 

1)       Dr Nagia Saad El-Deen Abdul Gany, Health Insurance Authority, Egypt

2)       Maha Shahada Ahmed, Palestine

3)       Mohamed Khaleel Ahmed Abou Homaied, Palestine.

4)       Aiman Abdul Rakhofe Al-Harbagi (accompanied by his son Abdul Rakouf), Palestine

5)       Soha Al-herbage, Palestine

6)       Dr. Fekry Abdul-Azeez, Egyptian Association for Mental Health, Egypt.

7)       Dr. Ahmed Abdullah, Lecturer of Psychiatry, Egypt.

8)       Dr. Maamdouh Gabr, Palestine

9)       Amal Shaieb, Algeria.

10)   Abdulkader A-Khaiaty, Algeria

11)   Prof. Haroon Rashid Chaudhry (Pakistan)

12)   Prof. Amin Gadit (Pakistan)

13)   Dr. Kanwal Qayyum (Pakistan)

14)   Amber Farooq (Pakistan)

15)   Farida Saifi (Afghanistan)

16)   Dr. Amina Choudhry (UK)

17)   Hameed Khan (UK)

18)   Ali Mohammad (UK)

19)   Vinay Kumar (UK)

20)   Dr.Melvudin Hasanoviae (Bosnia)

q       Speakers from EMR:

 

1-Prof. Farouk Sendiony, Ph.D.

2-Ahmed Gamal Abou El-Azayem, M.D.

3-Dr. Mandy Braure, PhD

4-Prof. Hassan Omar, PhD professor of psychology, Kafr Kassem, Jerusalem 

5-Dr. M. El-Mannan, M.D. Saudi Arabia

6-Momtaz Abdul Wahab, Professor of psychiatry, Cairo University, Egypt.

7-Prof. Fatma Mosa, Prof. of psychiatry, Cairo University, Egypt.

8-Dr. Mohamed El-Mahdy, consultant psychiatrist Egypt.

9-Dr. Lotfy El-Sherbiny, consultant psychiatrist, Egypt. M.D.

10-Prof. Nabil Abdul Hameed, professor of psychology, Mansoura University, Egypt.

11-Mamdouh Gabr, Psychologist from Palestinian Refugee committee,

12-Mustafa El-Kaiaty, psychiatrist

 

Document Code PC.0023

WPA Transcultural Psychiatry Section

ترميز المستند  PC.0023

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