Saturday 27th May 2023

8.00-8.30

Wellbeing activity (not online): Mind over mood - basic CBT strategies for stress management
Ms. Shahnaz Ahmed

Rooms: Salwa 1 & 2

8.30-9.00

Plenary 5

Room: Al Majlis

Normative models for psychiatric neuroimaging

Speaker: Dr. Richard Bethlehem, University of Cambridge

Chair - Dr James Currie

9.00-9.30

Plenary 6

Room: Al Majlis

Global Mental Health

Speaker: Prof. Muhammed Al-Uzri, Royal College of Psychiatrists

Chair - Dr Yasser Khan

9.30-10.00

Refreshments break

9.45-9.55

Wellbeing activity: 5-minute mindfulness 

Rooms: Salwa 1 & 2

Session 4

Stream 1
Rooms: Salwa 1 & 2

Wellbeing for younger population

Stream 2
Room: Al Majlis Ballroom

Qatari Social milieu and mental wellbeing

Stream 3
Room: Al Rayyan

Neuroimaging in psychiatry

Chair:

Ms. Katja Warwick-Smith

Assistant Executive Director, Mental Health Service, HMC

Dr. Mohamed Mansour

Consultant Psychiatrist, HMC

Dr. James Currie

Consultant Psychiatrist, HMC

10.00-10.25

Oral presentation

EMRO - healthy schools initiative

Speaker:
Dr Wafaa Elsawy, World Health Organization

Mental Health in Qatar as a function of social attitudes, experiences, and demographics

Speakers:
Ms. Dana Albustami - Research Associate, Doha Institute

Prof. Diala Hawi - Doha Institute of Graduate Studies

Exploring Potential Risk Factors for Psychosis in Qatar using Brain Imaging

Speaker:
Prof. Peter Woodruff - Visiting professor, University of Sheffield, UK. online

10.25-10.50

Oral presentation

‘I can’ Supporting Qatari children living with obesity

Speaker:
Professor Paul Gately - CEO of MoreLife and a Professor of Exercise and Obesity, Leeds Beckett University

Mental health resilience and family stability

Speakers:
Dr. Sharifa Al-Emadi - Executive Director, Doha International Family Institute

Introduction to Advanced MRI for Neuroimaging

Speaker:
Prof. Paul Morgan - Professor of Medical Physics, University of Nottingham, UK. online

10.50-11.15

Oral presentation

Sports for mental health - Generation Amazing example

Speaker:
Mr. Michael Richardson - Generation Amazing Master Coach, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy

Paulette Fortes Sanchez - Director of Programmes and Operations at Generation Amazing Foundation

Serious mental illness and marriage

Speaker:
Dr. Shuja Reagu - Senior Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director for Hospital Services, HMC

Using neuroimaging to find structural and functional markers of psychosis

Speaker:
Dr. Richard Bethlehem - Assistant Professor in Neuroinformatics, and Director of neuroimaging, Autism Research Centre University of Cambridge

11.15-11.30

Panel discussion, Q&A

Panel discussion, Q&A

Panel discussion, Q&A

11.30-12.15

Prayer break and Lunch

12.15-1.00

Wellbeing activity - practical tips (not online): The Golden Triangle of Wellbeing
Divya De Souza, CNS, HMC, Sarab Al Azzawi, Dietitian, HMC, Premalatha K David, physiotherapist HMC

Rooms: Salwa 1 & 2

13.00-13.30

Plenary 7

Room: Al Majlis

Trauma informed care in psychiatry

Speaker: Dr. Waqar, Sidra Medicine

Chair - Dr Najla Abdul Kader Al-Haj

13.30-14.00

Plenary 8

Room: Al Majlis

Transforming Mental Health for All

Speaker: Dr Khalid Saeed, Regional Advisor, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Programme, World Health Organization

Chair - Dr. Nirvana Chandrappa

Session 5

Stream 1
Rooms: Salwa 1 & 2

Migrant Mental Health

Stream 2
Room: Al Majlis

Community Psychiatry Advances

Stream 3
Room: Al Rayyan

Psychiatric treatments Masterclass

Chair:

Dr. Yousaf Iqbal

Consultant Psychiatrist, Assistant Psychiatry Residency program director, HMC

Dr. Mohamed Ali Siddiq

Senior Consultant psychiatrist Community Service, HMC

Dr Abdalla Khairi 

Consultant psychiatry HMC

14.00-14.25

Psychiatric morbidity in lower-skilled migrants attending outpatient clinics in Qatar

Speaker:
Dr. Javed Latoo - Senior consultant psychiatrist HMC, clinical director of psychiatric services at HMGH and Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry QU

Integrated Psychiatry services in Primary Care

Speaker:
Dr. Samya Ahmad Al-Abdulla - Senior Consultant Family Physician, Executive Director of Operations, Primary Health Care Corporation

Advances in pharmacological treatments in psychiatry

Speaker:
Dr. Sami Ouanes - Psychiatry Specialist, HMC

14.25-14.50

Psychiatric morbidity in migrants admitted to psychiatric hospital

Speaker:
Dr. Humayun Malik - Senior Consultant psychiatrist and clinical lead for South Qatar Mental Health Services HMC

Utilisation of clozapine and its impact on clinical and functional recovery of community team service users

Speakers:
Dr. Dalia Albahari - Psychiatry Specialist, HMC

Mr. Ahmed Younes - Ambulance Paramedic, HMC
Ms. Diala Shahin - Head Nurse, HMC
Ms. Samah Zinel El Seginy - Charge Nurse, HMC


The introduction of an integrated approach to achieve social inclusion and recovery among patients with mental illness

Speakers:
Dr. Maram Ahmed - Psychiatry Specialist, HMC

Dr. Hadeel Mohamed - Medical Resident, HMC

Neuromodulation in Psychiatry
Speaker:
Professor Marivan Husni - Chair Department of Psychiatry, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain

14.50-15.15

Afghan Refugee Mental health

Speaker:
Dr. Abdul Waheed Khan - Associate Consultant Psychiatrist, HMC

Returned Back Unused Medication- eliminating risks

Speaker: Dr. Iman Saeed Ahmed Saeid - Consultant Psychiatrist

Impact of Telehealth Use on Clinic “No Show” Rates

Speakers:
Mr. Eslam Maher - Graduate Registered Nurse, HMC 

Dr. Mohamed Faisal - Clinical Fellow, HMC

Psychotherapy advances

Speaker:
Dr. Saleem Al Nuaimi -

Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist CAMHS, HMC

15.15-15.30

Panel discussion, Q&A

Panel discussion, Q&A

Panel discussion, Q&A

15.30-15.45

Refreshments break

15.40-15.55

Wellbeing activity: 10-minute stretching for office workers (not online)

Rooms: Salwa 1 & 2

Session 6

Stream 1
Rooms: Salwa 1 & 2

The way forward- Engagement and empowerment

Stream 3
Room: Al Majlis

Learning Disability Advances

Stream 3
Room: Al Rayyan

Invited abstracts and oral presentations

Chair:

Mr. Iain Tulley

CEO of Mental Health Service, HMC and National Lead for Mental health strategy 

Dr. Hesham Rustom

Consultant Psychiatrist, HMC

Dr. James Currie

Consultant Psychiatrist, HMC

16.00-16.25

Oral presentation

Frontline health care professional support from National Mental Health Helpline - overview and lessons learnt

Speaker:
Ms. Katja Warwick-Smith - Assistant Executive Director, Mental Health Service, HMC


Services for people with learning disabilities and autism in Qatar

Speaker:
Dr. Mohamad Tolefat - Medical Director of AL Shafallah

Stress Levels and Coping Strategies of Families of Adults with Intellectual Disability and Challenging Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Qatar

Speaker:
Dr. Mohamed El Tahir - Senior Consultant psychiatrist, HMC


COVID-19 pandemic fears and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in adolescents with pre-existing mental disorders: An exploratory cross-sectional study

Speaker:
Dr. Yahiya Albobali - Child and adolescent psychiatrist, HMC

16.25-16.50

Oral presentation

What does the Qatar society want from health care services?

Speaker:
Ms. Najla Al Kuwari - Young Mothers Qatar

A Diagnostic Approach for Intellectual Disability in the Genomic Era

Speaker:
Dr. Tawfeg Ben-Omran - Head, Clinical and Metabolic Genetics HMC and A/Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College

A Guideline Review on Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: A Focus on Clozapine and otherPharmacotherapeutic Strategies

Speaker:
Ms. Oraib Abdallah - Clinical Pharmacist & Pharmacy MH Research Officer, HMC

Prevalence, median time, and associated factors with the likelihood of initial antidepressant change: a cross-sectional study in Qatar

Speaker:
Ms. Nervana Elbakary - Clinical Pharmacist, HMC

16.50-17.15

Oral presentation

Regional coalition on stigma with support from those with lived experience - A way forward

Speaker:
Dr Dalia Elasi, World Health Organization

Mental health comorbidity in adults with intellectual disability

Speaker:
Dr. Mohamed Ali - Fellow in Intellectual disability, Psychiatry Department HMC

Mental Health Prescribers Perceptions on the use of Pharmacogenetic Testing in the management of Depression in the Middle East and North Africa Region

Speaker:
Ms. Shimaa Aboelbaha - Clinical Pharmacist, Research Assistant, Qatar University

Relationship between mental health help seeking and attitude and preferences for therapist characteristics around Arab population in Qatar

Speaker:
Ms. Noura Idris
- MSc Clinical Psychology Candidate, Doha Institute for graduate studies Qatar

17.15-17.30

Panel discussion, Q&A

Panel discussion, Q&A

Panel discussion, Q&A

17.30-17.45

Poster winners - Awards Presentation hosted by Dr. Majid Al Abdulla

End of conference