Thursday, 25 May 2023: Pre-conference workshop day

8.00 am

Registration opens

Time

Topic

9.00 - 12.15 Morning workshops

Workshop 1 

(Salwa 1)

Title: Basic assessment and management of Patients with substance abuse in different settings

Target audience:

Psychiatrists, Psychiatry residents, nurses, psychologists, social workers

Learning objectives:

After attending the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Appreciate the nature of challenges and opportunities in addressing substance abuse within the cultural context
• Undertake an assessment of a patient with substance abuse
• Apply evidence-based strategies in the assessment and management of the patient with substance abuse

• Dr Nirvana Swamy Kudlur Chandrappa, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Lead Umm Slal Rehab and treatment center HMC
  
  
• Dr. Rehan Siddiqui,
  Acting CMO and Director of Psychiatry, Naufar
  
  
• Ms. Sundus Sohail Khan, Clinical Psychologist, Umm Salal Rehab and treatment center

Workshop 2 

(Salwa 2)

Title: Food and Mood (Emotional/ Disordered Eating)

Target audience

Clinical practitioners in public and private healthcare organizations who might work with children and adolescents with eating-related challenges. Caregivers of children and adolescents with eating-related challenges. 

Learning objectives:

After attending this workshop, the participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate understanding on the variety of challenges an individual may have in relation to food and eating
• Critically appraise opportunities to prevent the development of unhealthy eating habits/eating disorders
• Support others towards healthier ways to deal with stress, emotions, triggers and cravings by adopting suitable coping mechanisms and eating patterns.

• Ms. Lina Nour,
  Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), HMC 
  
  
• Ms. Iman Osama AlHomsi,
  Assistant Clinical Dietitian, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), HMC

Workshop 3 

(Salwa 3)

Title: Mental capacity assessment in health care settings; routine, emergency and vulnerable groups

Target audience:

Healthcare professionals of all grades, Psychiatrists, Psychiatry residents, nurses, psychologists, doctors, social workers

Learning objectives:

After attending the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Carry out an assessment of mental capacity
• Identify and manage challenges related to mental capacity in vulnerable populations
• Describe considerations in capacity assessment in different clinical settings

• Dr. Shuja Reagu,
  Senior Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director for Hospital Services, HMC
  
  
• Dr. Mariam Baccar,
  Clinical Fellow, HMC
  
  
• Dr. Yasser Saeed Khan, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Lead for CAMHS, HMC

Workshop 4 

(Dukhan)

Title: "Positive Behavior Support: managing severe challenging behavior in adult disabled patients"

Target audience:

Nurses, residents, fellows, consultants, allied health professionals, and psychologists.

Learning objectives:

After attending the workshop, the participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate understanding of the primary uses, core elements and different stages of intervention in PBS
• Critically appraise the nature of challenging behaviour and its causes
• Apply to clinical practice a PBS plan with evidence based therapeutic interventions as appropriate in the patient’s stage

• Dr. Mohamed Ali,
  Fellow in Intellectual disability, Psychiatry department, HMC
  
  
• Mr. Idris Fornah, Clinical Nurse Specialist, learning disability, HMC 

Workshop 5 

(Al Rayyan)

Title: Psychiatric Manifestation in medical conditions- Mental Health Patient in a General Hospital Setting

Target Audiences:

Physicians (all Grades), nurses and allied health Professionals

Learning Objectives:

After attending the workshop, the participants will be able to:

• Articulate knowledge on the overview of the clinical picture and etiological factors of stroke syndrome, including evaluation of the magnitude of various neuropsychiatric disorders post stroke such as depression, anxiety, mania and psychosis and apathy.
• Undertake comprehensive assessment and management of delirium in general hospitals, including the role of psychiatry and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Articulate a comprehensive overview of ischemic stroke assessment and management, including the context of stroke foundation guidelines for secondary prevention after acute stroke.
• Incorporate evidence-based strategies to multidisciplinary team management of these patients within their clinical context and with consideration of the scope of neurorehabilitation.

• Dr. Saeed Takish Saeed,
  Consultant stroke medicine and Assistant professor QU.
  
  
• Dr. Zerak Al-Salihy,
  Senior consultant Old age psychiatrist and Assistant professor WCMC
  
  
• Dr. Sonia Ayadi,
  Neuropsychologist in HMC

12.15-13.00

End of morning workshops

Refreshments, registration open for afternoon workshops