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Doha, 10 December 2013: Qatar’s first Mental Health Student Competition launched in September has been won by a team of pharmacy students from Qatar University for their campaign about Postpartum Depression.
The competition is an Academic Health System clinical sub-committee initiative. The AHS is a dynamic nationwide network integrating research, education and clinical care to improve patient care and deliver innovative healthcare solutions.
Eight partners work collaboratively with the AHS: Hamad Medical Corporation, Sidra Medical and Research Center, Weill Cornell Medical College Qatar, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, the College of the North Atlantic-Qatar, the Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar University and the University of Calgary-Qatar.
Running as a collaborative project, the Mental Health competition was open to students from the University of Calgary - Qatar, WCMC, Qatar University and the College of the North Atlantic. It was supported by student counselors and subject matter experts from Hamad Medical Corporation’s Psychiatry Department.
The winners were announced at the International Psychiatry Symposium at the St Regis hotel in Doha earlier this month. The judging panel included: Naif Al-Malki, Founder of Qatar Youth Foundation, Dr Mahmoud Aborabeh, Resident at HMC’s Psychiatry Department and Fatema Yadegari, Case Manager at HMC’s Psychiatry Department. Two teams from the University of Calgary-Qatar were also highly recommended for their contributions.
The eight finalists in the competition were applauded for their creativity, focus and huge commitment. Ms Fatemeh Yadegari, said: ‘It was hard to pick a winner, everyone was brilliant and everyone is a star however, there were some stars that shone brighter’
Competitors were asked to choose a theme and work on an original idea to raise awareness about mental health. Eight finalists were then selected to work with a professional design team to develop their ideas into campaign pieces to present to the judges and showcase at the St Regis hotel.
A student who participated in the competition commented that they hoped their work would have a positive impact on mental health in Qatar.
Another student stressed the importance of the project based on their own personal experience: “I’ve experienced Postpartum Depression (PPD) and I wanted to help increase awareness of it.”
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