7 am to 8.30 am

8 am to 8.20 am

Registration and coffee

Tai Chi session for delegates in the hotel garden

8.30am to 9:35am

Plenary Lectures
Chair: Prof. Peter Woodruff
Room: Al Majlis Hall

8.35am to 9.05am

Plenary lecture 1

Title: We Need To Talk About Nigel

Speaker: Prof. Simon Wessely

9.05am to 9.35am

Plenary lecture 2

Title: Physical Activity: The Bridge Between Physical and Mental Health

Speaker: Prof. Michel Probst

9.35am to 10.00am      

Morning Coffee Break

Parallel Panels: attendees should select to attend either Panel A or B or C

10:00am to 11:30am 

Panel A: Risk Reduction in Mental Health
Chair: Katja Warwick-Smith
Room: Al Majlis Hall

10am to 10.25am

Title: Delusions, Explaining an Association with Violence

Speaker: Prof. Pamela Taylor

10.25am to 10.50am

Title: Promoting Medication Adherence, Engaging Patients

Speaker:  Dr. Jacintha Cauffield

10.50am to 11.15am    

Title: Nursing Role in Risk Reduction

Speaker:  Prof. Maritta Valimaki  

11.15am to 11.30am    

Q&A

10.00am to 11.30am   

Panel B: Art and Mental Health (Healing and expression)
Chair: Dr. Aicha Hind Al-Rifai 
Room: Al Rayyan Hall

10am to 10.25am

Title: Trigger Warning: Literature IS Life

Speaker: Dr. Rodney Sharkey

10.25am to 10.50am

Title: Clinical Applications of Music Therapy

Speaker:  Dr. Aicha Hind Rifai

10.50am to 11.15am    

 

Title: Public Art and Mental Health: How to Curate Public Art for Hospitals

Speaker: Layla Ibrahim-Bacha

11.15am to 11.30am    

Q&A

10.00am to 11.30am   

Panel C: Addictions and Substance Misuse
Co-Chairs: Dr. Nur-Run Hussein and Dr. Steven Eickelberg
Room: Dukhan Meeting Room

10am to 10.25am

Title: Neurobiology of Addiction

Speaker: Dr. Felix Blaine

10.25am to 10.50am

Title: Evidence Based Treatment of Addiction: Medication Assisted Treatment

Speaker: Dr. Rehan Siddiquee

10.50am to 11.15am   

 

Title: CBT in Substance Use Disorders

Speaker: Dr. Khalid Abduljabbar

11.15am to 11.30am    

Q&A

11.30am to 11.50am

 

Poster Presentation

Yoga session
Ms. Leema Sony

Room: Al-Nakhil

Mindfulness session
Ms. Donna Gala

Room: Al-Basir

Spirituality session

Mr Eltorky
Mr Younis
Dr Ibrahim
Dr Elzamzamy
Dr Wadoo
Dr Altohami

Room: Prayer area

11.50 am to 1pm     

Lunch Break and Friday Prayer

* The Khutbah will be delivered by Dr. Khalid Elzamzamy

1.05 pm to 2.05 pm

Plenary Lectures
Chair: Dr. Mohammad Ahmed
Room: Al Majlis Hall

1:05pm to 1.35pm    

Plenary lecture 3

Title: Inflammation and Mental Illness

Speaker: Prof. Edward Bullmore

1.35pm to 2.05pm

Plenary lecture 4

Title: Integration of Compassion Focussed Therapy in the treatment of eating disorders

Speaker: Dr. Thomas Midgley

5 minute transition break

Parallel Panels: attendees should select to attend either Panel A or B or C

2.10 pm to 3.40 pm    

Panel A: Forensic Mental Health Services: An international Perspective
Chair: Dr Shuja Reagu
Room: Dukhan Meeting Room

2.10 pm to 2.35 pm    

Title: Risk, Recovery and Research in Forensic Psychiatry, A UK Perspective

Speaker: Prof. Pamela Taylor

2.35 pm to 3 pm    

Title: The Development of Forensic Psychiatry Services in Qatar. Story so far

Speaker: Dr. Mohamed A. Ibrahim

3 pm to 3.25 pm

Title: Forensic Psychiatry services in Kuwait

Speaker: Dr. Abdulmohsen Alhumoud

3.25 pm to 3.40 pm

Q&A

2.10 pm to 3.40 pm    

Panel B:  Students and Trainees’ Mental Health
Chair: Dr. Hassen Al-Amin
Room: Al Majlis Hall

2.10 pm to 2.35 pm    

Title: Medical Students Health and Wellbeing - Today's Challenges

Speaker: Dr. Mohamud A. Verjee

2.35 pm to 3 pm    

Title: University Students’ Mental Health: The QF Experience

Speaker: Dr. Mahnaz Moussawi

3 pm to 3.25 pm

Title: Residents’ Mental Health: HMC Experience

Speaker: Dr Margaret Allen

3.25 pm to 3.40 pm

Q&A

2.10 pm to 3.40 pm    

Panel C:  Mental Health in Primary Care
Chair: Dr. Ovais Wadoo
Room: Al Rayyan Hall

2.10 pm to 2.35 pm    

Title: Integrating Mental Health into Primary Care

Speaker: Dr. Samya Ahmad Al-Abdulla

2.35 pm to 3 pm    

Title: Management of Common Mental Health Conditions in Primary Health Care

Speaker: Dr. Ahmed Othman AA Bawazir

3 pm to 3.25 pm

Title: Psychotropic Medications in Primary Care

Speaker: Badreldine Elsheik

3.25 pm to 3.40 pm

Q&A

3.30 pm to 4 pm     

Coffee Break

Parallel Panels: attendees should select to attend either Panel A or B or C

4 pm to 5.30pm                   

Panel A (Oral presentations)
Psychiatry of Old age
Chair: Dr. Mohammad Albanna
Room: Al Majlis Hall

4 pm to 4.25pm  

Title 1: Islam and mental disorders of the elderly: Religious texts, beliefs system and caregiving practices

Speaker: Dr. Suhad Daher-Nashif

4.25pm to 4.50pm

Title 2: Profile of Long-Term Care Facility Residents with Mental Disorders and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias

Speaker: Vahe Kehyayan

4.50pm to 5.15pm

Title 3: Assessment and Management of Dementia based on HMC clinical Guidelines

Speaker: Dr. Sanabel Alakras

5.15pm to 5.30pm

Q&A

4 pm to 5.30pm                

Panel B (Oral presentations)
Training and Education
Chair: Dr. May AlMeraisi
Room: Dukhan Meeting Room

4 pm to 4.25pm  

Title 1: Mental health training for Family Physicians and implication for successful integration of mental health into primary care

Speaker: Dr. Ovais Wadoo

4.25pm to 4.50pm

Title 2: The Multi-Level Impact of a Stress Management Intervention on Medical Residents

Speaker: Dr. Abdelhamid Afana

4.50pm to 5.15pm

Title 3: Audit on adherence to weekly individual supervision for psychiatry residents

Speaker: Dr. Ibrahim Makki

5.15pm to 5.30pm

Q&A

4 pm to 5.30pm                        

Panel C (Oral presentations)
Qatar Epidemiological Studies
Chair: Prof. Peter Haddad
Room: Al Rayyan Hall

4 pm to 4.25pm  

Title 1: Screening for Major Risk Alleles for Schizophrenia in Qatari population

Speaker: Dr. Hassen Alamin

4.25pm to 4.50pm

Title 2: Immigration and Psychosis in the population residing in Qatar: A retrospective study

Speaker: Arij Yehya

4.50pm to 5.15pm

Title 3: Readmissions rates and associated factors in mental health hospital Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar, Doha

Speaker: Dr. Nahid Fadul

5.15pm to 5.30pm

Q&A