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
C
hair: Ms. Deborah Nelson
Room: Al Majlis Hall

8.35am to 9.05am

Plenary lecture 1

Title: Gaming to Support Cognitive Function in Schizophrenia, Opportunities for the Future

Speaker: Prof. Maritta Valimaki

9.05am to 9:35am

Plenary lecture 2

Title: Social Determinants of Mental Health Among Women

Speaker: Dr. Jane Fisher

9.35am to 10am

Coffee Break

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

10am to 11.30am

Panel A: Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Challenges and future direction)
Chair:  Dr. Yasser Khan
Room: Al Rayyan Hall

10am to 10.25am

Title 1: Exploring the impact of food on the developing brain

Speaker: Dr Saleem Alnuaimi

10.25am to 10.50am

Title 2: Managing the interface between clinical health and mental health services at Sidra Medicine

Speaker:  Dr. Atif Magbool

10.50am to 11.15am

 

Title 3: Psychological Approach to Psychosomatic Medicine

Speaker: Ms. Bindu Saleem

11.15am to 11.30am

Q&A

10am to 11.30am

Panel B: Contribution of Islamic Civilization to Medicine and Mental Health
Chair: Dr. Mohammad A. Ibrahim
Room: Al Majlis Hall

10am to 10.25am

Title: The Key to Medicine and a Guide for Students: Relevance of Ibn Hindu for the Teaching of Medicine Today

Speaker: Dr. Hassen Al-Amin

10.25am to 10.50am

Title: Islamic Medical Ethics A Thousand Years Ago

Speaker: Dr. Khalid Elzamzamy

10.50am to 11.15am       

 

Title: A Psychiatric Manuscript From 9th-10th Century

Speaker: Dr. Mamoun Mobayed

11.15am to 11.30am       

Q&A

10am to 11.30am

Panel C (Oral presentations)
Innovations and future directions in mental health
Chair: Dr. Ameera Al-Kharaz
Room: Dukhan Meeting Room

10:00 am to 10:15am    

 

Title 1: Exergame to reduce depression in dialysis patients: A randomized controlled trial

Speaker: Dr. Abdullah Hamad

10:15am to 10:30 am    

 

Title 2: Improving the Quality of Services through Client Satisfaction Survey in Acute Care Mental Health Service

Speaker: Mr. Ashok Bhagat

10:30am to 10.45 am    

 

Title 3: Corneal confocal microscopy detects neurodegeneration in schizophrenia

Speaker: Reem Ibrahim

10.45am to 11:00 am     

 

Title 4: The formal institutional framing of mental health and mental illness in Qatar: the power of written discourses

Speaker: Dr. Suhad Daher-Nashif

11:00am to 11:15 am  

 

Title 5: Profile of Omani Adolescents Hospitalized at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH) for Mood Disorders and The Lunar Phase at the Time of their Admission

Speaker Dr. Azza Al Mashaikhi

11:15 am to 11:30 am 

Q&A

11.30 am to 11.50 am

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

11.50am to 12.55pm      

Lunch and Prayer Break

 

12.55pm to 2pm

Plenary lectures
Chair: Dr. Ahmed Sorour
Room: Al Majlis Hall

1pm to 1.30pm   

Plenary lecture 3

Title: Everything You Need to Know About Unexplained Symptoms, But Were Afraid To Ask

Speaker: Prof. Simon Wessely

1.30pm to 2pm     

Plenary lecture 4

Title: Hallucinations and Strong Priors

Speaker: Dr. Philip Corlett

5 minute transition break

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

2.05 pm to 3.35 pm    

Panel A (Oral presentations)
Prescribing in Mental Health
Chair: Dr. Wesam Smidi
Room: Al Rayyan Hall

2.05 pm to 2.30 pm    

Title 1: Prescription Patterns of Antipsychotics in Qatar

Speaker: Dr. Sami Ouanes

2.30 pm to 2.55 pm    

Title 2: Auditing the trends of Psychotropic medications prescribing for patients with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) in Mental Health Services (MHS) in Qatar

Speaker: Dr. Hesham Rustom

2.55 pm to 3.20 pm

Title 3: The impact of Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship Program AMSP in Mental Health Service in Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Speaker: Dr. Noriya Alkhuzaei

3.20 pm to 3.35 pm

Q&A

2.05 pm to 3.35 pm    

Panel B (Oral presentations)
Insomnia Masterclass
Chair: Dr. Mahmoud Fakhra
Room: Al Majlis Hall

2.05 pm to 2.30 pm    

Title 1: Prevalence and Potential Determinants of Insomnia Disorder in the General Population of Qatar

Speaker: Dr. Salma Khaled

2.30 pm to 2.55 pm    

Title 2: The association between depression and insomnia disorder in general population of Qatar: the role of inflammatory disease

Speaker: Dr. Salma Khaled

2.55 pm to 3.20 pm

Title 3: Distressed, depressed, and did not seek mental health care: a Canadian representative survey.

Speaker: Ms. Doaa Farid

3.20 pm to 3.35 pm

Q&A

2.05 pm to 3.35 pm    

Panel C (Oral presentations)
Mental Health, diet and metabolism
Chair:  Dr. Ahmad Alamin Mustafa
Room: Dukhan Meeting Room

2.05 pm to 2.30 pm    

Title 1: Quality of Diabetes Care in Patients with Schizophrenia: A Case-Control Study.

Speaker: Dr. Mustafa Abdulkarim

2.30 pm to 2.55 pm    

Title 2: Depression among Traumatic Brain Injury patients and its relation to dietary antioxidants adequacy

Speaker: Dr. Ghazi Daradkeh

2.55 pm to 3.20 pm

Title 3: Evaluation of cardiovascular risk in individuals with serious mental illness

Speaker: Dr. Monica Zolezzi

3.20 pm to 3.35 pm

Q&A

3.35pm to 4pm             

Coffee Break

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

4 pm to 5.05pm

Panel A: Understanding Psychosis
Chair: Dr. James Currie
Room: Al Rayyan Hall

4 pm to 4.25pm

Title: Brain Networks and Mental Illness

Speaker: Prof. Edward Bullmore

4.25 pm to 4.50pm

Title: From Prediction Error to Delusions

Speaker: Prof. Philip Corlett

4.50 pm to 5.05 pm        

Q&A

4 pm to 5.05pm

Panel B: The Ethics and Law of Mental Health in a Multicultural Society
Chairs: Prof Barry Solaiman and Dr. Ali Eltohami
Room: Al Majlis Hall

4 pm to 4.25pm        

Title: Analyzing Legal Challenges of Mental Health Practice in Qatar

Speaker: Prof. Barry Solaiman

4.25 pm to 4.50pm

Title: Between Islamic Values and Professional Ethics: Exploring Ethical Dilemmas in Mental Health Practice

Speaker: Dr. Khalid Elzamzamy

4.50 pm to 5.05 pm        

Q&A

4 pm to 5.05pm

Panel C: Pharmacotherapy
Chair: Mr. Yassin El-Torki
Room: Dukhan Meeting Room

4 pm to 4.25pm        

Title: Treatment Resistant Depression: Second Generation Antidepressants and Esketamine

Speaker: Dr. Jacintha Cauffield

4.25 pm to 4.50pm

Title: Doping in sports

Speaker: Dr. Naser Al-Ansari

4.50 pm to 5.05 pm        

Q&A

5.05 pm to 5.20pm        

Best Poster Presenter Awards Ceremony
Followed by Closing Remarks
Room: Al Majlis Hall