Prof Madanmohan, Director Professor of Physiology in JIPMER, Pondicherry, India is a pioneer in integrating yoga and modern medicine. He had given yog training to many batches of medical students, school children, police personnel and hospital patients with the aim of determining the effectiveness of yog as a health-promoting and therapeutic intervention.
The results had been gratifying and many papers published in indexed journals. It was however his heart’s desire to introduce yog to medical students as a branch of physiology and contemporary medicine. The opportunity came with financial support from Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New Delhi. With the aim of motivating 30 students to join the initial programme, he took introductory lecture for the batch of 2008.
However, after the introductory lecture, many students wanted to join and he enlisted the entire batch (n=100) for the programme.
The objectives of the programme were:
1. To promote awareness among medical students about the effectiveness of yog as an inexpensive means for achieving holistic health.
2. To impart knowledge, skill & attitude about the theoretical & practical aspects of yogic science.
3. To motivate medical students to take up further studies, therapy & research in yog.
4. To introduce yog in medical curriculum as a branch of physiology & contemporary medicine.
Report on the CME on “Sleep, consciousness and meditation: neurophysiological...Yogacharya AB Bhavanani
A report on the CME on “Sleep, consciousness and meditation: neurophysiological correlates” held 27 Nov 2014 at Pondicherry, India. It was organised by the Department of Physiology & Centre for Yoga Therapy, Education and Research (CYTER) MAHATMA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SRI BALAJI VIDYAPEETH UNIVERSITY, PUDUCHERRY)
CME on SLEEP, CONSCIOUSNESS & MEDITATION: NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATESYogacharya AB Bhavanani
CME on SLEEP, CONSCIOUSNESS & MEDITATION: NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES
Organized by Department of Physiology and CYTER
Thursday, 27 November 2014 at MGMC & RI, Pondicherry.
Pranic Healing is a highly developed and tested system of energy healing that utilizes prana to balance, harmonize and transform the body's energy processes. Prana is a Sanskrit word that means life-force. This invisible bio-energy or vital energy keeps the body alive and maintains a state of good health. In acupuncture, the Chinese refer to this subtle energy as Chi. It is also called Ruah or the Breath of Life in the Old Testament.
Prof Madanmohan, Director Professor of Physiology in JIPMER, Pondicherry, India is a pioneer in integrating yoga and modern medicine. He had given yog training to many batches of medical students, school children, police personnel and hospital patients with the aim of determining the effectiveness of yog as a health-promoting and therapeutic intervention.
The results had been gratifying and many papers published in indexed journals. It was however his heart’s desire to introduce yog to medical students as a branch of physiology and contemporary medicine. The opportunity came with financial support from Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New Delhi. With the aim of motivating 30 students to join the initial programme, he took introductory lecture for the batch of 2008.
However, after the introductory lecture, many students wanted to join and he enlisted the entire batch (n=100) for the programme.
The objectives of the programme were:
1. To promote awareness among medical students about the effectiveness of yog as an inexpensive means for achieving holistic health.
2. To impart knowledge, skill & attitude about the theoretical & practical aspects of yogic science.
3. To motivate medical students to take up further studies, therapy & research in yog.
4. To introduce yog in medical curriculum as a branch of physiology & contemporary medicine.
Report on the CME on “Sleep, consciousness and meditation: neurophysiological...Yogacharya AB Bhavanani
A report on the CME on “Sleep, consciousness and meditation: neurophysiological correlates” held 27 Nov 2014 at Pondicherry, India. It was organised by the Department of Physiology & Centre for Yoga Therapy, Education and Research (CYTER) MAHATMA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SRI BALAJI VIDYAPEETH UNIVERSITY, PUDUCHERRY)
CME on SLEEP, CONSCIOUSNESS & MEDITATION: NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATESYogacharya AB Bhavanani
CME on SLEEP, CONSCIOUSNESS & MEDITATION: NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES
Organized by Department of Physiology and CYTER
Thursday, 27 November 2014 at MGMC & RI, Pondicherry.
Pranic Healing is a highly developed and tested system of energy healing that utilizes prana to balance, harmonize and transform the body's energy processes. Prana is a Sanskrit word that means life-force. This invisible bio-energy or vital energy keeps the body alive and maintains a state of good health. In acupuncture, the Chinese refer to this subtle energy as Chi. It is also called Ruah or the Breath of Life in the Old Testament.
Yoga as a mode of therapy has become extremely popular, and a great number of studies and systematic reviews offer scientific evidence of its potential in treating a wide range of psychosomatic conditions. Healthy life can be considered as a by-product of practicing yogic techniques since it has been observed that yoga practitioners are physically and mentally healthier and have better coping skills to stressors than the normal population. This review paper details some of the health promoting benefits of yoga as well as discusses the important cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal and metabolic conditions in which it may have preventive, supportive, curative and rehabilitative potential. Role of yoga in stress, mental health, cancer, pregnancy and childhood are also detailed. Mechanisms for such beneficial physiological, biochemical and psychological effects are discussed. Psycho-neuro-endocrine changes including correction of GABAergic activity, and parasympathetic activation coupled with decreased reactivity of sympathoadrenal system and HPA axis are highlighted. Changes in the various evaluated parameters for different conditions are detailed and discussed with ample references. Though most studies and reviews suggest a number of areas where yoga may be beneficial, more research is required for virtually every one of them to establish their benefits conclusively. This is true in the process of introducing any new therapy into the modern health care system and is not surprising when we consider that the proper studies on yoga as a therapeutic modality are not older than a few decades. It is important to develop objective measures of various mind-body therapies and their techniques while including them in intervention trials. An overview is given of the lacunae present in the reviewed studies and suggestions given for improvements in future studies. In conclusion, we can say that yoga has preventive, promotive as well as curative potential and that a yogic lifestyle confers many advantages to the practitioner. Since lifestyle related diseases are alarmingly on the rise in our modern society, yogic lifestyle that is cost effective and relatively safe, should be given a special place in preventing and managing these diseases.
Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani's invited presentation for the Golden Jubilee International Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society, Southern Region – 2017 at MGMCRI, Puducherry on 4th and 5th July 2017.
An invited talk by Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani for the Annual Scientic Society meet of Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Pondicherry on 16 December 2016
Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani's invited talk at the 23rd International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga Research & its Applications. 3 - 6 January 2020. S-VYASA Deemed to be University, Bangalore, India
TCM qigong and self-healing in cancer recovery qigong4us
Most current cancer treatments focus on the cancer itself, but little on the internal environment that cultivated cancer growth in the first place, such as the stress and anxiety, cancer-phobia, emotional disturbance, relationship issues, life-style, nutrition, and purpose in life, etc. which may lead to cancer growth or recurrence. The self-healing retreat in University of Maryland is going to introduce the latest breakthrough in cancer therapy – YOU (the patient’s self-care and self-empowerment)!
Effectiveness of Yoga on Mental Health of Studentsijtsrd
Mental health is mainly concerned with the maintenance of the health of human mind. Along with physical health to maintain a balance state of mind is very important. Today keeping up mental health is one of the serious problems of the entire world. Due to rapid growth of industrialization and modernization, an individual often fails to maintain a balance himself and his social circumstances. “Mental health is the full and harmonious functioning of the whole personality- Hadfield . Yoga is one of India’s most amazing gifts to mankind. It is the science of yoga which helps to develop a person in all the aspects of life such as physical, mental, emotional, moral, spiritual development etc. This chapter summarizes the recent research evidence based on effects of yoga on mental health of the students. Present chapter highlights the meaning of yoga, different yogic practices, importance of yoga to maintain a healthy lifestyle, benefits of yoga. These research reviews give an idea about several areas where yoga may be beneficial for the student as well as for the people of the society. More research article is required urgently on this relevant topic. Rimjhim Sharma "Effectiveness of Yoga on Mental Health of Students" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46263.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/46263/effectiveness-of-yoga-on-mental-health-of-students/rimjhim-sharma
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Dr Ananda's review of "MUDRA, THE SACRED SECRET", a new book by Indu Arora. Yogacharya AB Bhavanani
Dr Ananda's review of "MUDRA, THE SACRED SECRET", a new book by Indu Arora. In this masterpiece, Indu Arora has explored the length and breadth of Hasta Mudras as perceived through different cultural and spiritual traditions including Yoga, Tantra, Sanathana Dharma, Buddhism and Indian Classical Dance. She traces the origin and history of Mudra with adequate textual references and appropriate quotations that explore the spirituality, psychology, philosophy and science of Mudra.
Yoga as a mode of therapy has become extremely popular, and a great number of studies and systematic reviews offer scientific evidence of its potential in treating a wide range of psychosomatic conditions. Healthy life can be considered as a by-product of practicing yogic techniques since it has been observed that yoga practitioners are physically and mentally healthier and have better coping skills to stressors than the normal population. This review paper details some of the health promoting benefits of yoga as well as discusses the important cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal and metabolic conditions in which it may have preventive, supportive, curative and rehabilitative potential. Role of yoga in stress, mental health, cancer, pregnancy and childhood are also detailed. Mechanisms for such beneficial physiological, biochemical and psychological effects are discussed. Psycho-neuro-endocrine changes including correction of GABAergic activity, and parasympathetic activation coupled with decreased reactivity of sympathoadrenal system and HPA axis are highlighted. Changes in the various evaluated parameters for different conditions are detailed and discussed with ample references. Though most studies and reviews suggest a number of areas where yoga may be beneficial, more research is required for virtually every one of them to establish their benefits conclusively. This is true in the process of introducing any new therapy into the modern health care system and is not surprising when we consider that the proper studies on yoga as a therapeutic modality are not older than a few decades. It is important to develop objective measures of various mind-body therapies and their techniques while including them in intervention trials. An overview is given of the lacunae present in the reviewed studies and suggestions given for improvements in future studies. In conclusion, we can say that yoga has preventive, promotive as well as curative potential and that a yogic lifestyle confers many advantages to the practitioner. Since lifestyle related diseases are alarmingly on the rise in our modern society, yogic lifestyle that is cost effective and relatively safe, should be given a special place in preventing and managing these diseases.
Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani's invited presentation for the Golden Jubilee International Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society, Southern Region – 2017 at MGMCRI, Puducherry on 4th and 5th July 2017.
An invited talk by Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani for the Annual Scientic Society meet of Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Pondicherry on 16 December 2016
Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani's invited talk at the 23rd International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga Research & its Applications. 3 - 6 January 2020. S-VYASA Deemed to be University, Bangalore, India
TCM qigong and self-healing in cancer recovery qigong4us
Most current cancer treatments focus on the cancer itself, but little on the internal environment that cultivated cancer growth in the first place, such as the stress and anxiety, cancer-phobia, emotional disturbance, relationship issues, life-style, nutrition, and purpose in life, etc. which may lead to cancer growth or recurrence. The self-healing retreat in University of Maryland is going to introduce the latest breakthrough in cancer therapy – YOU (the patient’s self-care and self-empowerment)!
Effectiveness of Yoga on Mental Health of Studentsijtsrd
Mental health is mainly concerned with the maintenance of the health of human mind. Along with physical health to maintain a balance state of mind is very important. Today keeping up mental health is one of the serious problems of the entire world. Due to rapid growth of industrialization and modernization, an individual often fails to maintain a balance himself and his social circumstances. “Mental health is the full and harmonious functioning of the whole personality- Hadfield . Yoga is one of India’s most amazing gifts to mankind. It is the science of yoga which helps to develop a person in all the aspects of life such as physical, mental, emotional, moral, spiritual development etc. This chapter summarizes the recent research evidence based on effects of yoga on mental health of the students. Present chapter highlights the meaning of yoga, different yogic practices, importance of yoga to maintain a healthy lifestyle, benefits of yoga. These research reviews give an idea about several areas where yoga may be beneficial for the student as well as for the people of the society. More research article is required urgently on this relevant topic. Rimjhim Sharma "Effectiveness of Yoga on Mental Health of Students" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46263.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/46263/effectiveness-of-yoga-on-mental-health-of-students/rimjhim-sharma
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Dr Ananda's review of "MUDRA, THE SACRED SECRET", a new book by Indu Arora. Yogacharya AB Bhavanani
Dr Ananda's review of "MUDRA, THE SACRED SECRET", a new book by Indu Arora. In this masterpiece, Indu Arora has explored the length and breadth of Hasta Mudras as perceived through different cultural and spiritual traditions including Yoga, Tantra, Sanathana Dharma, Buddhism and Indian Classical Dance. She traces the origin and history of Mudra with adequate textual references and appropriate quotations that explore the spirituality, psychology, philosophy and science of Mudra.
Meditation as Medication Mastering the Art of Mindfulness (Long Version)Daryush Parvinbenam
Meditation as Medication Mastering the Art of Mindfulness (Long Version)
By: Daryush Parvinbenam M.Ed., M.A., LPCCS, LICDC
Appleseed Community Mental Health Center
R.S.V.P Conference
Sept 29, 2010
Discussion -
Symposium: Change during Psychodynamically-Oriented Treatment
APA Annual Meeting on Demand
April 17, 2020
Vincenzo Di Nicola
I was invited to be the discussant of this symposium on change i
in psychodynamic psychotherapy by three experienced psychoanalytic psychotherapists.
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Mental Health and Psychotherapy: A Comparison between Western and Islamic Scr...Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak
Advancement in the way of life and urbanization have brought many great changes in the psychological well-being of people in many parts of the world. The need to be materially affluent has pushed people in the urban settlements to unnecessary stress, anxiety, conflict, dilemma, and a whole lot of other adverse psychological states of mind. Due to these psychological problems, at times, people who mainly live in the cities, respond to these situations in a negative way ignoring completely the religious and ethical principles in life. In light of this situation, this research would like to explore the concepts of mental health and psychotherapy showcased by some selected schools in the Western mainstream psychology and Islamic scripturally based psychology. Particularly, ideas advocated by Freudian Psychoanalysis, Radical Behaviourism and Humanistic Psychology will be compared with Islamic psychology. For a better understanding on issues related to mental health, this research will marginally deal with the subject of human nature confined to the scope of this research. It is hoped that a proper understanding of the concept of mental health and its management could help people to lead a meaningful life, i.e. finding peace and harmony within themselves and in the external world. As a qualitative research, the researchers will utilize the textual-analysis method in analysing relevant data to this research.
CME ON “SLEEP, CONSCIOUSNESS AND MEDITATION: NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES”Yogacharya AB Bhavanani
The tentative program of the CME on “Sleep, Consciousness and Meditation: Neurophysiological Correlates” to be held at MGMCRI, Pondicherry on November 27th 2014.
Wellness is something we can develop. These slides include references of papers and books with strategies to develop a healthy mind extracted from the latests discoveries in neuroscience research. www.jorgeserrano.com
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
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Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...
International Psychiatric Conference
1. PROGRAMME 18TH INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIATRIC CONFERENCE
Day 1: 18th December 2010, Saturday
Pre Conference Workshops 9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Hall A Hall B
Session on CBT Session on Child Psychiatry (BPPA)
Chair: Prof. Zahid Ali Shaukat Chair: Prof. Khalida Tareen
Workshop on CBT for Psychiatrist by Workshop on Child Psychiatry by
Prof. David Kingdon Dr. Anjum Bashir
Video Conference Lecture by Dr. Nathalie Besnier on “Etifoxine: setting new stan- 12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM
dards for anxiety treatment” Moderator: Prof. M. Riaz Bhatti (Genetics)
Lunch 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Plenary Session One: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Chair 1: Prof. M. Riaz Bhatti
Chair 2: Prof. M. Shareef Chaudhry
Co Chair: Dr. Imtiaz Dogar
Secretary: Dr. Mohammad Idrees
Speakers:
18th International Psychiatric Conference
Jeffrey Geller: Integration of psychiatry to achieve awareness and prevention
Musarrat Hussain: Mental health and chronic physical illnesses-The need for contin-
ued and integral care
Syed Muhammad Sultan: Prevention of mental health
Mazhar Malik: Mental Health Services in Pakistan: Current scenario and future perspectives
Asma Humayun: Towards an undergraduate curriculum for Behavioural Sciences
Nadeem Rehman: Drug Treatment & Rehabilitation System in Pakistan- An overview
Lecture on “Managing difficult to treat patients focus on severe depression” 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
by Prof. M. Riaz Bhatti (Lundbeck)
Chair 1: Dr. Unaiza Niaz
Chair 2: Dr. Ishaque Sarhandi
Co Chair: Dr. Ajmal Kazmi
Secretary: Dr. Ghulam Rasool
Tea Break 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Plenary Session Two: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Chair 1: Prof. Musarrat Hussain
Chair 2: Dr. Mazhar Malik
Co Chair: Dr. Munir Hamirani
Secretary: Dr. Syed Ahmer & Mrs. Azam Swati
Speakers:
Anjum Bashir: Resilience, Anger and Suicidal thinking among youth in the aftermath
of a terrorist attack
Safi Afghan: Suicide prevention in Pakistan: Policy & strategic imperatives
Batool Kazim: Maternal Mental Health on Fetus and children- Implications for next generation
M Abo Saleh: Dual diagnosis: management within a psychosocial context
Tahir Sajjad [DDG]: Medical Ethics
Special Session: Disaster Psychiatry 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Chair 1: Dr. Jehanzeb Auarakzai
Chair 2: Dr. Maraim Malik
Co Chair: Dr. Asaf Khan
Secretary: Dr. Javaid Akhtar
Speakers:
Jamshaid Qureshi & Rizwan Taj: Disaster: The Pakistan Experience
William McGhee: The Pakistan earthquake experience
Arshad Hussain: Report on the effectiveness of safe schools for children in the evacuee
camps of flood survivors near Thutta, Sindh, Pakistan
2. PROGRAMME
INAUGURATION 7:30 PM- 9:00 PM
Recitation from Holy Quran
Welcome Address by Chairman Organizing Committee (Prof. Rizwan Taj)
Address and Report by Secretary General (Dr. Ishaque Sarhandi)
Address by Acting President (Dr. Khalid Mughal)
Inauguration of JPPS
Posthumous Award and Dua for Prof. Haroon Rashid Chaudhry & Dr. Farooq Khan
Address by Special Guest
Address by Chief Guest
Vote of Thanks
Dinner 9:00 PM
Day 2: 19th December 2010, Sunday
Plenary Session Three: 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Chair 1: Prof. Mubashar Malik
Chair 2: Prof. Rizwan Taj
Co Chair: Prof. M. Iqbal Afridi
Secretary: Dr. Wajid Ali Akhunzada
18th International Psychiatric Conference
Speakers:
Unaiza Niaz: Rights of women psychiatric patients
Afzal Javed: Mental health care in Asia: needs and gaps
David Kingdon: CBT for Psychosis: Past, Present and Future
Saeed Farooq: Early intervention for psychosis in developing countries – The concept
and implementation
Quaid e Azam Memorial Lecture - Pakistan and Mental Health: Challenges in new 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Millennium, A Revised Insight by Prof. Khalid Mufti
Chair: Prof. S. Haroon Ahmad
Co Chair: Dr. Anjum Bashir
Secretary: Dr. Anwar ul Haq
Tea Break 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Open Paper Session One 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Hall A Hall B
Chair: Dr. Zahid Imran Chair: Prof. Muhammad Shafeeq
Co Chair: Dr. Nisar Hussain Co Chair: Dr. Nasar Sayeed Khan
Secretary: Dr. Imran Ijaz Haider Secretary: Dr. Zahid Nazar
Speakers: Speakers:
Imtiaz Ahmad Dogar:Psychiatric co morbidity Afzal Javaid: Increasing access to mental health
in medical patients services in Kenya
M. Kashif: Frequency and duration of non- Samina Said: Ten years follow up study of 100
cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease heroin addicts
Muhammad Irfan & Syed Ahmer: Psychiatric Yasmin Faroqi & Shahira Tariq: Internet
Rating Scales in Urdu addiction and academic achievement of female
Mubashar Shah: Comparing the cerebral blood university students
flow (CBF) changes in patients diagnosed to S Mubin Akhtar: Psychiatric diagnosis among
have Dissociative Disorder with healthy controls patients with headache reported at Karachi
Javaid Akhtar: Knowledge and practice of Psychiatric Hospital
general practitioners about schizophrenia Wahab Yousafzai: Well being of medical stu-
Rizwan Khuhro: Diagnostic profile of acute dents in Pakistan
Nazish Imran: A survey of autism knowledge
psychotic illnesses, first episode
and attitudes among the healthcare professionals
in Lahore, Pakistan
Lunch and Executive Body Meeting 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
3. PROGRAMME
Parallel Sessions 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Hall A Hall B
Workshop: Special Session: Dementia
Chair: Prof. IAK Tareen Chair: Prof. Aftab Asif
Co Chair: Prof. Saeed Farooq Co Chair: Dr. Hamid Rashid Khwaja
Secretary: Dr. Sohail Ahmad Secretary: Dr. A Hameed Memon
Patient to Doctor: ‘Are You Listening? Do “Management of Neuro psychiatric symp-
You Hear Me? by Prof. Jeffrey Geller and toms in Alzheimer disease” by
Dr. Batool Kazim Prof. Khalid Mufti (Lundbeck)
followed by workshop on Dementia by
Dr. Ishaque Sarhandi, Dr. Imran Ijaz
Haider and Prof. M. Iqbal Afridi
Parallel Sessions 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Hall A Hall B
Special Session: International Psychiatry Open Paper Session Two
A Talk by Dr. Afzal Javed Chair: Prof. SM Sultan
Chair: Prof. Saad Basher Malik and Co Chair: Prof. Jamil Hussain
18th International Psychiatric Conference
Prof. Rizwan Taj Secretary: Dr. Samina Said
Co Chair: Dr. Arshad Hussain Speakers:
Secretary: Dr. Batool Kazim Jaan Alam: Frequency of domestic vio-
Discussants: lence during pregnancy among women
1. Arshad hussain (USA) presenting in antenatal clinics
2. Asaf Khan (UK) Imtiaz Ahmad Dogar: Role of physician’s
3. Anjum Bashir (UK) empathy in patient’s satisfaction
4. Khalid Mufti (Pakistan) Farooq Naeem: PTSD symptoms due to
5. S Haroon Ahmad (Pakistan) TV images in Islamabad
Muhammad Mujtaba: Prevalence of Anxi-
ety and Depression Among Medical Students
Muntazir Mehdi: Frequency of depressive
disorder in patients with HCV infection
attending medical OPD
M. Iqbal Afridi: Pattern of comorbid sub-
stance use among female psychiatric OPD
Siamah Mehmood Qureshi: Religion and
students: a sample study in Islamabad
Nasar Sayeed: Prevalence Of ADHD in
children with medical illnesses
Tea Break 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Plenary Session Four 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Chair 1: Prof. Malik Achakzai
Chair 2: Brig. Khalid Hayat
Co Chair: Dr. Afzal Javed
Secretary: Col. Khalid Mehmood
Speakers:
Jeffrey Geller: Eff ective psychiatric treatment in the context of limited resources
Muhammad Ayub: Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders. Where we are & where we are
going
Douglas Blackwood: New discoveries in the genetics of Psychosis
Muhammad Amin: Biological Psychiatry
M Abo Saleh: Recent Advances in the Treatment of Addictions
M. Nasar Sayeed Khan: Dimensions in Psychosis
4. PROGRAMME
Prof. George Papakostas Lecture on “Management of Depression: Role of Dopamine 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM
and Norepinephrine” (GSK)
Chair: Prof. Saad Bashir Malik
Co Chair: Dr. Shaheen Haye
Secretary: Dr. Inam Shabbir
General Body Meeting 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Dinner 9:00 PM
Day 3: 20th December 2010, Monday
Open Paper Session Three 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Hall A Hall B
Chair: Prof. Khalida Tareen Chair: Dr. Khalid Mughal
Co Chair: Dr. S Mubin Akhtar Co Chair: Prof. Jeffrey Geller
Secretary: Dr. Asad Nizami Secretary: Dr. Naveed Irfan
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Speakers: Speakers:
Imtiaz Ahmad Dogar: Self esteem and Laeeq Tahir: Treatment of Conversion
psychosocial factors associated with juve- Disorder- A Case Series
nile delinquency Nasar Sayeed Khan: Prevalence of anxiety
Nosheen Shaikh: Identifying and Caring and depression among doctors
for People with PTSD resulting from Jamil Junejo: A review on suicide at-
Childbirth tempters, Pakistan
Sohail Ahmad: Mental Health Ordinance Mazhar Malik & Fatima Bilal: Frequency
2001-Where do we stand in 2010? of depression and anxiety in dissociative
Khalid Mehmood: Post Traumatic Stress disorder patients reporting at a tertiary
Disorder (PTSD) in general practice care psychiatric facility of Fauji Founda-
Naila Riaz Awan: Adverse side effects of tion Hospital Rawalpindi
lithium and fasting (Ramadan) M. Iqbal Afridi: Self-Medication in Kara-
Mehrab Khan Tareen: Frequency of chi- A gender-based community survey
depression in refusal to initiate insulin Muhammad Mujtaba: Antipsychotic aug-
therapy in type-2 diabetic patients mentation to treatment resistant Obsessive
Moin Ansari: Substance use in schizo- Compulsive Disorder
phrenics; Local perspective Fahad ul Zain: Association of psychiatric
Fatima & Khalid Saeed: Psychiatric morbidity with premature ejaculation cases
morbidity among the female inmates of S Jamil Hussain: Psychiatry in Sindh,
district jail adyala Rawalpindi Services and flood
Tea Break 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
5. PROGRAMME
Open Paper Session Four 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Hall A Hall B
Chair: Mr. Muhammad Shahid Chair: Prof. Ijaz Haider
Co Chair: Prof. Aziz-ur-Rehman Co Chair: Prof. Niaz Maqsood
Secretary: Dr. Wahab Yousafzai Secretary: Dr. Darya Khan Laghari
Speakers: Speakers:
Ayesha Sarwat: ADHD subtypes and co Khadija Tahir: CBT in the treatment of
morbid disorders among children attending depression in Acid Burn Victims
psychiatry OPD in civil hospital Karachi Haider A. Naqvi: General Physicians
Saba Jaleel: Can Faith Conquer All? Resilience Opinion regarding Common Psychiatric
to Depression in Later Life: The Role of Islam Disorders: A Community Based Survey
Rameez Zafar: A survey of risk assessment from Karachi, Pakistan
skills & training amongst health professionals in Yasmin Faroqi & Faiza Rasul: Gender
Pakistan difference in perceived quality of life
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Tamkeen Malik: Behavior modification for of patients with Obsessive-Compulsive
Pakistani children with externalizing behavior Disorders
problems Saira Ijaz: Frequency of depression and
Siddiqua Aamir: Cognitive behavior therapy in anxiety among patients of renal transplant
depression Imtiaz Ahmad Dogar: Well being and
Salman Shahzad: Relationship of subjec- psychiatric status of parents of children
tive happiness with depression, anxiety with Mental Retardation in Pakistan
and stress: A correlational study Hafeez Mushtaq: Depression and home-
confinement
Concluding Session and Lunch 1:30 PM