CONGRESS COMMITTEE
CONGRESS
PRESIDENTS
Prof. Prasad Rao Gundugurti
President, Asian Federation of Psychiatrists - AFPA
Prof. Gautam Saha
Immediate Past President, SAARC Psychiatric Federation - SPF
Prof. Afzal Javed
Immediate Past President, World Psychiatric Association - WPA
Prof. Medhat Elsabbahy
President, Local Organizing Committee
Prof. Shehan Williams
President, SAARC Psychiatric Federation - SPF
Dr. Samer Makhoul
Congress Co-Chair, Consultant Psychiatrist, CEO Reem Neuroscience Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Nahida Nayaz
Congress Co-Chair, Consultant Psychiatrist, CMO SEHA Mental Health and Well-Being Services, Abu Dhabi, UAE
CONGRESS
CHIEF ADVISORS
Prof. Norman Sartorius
Switzerland
Prof. Naotaka Shinfuku
Japan
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
- Prof. Gautam Saha
- Prof. Medhat Elsabbahy
- Prof. Gundugurti Prasad Rao
- Prof. Sheehan Williams
- Prof. Dr. Saroj Prasad Ojha
- Prof. Dr. Dhana Ratna Shakya
- Prof. Tamer Metwaly, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Prof. Abdul Naser Arida, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Prof. Eman Al Houti, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Prof. Dr. Hisham Ramy, Cairo, Egypt
- Prof. Waqar Azeem, Qatar
- Prof. Nasar Sayeed Khan, Pakistan
- Prof. Golam Rabbani, Bangladesh
- Prof. E Mohandas, India
- Prof. Amrit Pattamjoshi, India
- Prof. Aleeem Siddiqui, India
- Prof. Samudra Kattarochi, Srilanka
- Prof. Ranjan Bhattacharjee, India
- Prof. Rene Semmaniga, Philippines
- Prof. Ghulam Rasool, Pakistan
- Prof. Vinay Lakra, Australia
- Prof. Akiyama Tsuyoshi, Japan
- Prof. Malcolm Hopwood, Australia
- Prof. Bong Buenaventra, Philippines
- Prof. Takahiro Kato, Japan
- Prof. Yongyud Wongpironsarn, Thailand
- Prof. Nor Zuraida Zainal, Malaysia
- Prof. I Saratchandra, India
- Prof. Swetha Reddy Sannareddy, India
- Prof. Kareem Abdel Aziz, UAE
- Prof. Syed Javaid, UAE
- Prof. Leena Amiri, UAE
- Prof. Joseph El-Khoury, Lebanon
- Prof. Mona Alrakhawy, Egypt
ADVISORY BOARD
- Prof. Ahmed Okasha, M.D., UAE
- Prof. Nahida Nayaz, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Prof. Afaf Hamed Khalil, UAE
- Prof. Alzain Abbas Omara, M.D., UAE
- Prof. Veronica Carey, USA
- Prof. Pichet Udomratn, Thailand
- Prof. Shigenobu Kanba, Japan
- Prof. Nova Riyanti Yusuf, Indonesia
- Prof. Ng Roger, Hong Kong
- Prof. Rene M. Samaniego, Philippines
- Prof. Samudra Kathriarachchi, Sri Lanka
KEY FEATURES
- State of the art lectures
- Keynote presentations by renowned speakers
- Poster presentations
- World class exhibits
- Interactive sessions
- Case discussions
- Hands-on workshops
- Platform for global networking connecting scientific community
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Prof. Gundugurti Prasad Rao, India
- Prof. Samer Makhoul, UAE
- Prof. Lakshmi Kanth Rathi, India
- Prof. Roger Man Kin NG, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Prof. Thomas Schulze, Germany
- Prof. Michel Botbol, France
- Prof. Paul Summergrad, USA
- Prof. Ghulam Rasool, Pakistan
- Prof. Khalid Mufti, Pakistan
- Prof. Ali Mufti, Pakistan
- Prof. Tarek Okasha, Egypt
- Prof. Ahsan Nazeer, Qatar
- Prof. Lakshmi Vijaykumar, India
- Prof. Alaa Haweel, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Prof. Mohamed Gamal Mousa, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Prof. Mufeed M.S. Raouf, Dubai, UAE
- Prof. Talaat Matar, RAK, UAE
- Prof. Nawfel Ayad, UAE
- Prof. Nael Mostafa, UAE
- Prof. Ahmed Al Uzair , UAE
- Prof. Mrugesh Vaishnav, India
- Prof. Shiv Gautham, India
- Prof. Mohan Issac, Australia
- Prof. Muhammad Iqbal Afridi, Pakistan
- Prof. Imtiaz Dogar, Pakistan
- Prof. Ali Burhan, Pakistan
- Prof. Mohamed Khaled, KSA
- Prof. Nor Zuraida Zainal, Malaysia
- Prof. Adrian James, UK
- Prof. Oleg Alekseevich Skugarevsky, Belarus
- Prof. Rajesh Nagpal, India
- Prof. Anees Ali, Dubai, UAE
- Prof. Mysore S. Renuka Prasad, Canada
- Prof. Bernardo Ng, USA
- Prof. Thelma Sánchez-Villanueva, Mexico
- Prof. Venugopal Jhanwar, India
- Prof. Saul Levin, USA
- Prof. Gisèle Apter, France
- Prof. Rajiv Tandon, USA
- Prof. Alka Subhramanyam, India
- Prof. Sarvada Tiwari, India
- Prof. Sandeep Grover, India
- Prof. Winston Shen, Taiwan
- Prof. BRIG Aziz Islam, Bangladesh
- Prof. Bong Buenventura, Philippines
- Prof. Sheehan Williams, Srilanka
- Prof. Nova Riyanthi Yousof, Indonesia
- Prof. Samia Abul Abdullah Alkhoori, UAE
- Prof. Yongyud Wongpiromsan, Thailand
- Prof. Diah Utah, Indonesia
- Prof. Chawanun C, Thailand
- Prof. Andi Jayalangakara Tanra, Indonesia
- Prof. NaomiMcDonald, Australia
- Prof. Samudra katriachi, Srilanka
- Prof. Shigenbo Kanba, Japan
- Prof. Abdul Majeed, India
- Prof. T Padma Sudhakar, India
- Prof. Pramod Kumar, India
- Prof. Roop Sidhana, India
- Prof. T S Satyanarayana Rao, India
- Prof. Nirmal Lamichene, Nepal
- Prof. Saroj Prasad Ojha, Nepal
- Prof. Neena Rai, Nepal
- Prof. Sudershan Pradhan, Nepal
- Prof. Indla Ramasubba Reddy, India
- Prof. Assad Nizami, Pakistan
- Prof. Imran Ijaz Haider, Pakistan
- Prof. O P Singh, India
- Prof. Jayanta Das, India
- Prof. Sayuri Perira, Srilanka
- Prof. MS Reddy, India
- Prof. Amine Larnaout, Tunisia
- Prof. Mahdi Saed Abumadini, Saudi Arabia
- Prof. Aida Sylla
- Prof. Juliet Nakku
- Prof. Pichet Udomratn, Thailand
- Prof. Yong Chon Park, Korea
- Prof. Allister Bush, New Zealand
- Prof. Chawanun C, Thailand
- Prof. Kamonporn Wannarit, Thailand
- Prof. Naresh Vadlamani, India
- Prof. P Kishen, India
- Prof. Minhaz Naseerabadi, India
- Prof. Thirunavukarasu Manickam, India
- Prof. Majid Abidi, Pakistan
- Prof. Wajid Ali Akhunzada, Pakistan
- Prof. Mohamed A. Alnor, Sudan
TARGET AUDIENCE
This activity is designed to meet the needs of:
- Psychiatrists
- Psychologists
- Neurologists
- Occupational Therapists
- Physical Therapists
- Speech Therapists
- Social Workers
- Counsellors
- General Practitioners
- Family Physicians
- Residents & Fellows
- Pharmacists
- Clinical Nurses
- Geriatrics physicians
- Aged care Providers
- Researchers
- Policy Makers, Government, Academia & Other Mental Health Professionals
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
- Review the latest evidence and best practices for the management and treatment of different issues related to psychosocial rehabilitation.
- Describe fundamentals of quality improvement strategies for mental health disorders.
- Evaluate and diagnose a selected group of common mental illness using the most updated evidence-based tools and apply it appropriately to fit regional special needs.
- Review practical real-life cases and pitfalls in various sub-specialties.
- Examine solutions to real-world clinical problems through case-based learning sessions
- Review current treatment guidelines and how to utilize them in clinical practice.
- Provide insight into patient needs and experiences and improve clinical practice.
- Apply new knowledge in the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities presented in selected topics
- Formulate an appropriate approach that is suitable for local experiences in some of the controversial issues in adults and old aged with mental health disorders
- Perform hands-on workshops given by world-leading experts and tutors in psychosocial rehabilitation and Mental Health Disorders.