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BAPA 9 TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Management of Trauma Victims 15/09/2012 Northampton Marriott Hotel
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Program 11.00 – 12.00: Registration and refreshment 12.00 – 13.00: Lunch 13.00 – 13.30: Welcome and Introduction Dr Nadim Almoshmosh, BAPA President 13.30 – 14.15: The traumatic complications of refugees after the Arab spring. Dr Khaled Sultan, Consultant Psychiatrist 14.15 – 15.00: CBT principles and practice for trauma victims Dr Redwan El-Khayat, Consultant Psychiatrist 15.00 – 15.15: Coffee break 15.15 – 16.00: Trauma and mental health, lessons from Iraq Dr Mohammed Al-Uzri, Consultant Psychiatrist 16.00 – 16.30: Q&A / Discussion 16.30 – 18.00: Business of the AGM
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Theme Management of trauma victims
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Effects of trauma and torture Physical - chronic pain, neurological damage, head injury Psychological – PTSD, depression, anxiety, behaviour & personality changes, sleep disturbance, enurosis in children.
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Positive effects of surviving torture Better equipped More resilient More tolerant to adversity Attributed to commitment to collective cause and strong belief system. Metin Besoglu
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torture can not only destroy a family, and even a whole generation, it is also a seed for new violence, planted on extremely fertile ground Horror in the Mind – The Psychological Effects of Torture Veronica Pamoukaghlian
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"If you dont do anything about the clinical condition, these long-term effects do not go away," But the good news is that various forms of psychotherapy have been shown in clinical trials to help. Claudia Catani
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Management Support Exposure Psychotherapies Medications
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Our role as Arab psychiatrists now and in the future?
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