Dear Colleagues

The coming event is a combined training session and a congress to be held in Narni Italy 9-15 June 2003.

It is organized by the World Islamic Association for Mental Health in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Tans-Cultural Psychiatry and the World Psychiatric Association – TP section and the University of Missouri, Columbia, Department of Psychiatry. The training course as well as the congress will mirror increasing awareness of the importance of cultural factors, especially as they affect decisions about diagnosis and treatment. The central theme will be “Islam and Mental Health” with special emphasis on the Islamic Approach to treatment, management of people who have been exposed to continuous Traumatization. Trainees will come from Palestine (if they successfully manage to get out of Palestine)

The attached file has a tentative schedule of the major events.

We regret that we will not be able to give financial assistance to colleagues to attend this event but the registration fee is waived so participants are expected to pay for their air tickets and accommodation. You and your colleagues are most welcome to participate so please disseminate this information among your colleagues.

Please advise me at your earliest convenience of the would-be participants from your end so that I can advise you of the names of hotels for hotel reservations and give your names to Italian authorities for the issuing of a Visa.

Please accept my best regards.

Program At Glance
Sunday 8th of June 2003
Arrival and transfers from Rome airport
Monday 9th of June 2003
Morning sessions:
09:00 - 10:00 Opening session
10:00 - 10:30 Tea Break

10:30 - 12:30 Session number one:
Topic: Role of trans-cultural studies in an ever changing world
Speaker: Prof. Bartocci, M.D
Topic: Topic: Recognizing Psychological consequences of Man made
Disasters.
Speaker: Arshad Hussain, M.D
Topic: Victims of trauma and the crisis of Mental Health in EMR
Speaker: Ahmed Abou El-Azayem, M.D
Topic: Difficulties facing Conflict resolution efforts
Speaker: Leila Dane, Ph.D.
Afternoon sessions:
02:00-04:00 Session number two:
Topic: PTSD: Cultural specificity issues
Speaker: Prof. Momtaz Abdulwahab, M.D
Topic: Demedicalisation of Trauma: a culturally appropriate program
Speaker: Farouk El-Sendiony, PhD
Topic: Role of religion in the management of trauma and related stresses
Speaker Dr. A El Mannan-Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, 10th of June, 2003
Morning Session:
09:00-11:00 Session number Three:
Topic: Dealing with traumatized children
Speaker: Prof. Arshad & Team
11:00-11:30 Tea Break


11:30-12:30 Session three
Topic: Developing culturally based interventions for traumatized children
Speaker: Arshad Hussain's team
Afternoon Sessions:
02:30-04-30 Session number Four:
Topic: Continuous stress disorder: Experiences from Palestine
Speaker: Walid El-Salhy)
Topic: Ambivalence of identity
Speaker: Hassan Omar
Topic: Five year follow up for children of community violence in Algeria
Speaker: Abdulkader El-Khaiaty
Topic: Victims of violence, Palestinian experience
Wednesday 11th of June 2003
Morning Session
09:00-11:00 Session number Fife:
Topic: Future Mediterranean programs to prevent conflict:
Panelists:
Ahmed El-Azayem
Italian panalist
Laila Dane
Italian Panelists
Afternoon Session
11:00-11:30 Tea Break
11:30-12:30 Session number Six
Topic: Managing grief and loss
Topic: Arshad's team
02:00-03:30 Session number Seven
Topic: Trauma healing and reconciliation
Speakers Prof. Arshad's team
Topic: Dr. Mandy Play therapy Room
Speaker Dr. Mandy Brauer
Thursday, 12th of June 2003
Morning Session
09:00-10:30 Session number Eight
Topic: Post traumatic stress disorder from Islamic Perspective: Forgiveness versus revenge for recovery
Speaker: Dr. Mohamed El-Mahdy
Topic: The psychology of suicidal bombing: Background and management
Speaker: Dr. Ahmed Abdullah
Topic: Overview of stressful and traumatic situations in Psychiatry and Islamic perspective Speaker
Speaker: Lotfy El-Sherbiny
11:00-12:30 Session Number Nine
Topic: Thoughts on helping traumatized children
Speaker: Dr. Mandy Braure.
Topic: Religious healing: experience from different cultures
Speaker: Afzal Javed
Topic Non-traditional therapies for victims of trauma
Speaker: Fatma Mosa.
Afternoon
02:00-04:00 Session ten:
Panel Discussion
Inter Mediterranean region networking for Mental Health of victims of trauma
Leave to Dr. Bartocci to organize during the meeting

Friday 13th of June 2003
Free day / Visits

Saturday, 14th June 2003
Conference on "Multiculturalism, Mental Health and man made disasters"
Details to be finalized by the Italian organizers
We have to give names of our speakers. I suggest four of us.

Sunday, 15th June 2003
Transfers to Rome airport
For your observation:

Algerians may be able to have a trainee who speaks Italian for translation

List of Participants :

1- Dr Nagia Saad El-Deen Abdul Gany, Health Insurance Authority, Egypt

2- Maha Shahada Ahmed, Palestine

3- Mohamed Khaleel Ahmed Abou Homaied, Palestine.

4- Aiman Abdul Rakhofe Al-Harbagi (accompanied by his son Abdul Rakouf), Palestine

5- Soha Al-herbage, Palestine

6- Dr. Fekry Abdul-Azeez, Egyptian Association for Mental Health, Egypt.

7- Dr. Ahmed Abdullah, Lecturer of Psychiatry, Egypt.

8- Dr. Maamdouh Gabr, Palestine

9- Amal Shaieb, Algeria.

10- Abdulkader A-Khaiaty, Algeria

11- Prof. Haroon Rashid Chaudhry (Pakistan)

12- Prof. Amin Gadit (Pakistan)

13- Dr. kanwal Qayyum (Pakistan)

14- Amber Farooq (Pakistan)

15- Farida Saifi (Afghanistan)

16- Dr. Amina Choudhry (UK)

17- Hameed Khan (UK)

18- Ali Mohammad (UK)

19- Vinay Kumar (UK)

20- Dr.Melvudin Hasanoviae (Bosnia)

B. Speakers from EMR:

1-Prof. Farouk Sendiony, Ph.D.

2-Ahmed Gamal Abou El-Azayem, M.D.

3-Dr. Mandy Braure, PhD

4-Prof. Hassan Omar, PhD professor of psychology, Kafr Kassem, Jerusalem

5-Dr. M. El-Mannan, M.D. Saudi Arabia

6-Momtaz Abdul Wahab, Professor of psychiatry, Cairo University, Egypt.

7-Prof. Fatma Mosa, Prof. Of psychiatry, Cairo University, Egypt.

8-Dr. Mohamed El-Mahdy, consultant psychiatrist Egypt.

9-Dr. Lotfy El-Sherbiny, consultant psychiatrist, Egypt. M.D.

10-Prof. Nabil Abdul Hameed, professor of psychology, Mansoura University, Egypt.

11-Mamdouh Gabr, Psychologist from Palestinian Refugee committee,

12-Mustafa El-Kaiaty, psychiatrist