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MIDLANDS  PSYCHIATRIC  RESEARCH GROUP

Advisory Board:
Prof. R. N. Mohan
Dr. Asaf Khan
Prof. Tony Elliot
Prof. Mohan George
Dr. S. Hasan Jawaid
Dr. Neel Tambimuttu
Dr. Afzal Javed

2008 ANNUAL MEETING

Dates for Diary  
Organised by
Midlands Psychiatric Research Group
In collaboration with
World Psychiatric Association (WPA)’s Section on Psychiatry in Developing Countries
&
World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR)

For details of the programme, registration and confirmation
about your participation, please contact
Dr. Afzal Javed
afzal.javed@ntlworld.com
Prof. R Mohan
c.mohan@blueyonder.co.uk

Anxiety and Comorbid Disorders:
Understanding Risk, Optimizing Outcomes

March 6-9, 2008
28th Annual Conference
Deadline: November 21, 2007

Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
and Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa
Savannah, Georgia

Conference Chairs:
H. Blair Simpson MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University and Reseach
Psychiatrist, New York State Psychiatric Institute

C. Alec Pollard, PhD
Director, Anxiety Disorders Center
Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute

Keynote Speaker:
Kay Jamison, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

For more information about the conference contact: Marta Martinez,
Director, Membership and Meetings, Anxiety Disorders Association of
America, 8730 Georgia Avenue, Suite 600 , Silver Spring , MD 20910 . 240-
485-1032 or mmartinez@adaa.org

Anxiety Disorders Association of America


Specialty Practi-Med: Mental Health for Primary Care
Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals.

November 8-9, 2007,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

This continuing medical education course is being designed to address mental health in
the Gulf region. Topics include: recognition, management, and Pharmacotherapy of
anxiety disorders; posttraumatic stress disorder; depression and treatment techniques,
plus others.

Specialty Practi-Med: Mental Health is an innovative continuing medical education
program organized by Harvard Medical School Dubai Center Institute for Postgraduate
Education and Research and Dubai Healthcare City. This program is designed to review
state-of-the-art information for Healthcare Professionals on the diagnosis and
management of Mental Health disorders with a focus on anxiety and depression.
Through didactic lectures, case discussions and interactive sessions, participants will
have the opportunity to learn from distinguished faculty and have personal interaction
with leaders in Mental Health.

Course Directors:

Timothy J. Petersen, PhD
Associate Director, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Division of Postgraduate Education
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Sheikh Saoud Abdulla Al Mulla
Consultant & Psychiatry Department Head, Rashid Hospital
Department of Health & Medical Services, Dubai, UAE

This CME program is designed for:
• Primary care physicians
• Pediatricians
• Psychiatrists
• Psychologists
• Counselors
• Social workers
• Other mental health professionals
• Medical students
• Nurses

Please click here to download a PDF of the program brochure.

For inquiries, please email us at: info-hmsdc@hms.harvard.edu.
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