Iranian Diaspora Association in Psychiatry (IDAP)

RCPsych., 4 Dec 2015

Why a Diaspora Group?

Up to 7 million Iranians live outside Iran, mostly recent immigrants and representing highly educated, wealthy and successful communities.

We believe that the Iranian Diasporas are a most valuable resource for both the host country and Iran, which requires to be better utilised

In UK? 70 registered at RCPsych. Perhaps 150+ Iranian psychiatrists?

IDAP timeline

Dr Abbasian visited a number of medical institutions in Iran 2014-15

IDAP set up in early 2015 inaugural elections September 2015

Elections and AGM, Sept 2015

Chair – Dr. Abbas Mohammadinasab  Deputy Chair – Dr. Cyrus Abbasian Secretary – Dr. Hamid Rahmanian

Who we are...

Psychiatrists of Iranian heritage and cultural connections

promote the development of psychiatry both in Iran and UK

Memberships

1. 30 Members with 5 Honorary Members, 2. All Iranian psychiatrists including psychiatric trainees, 3. Medical students interested in psychiatry4. Psychiatrists from the regions with culturo-linguist

similarities; including Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan,

5. Peter Hughes, Hashim Reza, Prof K. Ashkan

IDAP

Logo - tenth century Persian physician Avicenna; who famously described treatment of clinical lycanthropy and ‘love sickness’. Motto - poem by thirteen century Persian poet Rumi, loosely translated to ‘no health without mental health’.

Aims and objectives

In Irani. To establish links with relevant psychiatric institutions. ii. Collaboration with these institutions in term of research,

education, in advisory capacity, long distance learning/supervision, etc.

iii. Establish links with governmental and NGOs for disaster relief; e.g. with Red Cross/Crescent and the Ministry of Health.

iv. Members training and teaching on how to manage disasters. Training for PTSD.

Aims and objectives

In UKi. Mentorship for Iranian Psychiatrists.ii. Establish links with allied mental health professionals and allied

medical disciplines (neurology, neurosurgery, and neuroscientists)

iii. Encourage other Iranian medical disciplines to establish Diaspora committees.

iv. Undertake works with charitiesv. Bring Iranian psychiatrists over for periods of observation,

training or service provision  

So far... in Tehran

32nd Annual Congress of the Iranian Psychiatric Association in Tehran▪ Professor Norman Sartorius ▪ Professor Helen Herrman, the President Elect of WPA▪ Professor Khalid Mufti, Regional Representative of WPA Zone 15▪ Dr Afzal Javed, the Secretary for Sections of WPA

Meeting with policy makers of an NGO setting up a first Schizophrenia Day Centre focusing on the recovery approach.

Met with Dr. Velayati, former Foreign Minister and the President of the Center for Strategic Research

Individually provided advice on ▪ development of Older Adult services ▪ using tools for the diagnosis of autism at the University of Tehran.

32nd Annual Congress Iranian Psychiatric Association

Iran Oct. 2015

Lectures on ‘Community Psychiatry’ Workshops on ‘Family Therapy’ and Alcohol Roozbeh Hospital (University of Tehran) Imam Hospital, to advice on their inpatient

psychosomatic facility

Yazd University

Sites...

Future... Active on Google Group 4 meetings per year

Plan to return to Iran twice in 2016 Yazd International Conference, planned for

2016 Arrange symposiums at Annual Psych

Conference, Tehran for 2016

Bring Iranian psych. trainees over to UK??