Department of Psychiatry at AUBMC

05/11/2021

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19/09/2021

With your child's return to school, you can reach out to us if they need any help.
Contact the Department of Psychiatry at 009611759620.

10/09/2021

September 10, World Su***de Prevention Day
Check out the tips provided by Dr Dinah Ayna on how to deal with someone having suicidal thoughts.

04/09/2021

تعرفوا الى الخدمات الطبية والعلاجية التي تقدمها دائرة الطب النفسي في المركز الطبي للجامعة الأميركية في بيروت.
لطلب موعد الزيارة (تجرى حضورياً في عيادات الدائرة أو عبر التواصل عن بعد (online)):
يرجى الاتصال على الرقم 009611759620 أو التواصل عبر الموقع www.myaubhealth.org

03/09/2021

Dr. Fadi Maalouf discusses the impact of the recent crisis on kids with learning and developmental disorders who are in need of multidisciplinary support.

مقابلة مع دكتور فادي معلوف حول مدى تأثير الأزمة في لبنان على الأطفال الذين يعانون من اضطرابات التعلم والنمو والذين يحتاجون إلى دعم متعدد الاختصاصات.

معاناة الطلاب ذوي الحاجات التعليمية وأهاليهم في الأزمة:تجارب وشهادات صعبة شاركها معنا في برنامج 'فكرة حرّة' رئيس دائرة الطب النفسي في المركز الطبي بالجامعة الأميرك....

31/08/2021

احكي بترتاح
و تواصل معنا على الرقم 009611759620

30/08/2021

We are still recruiting.Take part of the study, if you were hospitalized due to Covid-19.

Please take the time to take part in the below study:
"Cognitive changes and emotional distress in post-discharged COVID adults in Lebanon: a descriptive and correlational study"

Kindly find below the link for participating :
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVoDI6Uxsve0XVSk-B9OxWIFzJwogDnUF5E3LIk0_wL_uIHg/viewform?usp=sf_link4

19/08/2021

The most recent issue of the Association of Academic Health Center International- MENA Regional Office newsletter features articles highlighting initiatives launched by faculty and staff of our department during the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To access the full issue:

https://www.aahcdc.org/Portals/41/Regional-Offices/MENA/Newsletter/MENA_Newsletter_4.pdf

07/08/2021

ماريز... من متضرري انفجار مرفأ بيروت في ٤ آب ٢٠٢٠

05/08/2021

“Trauma treatment assumes a return to safety and that the danger has passed,” notes Shabb, “but there hasn’t really been a return to safety. People feel that there is no guarantee that if they heal here [in Lebanon], that they are not going to have to go through something similar next year or in a few years.”

Dr Olivia Shabb is an adult clinical psychologist at the department of Psychiatry at AUBMC.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/04/no-sense-of-safety-how-the-beirut-blast-created-a-mental-health-crisis?fbclid=IwAR3WagL_Zo2pqUyDAGwwp2QsceYPqPkAD8dOGvVb653cgytLXjrLMboEuC8

A year on from the devastating explosion, people are struggling to sleep and PTSD is widespread – amid economic chaos

04/08/2021

Joumana Ammar, a child and adolescent psychotherapist at the American University of Beirut Medical Centre said she has treated many children over the past year experiencing symptoms such as separation anxiety and bed-wetting as a result of the blast.

Reuters article citing Ms Joumana Ammar from our department and Dr Georges Karam from Idraac.

Tatiana Hasrouty had always felt safe in her home, a few kilometers away from Beirut port where her father had worked for decades at the facility's grain silo. But on Aug. 4, the huge chemical explosion that destroyed the structure killed her father and tore her life apart.