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A day of life of a Syrian psychiatrist in Turkey, 2020

Introduction: The present is the future of the past, and the past of the future. This journal as ... more Introduction: The present is the future of the past, and the past of the future. This journal as well as this paper endeavour to document
the lives and practices of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals for the future mental health community and to help
the clinicians of the future to understand the history and practice of psychiatry and mental health care in 2019/20. We, therefore, report
the current days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals.
Material and Methods: To obtain reports of days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, we published the
request on eight occasions from May 2019 to May 2020. We invited the prospective respondents/participants to send a relevant report
of their psychiatric practice in a day with a maximum word count of 750 words.
Results: We received 20 reports of variable lengths from 10 countries from six continents, including from psychiatrists, psychiatrists
in training, clinical psychologists and from medical students about their psychiatric training. The reports revealed a wide and highly
variable range of psychiatric and mental health practices, experiences and expectations. Last but not least, the reports we received were
informative and provided much information to reflect on.
Conclusions: There is a common strong commitment to support patients with mental health problems, but the ways this is achieved
are so diverse that generalisations about a typical common practice seem impossible. Future studies should focus more systematically
on the procedures and practices applied in helping patients with mental health problems in different countries and communities. This
knowledge might eventually help identify the procedures and services that are most efficient and helpful in various clinical contexts.

GLOBAL PSYCHIATRY, 2020

Introduction: The present is the future of the past, and the past of the future. This journal as ... more Introduction: The present is the future of the past, and the past of the future. This journal as well as this paper endeavour to document
the lives and practices of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals for the future mental health community and to help
the clinicians of the future to understand the history and practice of psychiatry and mental health care in 2019/20. We, therefore, report
the current days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals.
Material and Methods: To obtain reports of days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, we published the
request on eight occasions from May 2019 to May 2020. We invited the prospective respondents/participants to send a relevant report
of their psychiatric practice in a day with a maximum word count of 750 words.
Results: We received 20 reports of variable lengths from 10 countries from six continents, including from psychiatrists, psychiatrists
in training, clinical psychologists and from medical students about their psychiatric training. The reports revealed a wide and highly
variable range of psychiatric and mental health practices, experiences and expectations. Last but not least, the reports we received were
informative and provided much information to reflect on.
Conclusions: There is a common strong commitment to support patients with mental health problems, but the ways this is achieved
are so diverse that generalisations about a typical common practice seem impossible. Future studies should focus more systematically
on the procedures and practices applied in helping patients with mental health problems in different countries and communities. This
knowledge might eventually help identify the procedures and services that are most efficient and helpful in various clinical contexts.

High variability of the current mental health practices around the globe: Twenty days in the live... more High variability of the current mental health practices around the globe: Twenty days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals from all over the world Abstract Introduction: The present is the future of the past, and the past of the future. This journal as well as this paper endeavour to document the lives and practices of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals for the future mental health community and to help the clinicians of the future to understand the history and practice of psychiatry and mental health care in 2019/20. We, therefore, report the current days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals.

High variability of the current mental health practices around the globe: Twenty days in the live... more High variability of the current mental health practices around the globe: Twenty days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals from all over the world Abstract Introduction: The present is the future of the past, and the past of the future. This journal as well as this paper endeavour to document the lives and practices of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals for the future mental health community and to help the clinicians of the future to understand the history and practice of psychiatry and mental health care in 2019/20. We, therefore, report the current days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals.

High variability of the current mental health practices around the globe: Twenty days in the live... more High variability of the current mental health practices around the globe: Twenty days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals from all over the world Abstract Introduction: The present is the future of the past, and the past of the future. This journal as well as this paper endeavour to document the lives and practices of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals for the future mental health community and to help the clinicians of the future to understand the history and practice of psychiatry and mental health care in 2019/20. We, therefore, report the current days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals.

Academic Psychiatry, 2015

Teaching Documents by Wissam Mahasneh

Culture, Context and the Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing of Syrians, 2015

why this doCument? This report aims to provide information on the sociocultural background of the... more why this doCument?
This report aims to provide information on the sociocultural
background of the Syrian population as well as cultural
aspects of mental health and psychosocial wellbeing
relevant to care and support. it is based on an extensive
review of the available literature on mental health and
psychosocial support (MHPSS), within the context of the
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The document is primarily meant to inform mental
health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) staff, such as:
psychologists, psychosocial counsellors, social workers,
psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, and others who are
involved providing individual or group counselling,
psychotherapy and/or psychiatric treatment for Syrians.
Other humanitarian professionals, such as general health
providers working with Syrians or staff involved in
public health, community-based protection, community
mobilisation, child protection, sexual and gender based
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in this review complements more generic guidance, such as
the inter-Agency Standing Committee (iASC) Guidelines
for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency
Settings[1] and UNHCR’s Operational Guidance for
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programming in
Refugee Operations.[2] Together with these guidelines, this
report can inform the design and delivery of interventions
to promote mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of
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within Syria and in countries hosting refugees from Syria.

A day of life of a Syrian psychiatrist in Turkey, 2020

Introduction: The present is the future of the past, and the past of the future. This journal as ... more Introduction: The present is the future of the past, and the past of the future. This journal as well as this paper endeavour to document
the lives and practices of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals for the future mental health community and to help
the clinicians of the future to understand the history and practice of psychiatry and mental health care in 2019/20. We, therefore, report
the current days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals.
Material and Methods: To obtain reports of days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, we published the
request on eight occasions from May 2019 to May 2020. We invited the prospective respondents/participants to send a relevant report
of their psychiatric practice in a day with a maximum word count of 750 words.
Results: We received 20 reports of variable lengths from 10 countries from six continents, including from psychiatrists, psychiatrists
in training, clinical psychologists and from medical students about their psychiatric training. The reports revealed a wide and highly
variable range of psychiatric and mental health practices, experiences and expectations. Last but not least, the reports we received were
informative and provided much information to reflect on.
Conclusions: There is a common strong commitment to support patients with mental health problems, but the ways this is achieved
are so diverse that generalisations about a typical common practice seem impossible. Future studies should focus more systematically
on the procedures and practices applied in helping patients with mental health problems in different countries and communities. This
knowledge might eventually help identify the procedures and services that are most efficient and helpful in various clinical contexts.

GLOBAL PSYCHIATRY, 2020

Introduction: The present is the future of the past, and the past of the future. This journal as ... more Introduction: The present is the future of the past, and the past of the future. This journal as well as this paper endeavour to document
the lives and practices of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals for the future mental health community and to help
the clinicians of the future to understand the history and practice of psychiatry and mental health care in 2019/20. We, therefore, report
the current days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals.
Material and Methods: To obtain reports of days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, we published the
request on eight occasions from May 2019 to May 2020. We invited the prospective respondents/participants to send a relevant report
of their psychiatric practice in a day with a maximum word count of 750 words.
Results: We received 20 reports of variable lengths from 10 countries from six continents, including from psychiatrists, psychiatrists
in training, clinical psychologists and from medical students about their psychiatric training. The reports revealed a wide and highly
variable range of psychiatric and mental health practices, experiences and expectations. Last but not least, the reports we received were
informative and provided much information to reflect on.
Conclusions: There is a common strong commitment to support patients with mental health problems, but the ways this is achieved
are so diverse that generalisations about a typical common practice seem impossible. Future studies should focus more systematically
on the procedures and practices applied in helping patients with mental health problems in different countries and communities. This
knowledge might eventually help identify the procedures and services that are most efficient and helpful in various clinical contexts.

High variability of the current mental health practices around the globe: Twenty days in the live... more High variability of the current mental health practices around the globe: Twenty days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals from all over the world Abstract Introduction: The present is the future of the past, and the past of the future. This journal as well as this paper endeavour to document the lives and practices of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals for the future mental health community and to help the clinicians of the future to understand the history and practice of psychiatry and mental health care in 2019/20. We, therefore, report the current days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals.

High variability of the current mental health practices around the globe: Twenty days in the live... more High variability of the current mental health practices around the globe: Twenty days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals from all over the world Abstract Introduction: The present is the future of the past, and the past of the future. This journal as well as this paper endeavour to document the lives and practices of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals for the future mental health community and to help the clinicians of the future to understand the history and practice of psychiatry and mental health care in 2019/20. We, therefore, report the current days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals.

High variability of the current mental health practices around the globe: Twenty days in the live... more High variability of the current mental health practices around the globe: Twenty days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals from all over the world Abstract Introduction: The present is the future of the past, and the past of the future. This journal as well as this paper endeavour to document the lives and practices of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals for the future mental health community and to help the clinicians of the future to understand the history and practice of psychiatry and mental health care in 2019/20. We, therefore, report the current days in the lives of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals.

Academic Psychiatry, 2015

Culture, Context and the Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing of Syrians, 2015

why this doCument? This report aims to provide information on the sociocultural background of the... more why this doCument?
This report aims to provide information on the sociocultural
background of the Syrian population as well as cultural
aspects of mental health and psychosocial wellbeing
relevant to care and support. it is based on an extensive
review of the available literature on mental health and
psychosocial support (MHPSS), within the context of the
FXUUHQWDUPHGFRQÀLFWLQ6\ULD
The document is primarily meant to inform mental
health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) staff, such as:
psychologists, psychosocial counsellors, social workers,
psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, and others who are
involved providing individual or group counselling,
psychotherapy and/or psychiatric treatment for Syrians.
Other humanitarian professionals, such as general health
providers working with Syrians or staff involved in
public health, community-based protection, community
mobilisation, child protection, sexual and gender based
YLROHQFH 6*%9 PD\¿QGWKLVGRFXPHQWXVHIXODOWKRXJK
LWLVQRWSULPDULO\ZULWWHQIRUWKHP7KHVSHFL¿FLQIRUPDWLRQ
in this review complements more generic guidance, such as
the inter-Agency Standing Committee (iASC) Guidelines
for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency
Settings[1] and UNHCR’s Operational Guidance for
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programming in
Refugee Operations.[2] Together with these guidelines, this
report can inform the design and delivery of interventions
to promote mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of
6\ULDQVDIIHFWHGE\DUPHGFRQÀLFWDQGGLVSODFHPHQWERWK
within Syria and in countries hosting refugees from Syria.