Psychosomatic Medicine Committee - Iran University of Medical Sciences

Faculty members:

Dr. Mehdi Nasr Esfehani

Professor of Psychiatry

Dr. Atefeh Ghanbari Jolfaei

Fellowship of Neuropsychiatry 

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Dr. Razieh Salehian

Fellowship of Psychosomatic Medicine

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Dr. Soode Tajik Esmaeeli

 Fellowship of Psychosomatic Medicine

Assistant Professor Psychiatry

Introduction

Today, it has been proven that biological, physical, psychological, and environmental factors all play a role in the formation of diseases. Psychosomatic diseases are those physical diseases that psychological factors are effective in their initiation, exacerbation, or continuation. Even years ago, the famous scientist of Iran, Razi, realized that body and mind cannot be separated and believed that mental forces are stronger than physical forces. Avicenna also believed that many diseases and physical disorders are caused by emotional discomforts and resentments. Psychosomatic services are also used for other diseases. For example, it is useful for patients who, in addition to physical problems such as blood pressure, cancer or digestive, heart, lung diseases, have behavioral disorders, sleep disorders, mood disorders, excitement and anxiety at the same time. Also, some drugs for physical diseases have psychological consequences, and in these cases, psychosomatic counseling is also effective. In addition, in the world, for special cases such as transplant candidate patients (as is also done in this center), such as lung, liver, kidney, heart, bone marrow transplant, psychiatric consultation is performed by a psychosomatic psychiatrist before the operation. .

History

In 2005, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology officially approved psychosomatic  as a subspecialty for psychiatry for the first time. In 1998, the Liaison training for psychiatry assistants was launched for the first time in Rahnamon Hospital (now Iranshahr) under the Iran University of Medical Sciences. Then in 1998, the psychiatry department of Rasoul Akram Hospital under the Iran University of Medical Sciences was opened and the responsibility for teaching the psychiatry course was opened. Liaison consultant (including various consultations of other departments, psychosomatic clinic, training of assistants). In 2015, the psychosomatic fellowship training course was established in Rasoul Akram Hospital under the supervision of Iran University of Medical Sciences, and the training of fellowships in this field began in 2016 and is still ongoing. Currently, this department has 30 adult beds.

Psychosomatic Fellowship training course:

Since 2016, training fellowships in this field in the psychosomatic department of Rasoul Akram Hospital under the supervision of the university

Iran's medical sciences are in progress, which includes an 18-month training course including the following:

During the first 9 months of the course, active participation in psychosomatic resource review sessions, holding psychosomatic journal sessions, active participation in psychosomatic clinics, training in the diagnosis and treatment of psychosomatic patients in inpatient environments.

Outpatients, conducting psychiatric consultations in other departments, teaching drug interactions and psychiatric side effects of other drugs and how to manage them are the main educational activities. During the second 9 months of the course, in addition to continuing the above-mentioned educational process, participating in one-month rotation courses in other departments, including gastroenterology, endocrinology, heart, rheumatology, pediatrics, gynecology, neurology, sleep, geriatrics, etc.

Goals

The psychosomatic psychiatry committee of Iran University of Medical Sciences pursues the following goals by offering an 18-month fellowship course in psychophysical medicine:

Training of fellowship assistants to provide comprehensive prevention, diagnosis, and treatment services in the field of psychosomatic psychiatry.

Teaching effective non-pharmacological treatments in patients with psychosomatic diseases

Teaching how to diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders in physical diseases.

Teaching how to diagnose and manage concurrent medical diseases in psychiatric disorders.

Teaching how to conduct psychiatric consultations in other departments.

Teaching how to effectively interact and communicate with experts from other disciplines.

Teaching drug interactions and psychiatric side effects of other drugs and how to manage them.

Psychological assessment training for transplant candidates

Psychological assessment training for bariatric surgery candidates

Teaching diagnosis and treatment of psychosomatic patients in inpatient and outpatient settings

Psychosomatic clinics

Obesity clinic

Since 2008, in cooperation with the Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center

Movement disorders clinic

From 2005

Tinnitus clinic

Since 1992

Neuropsychiatry Clinic

Including the simultaneous presence of a neurologist, a neurosurgeon, and a psychiatrist.

From the year 2019

Facial nerve palsy clinic

Since 2021

Chronic lung failure clinic

Since 2021

Retinoblastoma Clinic

Since 2022

Cooperation with pain research center

Clinics:

Rasoul Akram Hospital

• Psychosomatic clinic

Sundays, 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM: Dr. Soode Tajik Esmaeeli

Tuesdays ,9:00 AM- 12:00 PM: Dr. Razieh Salehian

Tuesdays ,2:00 PM- 5:00 PM: Dr. Razieh Salehian & Dr. Soode Tajik Esmaeeli

Fatemeh Zahra Hospital

• Obesity clinic:

Online scheduling of Rasul Akram Hospital clinics:

http://nobat.rasoolhospital.ir/

Inpatient department

The inpatient department is in Rasoul Akram Hospital and has 13 adult beds for psychosomatic.