Trauma Psychiatry Committee - Iran University of Medical Sciences

 

Faculty Members:

 

Dr. Amir Shabani, Professor

 

Dr. Maryam Rasoulian, Professor

 

Dr. Mohammad Ghadiri Vasfi, Associate Professor

 

Dr. Ahmad Hajebi, Professor

 

Dr. Shabnam Asadi, Assistant Professor

 

Dr. Negar Sefi Moghaddam, Assistant Professor

 

Located at "Tehran, 7km Karaj Special Road, after Tehran-sar, Iran Psychiatry Educational-Therapeutic Center," this center operates under the supervision of the Psychiatry Group of Iran University of Medical Sciences.

 

Trauma Psychiatry Committee

Members (in alphabetical order): Dr. Shabnam Asadi, Dr. Ahmad Hajebi, Dr. Negar Sefi Moghaddam, Dr. Amir Shabani, Dr. Maryam Rasoulian, Dr. Mohammad Ghadiri Vasfi

 

Communication Pathway

Telegram channel "Trauma Psychiatry" https://t.me/traumapsychiatry

 

Lecture and Seminar Schedule

Lectures, seminars, and educational symposiums are held on Wednesdays in the amphitheater of the Iran Psychiatry Educational-Therapeutic Center, titled "Trauma Wednesdays." Also, through a virtual link, interested parties can participate online in sessions. The Wednesday schedule and the virtual link to join the session are announced via the "Trauma Psychiatry" telegram channel (https://t.me/traumapsychiatry), where audio files and slides used by the speakers are also published.

 

Trauma Clinic

This clinic is dedicated to clients who have experienced highly distressing events and have developed neurological and mental symptoms:

Events such as war, earthquakes, floods, fires, burns, explosions, accidents, assaults, torture, and conflicts.

• Clinic Services:
  • Diagnostic evaluation
  • Response to interdepartmental consultations
  • Medication treatment
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Supportive psychotherapy
  • Individual and family counseling
  • Self-care classes
  • Referral for other therapeutic and rehabilitation services

 

• First Visit Appointments:
  • Saturdays: Dr. Amir Shabani, Psychiatrist, Professor at the School of Medicine
  • Mondays: Dr. Shabnam Asadi, Psychiatrist, Assistant Professor at the School of Medicine

 

• Psychotherapy:
  • Dr. Negar Sefi Moghaddam, Psychiatrist, Trauma Psychotherapy Fellow, Assistant Professor at the School of Medicine.
  • Dr. Ghazaleh Zargarinejad, Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Professor at the School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health.
  • Nazanin Esmaeili, Master's Degree and PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology.
• Address: Tehran, 7km Karaj Special Road, after Tehran-sar, Iran Psychiatry Educational-Therapeutic Center
• Website for appointments: http://iphnobat.iums.ac.ir/tc
• Phone for appointments: 021-25015035

 

Trauma Inpatient Ward

Has six beds for inpatient treatment of patients with trauma-related disorders in the "Men's Ward 2 and Trauma"

Head of "Men's Ward 2 and Trauma": Dr. Amir Shabani

 

Tele-Psychiatry

Information on service provision will be announced after completion.

 

Psychiatry Emergency Hotline

Phone: 021-44508200

Service hours: Afternoon shift

 

Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation

• Outpatient and inpatient services:
  • • Rehabilitation of perceptual-cognitive and perceptual-motor skills
    • Planning and employment training
    • Basic and advanced life skills training
    • Social skills training

 

• Psychometry and Neuropsychology Department
  • • Psychometry Services:

1. 1. Screening for various life traumas
   2. Screening for various stress-causing events in life
   3. Assessment of symptom severity and functional decline related to trauma
   4. Assessment of grief-related symptoms and their severity

    

   • Neuropsychology Department

   Head:

   Dr. Mohammad Ghadiri Vasfi: Head of the Neuropsychological Laboratory and Cognitive Rehabilitation Department using computer-based and community-based methods. From 2012 to present

   Specialist: Masoumeh Gholikhani, Master's Degree and PhD Candidate in General Psychology

    

   • • • Service List:
   1. Neuropsychological indicators assessment:
   • • • • • Intelligence in children and adults.
           • Executive function and problem-solving.
           • Decision-making and impulse control.
           • Different aspects of memory performance.
           • Attention and mathematical abilities.
           • Cognitive flexibility
           • Impulsivity and risk-taking
           • Visual perception and memory

    

   2. Cognitive Rehabilitation:

• • • • • Cognitive rehabilitation software

 

Current Programs of the Trauma Psychiatry Committee

• Finalizing the educational program and regulations for the postgraduate specialty or fellowship in Trauma Psychiatry (Trauma Psychiatry) at the Ministry of Health and Medical Education
• Holding "Mental Health Training Courses in Disasters and Catastrophes" for psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatry residents, social workers, and psychiatric nurses
• Conducting one-day educational workshops for professionals
• Following the formation and continuation of self-care groups against trauma for hospital staff

 

Cooperation with the Legal Medicine Organization

Visiting head trauma patients for assessment and treatment (Dr. Mohammad Ghadiri Vasfi). Referral by the Tehran Province Legal Medicine Organization. From 2012 to present. Iran Psychiatry Educational-Therapeutic Center

 

Cooperation with the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs

Visiting outpatient and inpatient psychiatric veterans at Sadr Psychiatric Hospital (Dr. Amir Shabani). From 2002 to present.

 

Research Projects

• Epidemiological study of mental health disorders in Iran flood victims in 2019. Principal Investigator: Dr. Maryam Rasoulian.
• Evaluation of the performance of the 4030 telephone psychological counseling center. Principal Investigator: Dr. Amir Shabani.
• Comparison of the frequency of various traumas and stressor-related disorders in caregivers of patients with Bipolar Disorder Type I, caregivers of patients with comorbidity of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Bipolar Disorder, and caregivers of patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Psychiatry residency thesis (Principal Investigator: Dr. Alaleh Bahramian; Advisor: Dr. Amir Shabani)
• Study of psychiatric comorbidities in psychiatric veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, three decades after the Iraq-Iran war. Psychiatry residency thesis (Principal Investigator: Dr. Zahra Dokhilibadi; Advisor: Dr. Amir Shabani)

 

Workshops

• Workshop "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for PTSD" (Dr. Amir Shabani). Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch. April 19-20, 2004
• Workshop "Counseling and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for PTSD" (Dr. Amir Shabani). Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch. September 22, 2004
• Participation in conducting ten advanced trauma workshops (Lecture on "Psychiatric and Neuropsychological Complications"), for final-year general surgery residents (Dr. Mohammad Ghadiri Vasfi). Research Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Rasoul Akram Hospital. From 2006 to 2008
• Workshop "Diagnosis and Non-pharmacological and Pharmacological Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)" at the Second Mood Disorders Congress (Dr. Amir Shabani). Razi International Conference Center. February 16, 2019
• Workshop "Mental Health Assessment Training for Flood Victims" by the Social, Cultural, and Media Working Group of the National Flood Report Special Committee (Dr. Maryam Rasoulian, Dr. Ahmad Hajebi, Dr. Mitra Hakim Shooshtari, Dr. Amir Shabani, Dr. Mohammad Fazeli, Dr. Seyed Abbas Motevalian, Dr. Morteza Naserbakht). School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health. August 6, 2019
• Workshop "Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)" (Dr. Parviz Dabaghi). Iran Psychiatry Educational-Therapeutic Center. April 28, 2021

 

Conferences / Refresher Courses

• Refresher course "Treatment Management in PTSD" for psychiatrists. Tehran Psychiatric Institute. January 23, 2006
• Symposium "Psychiatry of Disasters and Catastrophes." Milad Hospital, 36th Annual Conference of the Iranian Psychiatric Association. October 16, 2019
• Seminar "Psychosocial Consequences of Iran's Flood." Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran. February 19, 2020
• "Second Meeting on Social and Psychological Consequences of the 2019 Flood in Khuzestan Province." Tehran, Natural Disasters Research Institute. July 20, 2020
• Webinar "Grief Management." In collaboration with the Iranian Psychiatric Association. November 17, 2021
• Symposium "Neurobiology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder." In collaboration with the Iranian Psychiatric Association. December 15, 2021
• Symposium "Psychiatric and Neuropsychological Complications of Malingering and Simulation in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder." Iran Psychiatry Educational-Therapeutic Center. March 2, 2022
• Symposium "Introduction to Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Complex PTSD)." Iran Psychiatry Educational-Therapeutic Center. July 11, 2022

 

Trauma Self-Care Group

The first session of the "Trauma Self-Care Group" was held on Wednesday, September 15, 2022. The purpose of forming this group is to identify and mitigate the effects of trauma on medical staff. This program, primarily implemented for the "Men's Ward 2 and Trauma," includes the following:

1- Promoting a culture of reporting psychological injuries among ward staff

2- Assigning a staff member (psychologist) as responsible for identifying and screening staff affected by psychological trauma

3- Recording identified/screened cases and referring them for follow-up

4- Referring cases in need of counseling or treatment to the trauma clinic

5- Organizing group self-care sessions

 

Group Leader: Dr. Amir Shabani