Saturday, 27th February 2016
Overview:
It is well established that 14% of the global burden of disease is attributed to common mental disorders. Despite the fact that these are treatable, nearly 75% of people suffering from these disorders in countries like Pakistan do not have access to the treatment, thereby resulting in a huge treatment gap. The WHO has launched a Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) to help scale up services for mental disorders especially in primary care setting. Depressive disorders have been recognized as a priority disorder for developing countries. As part of mhGAP, experts from all over the world, based on current evidence, have developed a training module on Depression.
This workshop is designed according to the mhGAP training guidelines, to help non-specialist healthcare staff to recognize and treat Depressive disorders. It focuses on enhancing the skills for examining and detecting common features of depressive disorders. This is achieved through a hands-on experience of interviewing real patients and role-plays. The participants will work together to outline management plans including pharmacological and psychosocial interventions. The discussions are based on step-by-step flow charts, which help determine the severity of the disorders and make clinical decisions accordingly. There is ample opportunity to interact with senior mental health professionals to clarify existing dilemma in their clinical practices.
These training guidelines have already been implemented in Bannu District in 2015, where 60 primary care physicians were trained in collaboration with International Medical Corps.
Overview:
It is well established that 14% of the global burden of disease is attributed to common mental disorders. Despite the fact that these are treatable, nearly 75% of people suffering from these disorders in countries like Pakistan do not have access to the treatment, thereby resulting in a huge treatment gap. The WHO has launched a Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) to help scale up services for mental disorders especially in primary care setting. Depressive disorders have been recognized as a priority disorder for developing countries. As part of mhGAP, experts from all over the world, based on current evidence, have developed a training module on Depression.
This workshop is designed according to the mhGAP training guidelines, to help non-specialist healthcare staff to recognize and treat Depressive disorders. It focuses on enhancing the skills for examining and detecting common features of depressive disorders. This is achieved through a hands-on experience of interviewing real patients and role-plays. The participants will work together to outline management plans including pharmacological and psychosocial interventions. The discussions are based on step-by-step flow charts, which help determine the severity of the disorders and make clinical decisions accordingly. There is ample opportunity to interact with senior mental health professionals to clarify existing dilemma in their clinical practices.
These training guidelines have already been implemented in Bannu District in 2015, where 60 primary care physicians were trained in collaboration with International Medical Corps.
Target Audience
Depression is a highly prevalent and treatable medical condition. All healthcare staff must be equipped to
diagnose and manage this disorder.
Dealing with Depression would be particularly useful for the following:
• Healthcare staff
• Mental healthcare staff
• Humanitarian agencies and social services staff
• Postgraduate & undergraduate medical students
Dealing with Depression would be particularly useful for the following:
• Healthcare staff
• Mental healthcare staff
• Humanitarian agencies and social services staff
• Postgraduate & undergraduate medical students
Facilitators
1. Dr Asma Humayun is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and has over 20 years of academic and clinical experience. This also includes complex psychiatric interventions, capacity building for mental health resource, medical education & service development. She has been an undergraduate and postgraduate trainer at Rawalpindi Medical College for 18 years. She is the author of a textbook of Behavioural Sciences, which has been approved by the Higher Education Commission for undergraduate and postgraduate medical training in the country. She also has extensive experience of working as a consultant for the WHO as a psychosocial advisor. She is part of the WHO working group for revising mhGAP training package over the last two years. In addition, she is also a member of the WHO working groups for revising stress-related disorders for ICD 11. She has a special interest in integrating mental health into primary care and establishing trauma focused services. More recently, she led a Mental Health & Psycho-social initiative for the IDPs in Bannu District. On behalf of International Medical Corps, she was the consultant and master trainer for the training primary care physicians in Bannu district.
2. Dr. Murad Moosa Khan is Professor, Department of Psychiatry, at the Aga Khan University, Karachi. He is a graduate of the Dow Medical College, Karachi and received psychiatric training and fellowship in UK from Kings College and Institute of Psychiatry, London. He holds the Membership of Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych), European Certificate of Specialist Training (CCST) and PhD from the University of London.
He is Vice-President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and member of executive committee of International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology (IFPE). He is co-chair of Bioethics Group (BG), AKU and Board member of Aman Health and Basic Needs Community Mental Health program. He is Associate Faculty at the Center for Bioethics & Culture (CBEC), SIUT, Karachi.
His research and clinical interests include epidemiology of suicide and deliberate self-harm, mental health of women and the elderly, psychosomatic medicine and medical ethics. He is also a contributor to the lay press on social and ethical issues.
Feedback
| Above Average (%) | Average (%) | Below Average (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Experience | 90 | 10 | 0 |
| Content | 80 | 20 | 0 |
| Methodology | 90 | 10 | 0 |
| Interactive | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Facilitators | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Audio-visual aids | 80 | 20 | 0 |
| Exercises | 80 | 10 | 10 |
| Handouts | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Relevance to your work | 80 | 20 | 0 |
| Logistics | 100 | 0 | 0 |
• Workshop was informative and relevant
• Would help in assessing people in the community
• An advanced workshop on treatment of depression should be arranged
• May be extended over two days