1. BAPA 9 TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Management of Trauma Victims 15/09/2012 Northampton Marriott Hotel

2. Program 11.00 – 12.00: Registration and refreshment 12.00 – 13.00: Lunch 13.00 – 13.30: Welcome and Introduction Dr Nadim Almoshmosh, BAPA President 13.30 – 14.15: The traumatic complications of refugees after the Arab spring. Dr Khaled Sultan, Consultant Psychiatrist 14.15 – 15.00: CBT principles and practice for trauma victims Dr Redwan El-Khayat, Consultant Psychiatrist 15.00 – 15.15: Coffee break 15.15 – 16.00: Trauma and mental health, lessons from Iraq Dr Mohammed Al-Uzri, Consultant Psychiatrist 16.00 – 16.30: Q&A / Discussion 16.30 – 18.00: Business of the AGM

3. Theme Management of trauma victims

4. Effects of trauma and torture Physical - chronic pain, neurological damage, head injury Psychological – PTSD, depression, anxiety, behaviour & personality changes, sleep disturbance, enurosis in children.

5. Positive effects of surviving torture Better equipped More resilient More tolerant to adversity Attributed to commitment to collective cause and strong belief system. Metin Besoglu

6. torture can not only destroy a family, and even a whole generation, it is also a seed for new violence, planted on extremely fertile ground Horror in the Mind – The Psychological Effects of Torture Veronica Pamoukaghlian

7. "If you dont do anything about the clinical condition, these long-term effects do not go away," But the good news is that various forms of psychotherapy have been shown in clinical trials to help. Claudia Catani

8. Management Support Exposure Psychotherapies Medications

9. Our role as Arab psychiatrists now and in the future?