Prof. Mohamed Fakhr El-Islam

Trained in Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry in London and trained in psychotherapy at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations in London. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London.

He began his academic career in the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University and was Professor of Psychiatry at Kuwait University. He started psychiatric services for the state of Qatar in 1971 and the University psychiatric department in Kuwait in 1980.

His main areas of research are Arab cultural and Epidemiological Psychiatry. His most recent publications include contributions to reference books in these areas published by the American Psychiatric Press, the International Universities Press and the World Psychiatric Association.

He was the associate editor of the International Journal of Social Psychiatry and Secretary of the Trans-cultural Psychiatry Section of the World Psychiatric Association. At present he is academic consultant to The Behman Hospital.