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Personal Information

Name: Medhat Mohamed Bassiony

Date of birth: 1st April, 1962

Gender: Male

Marital status: Married + 2 Kids

Current Position:

Head of Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

Phone No: Egypt: 002*********** - 002***********

E-mail: adqurk@r.postjobfree.com

Degrees

- Doctorate degree in Psychiatry: April 1995, Zagazig University, Egypt

- Master degree in Neuropsychiatry: October 1990, Zagazig University, Egypt

- M.B.B.Ch: December 1986: Zagazig University, Egypt Fellowships

- Fellowship in Addiction Medicine: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, 1998-1999

- Fellowship in geriatric psychiatry: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, 1999-2000

Clinical Training & Positions (1987-2008):

- Consultant psychiatrist: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, from Feb. 2003- Jan 2011.

- Consultant of Psychiatry: Al-Amal Hospital, Jeddah, Ministry of health, Saudi Arabia, 2002-2003

- Consultant of Psychiatry: Al-Ahli Hospital, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia, 2000- 2002

- Consultant of Psychiatry: Zagazig University Hospital, Zagazig, Egypt, 95-98

- Specialist of Psychiatry: Zagazig University Hospital, Zagazig, Egypt, 94-95

- Specialist of psychiatry: King Khalid Military Hospital, Northern Area, Saudi Arabia, 1991-1994

- Resident of Psychiatry: Zagazig University Hospital, Zagazig, Egypt, 88-91

- House Officer: Zagazig University Hospital, Zagazig, Egypt, 1987-1988 Academic Positions & Teaching Experiences

- Professor of Psychiatry: Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt, 2005- Now.

- Assistant professor of psychiatry: Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt, 2000 – 2005.

- Lecturer in Psychiatry: Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt, 1995- 2000 (teaching under- and post-graduate medical students).

- Ass. Lecturer in Psychiatry: Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt, 1991-1995

Training Courses

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Courses:

- Dealing with assumptions and core beliefs course: presented by Candida Richards from Oxford Cognitive Therapy Center, Jan 5-7, 2010

- Complex formulation and complex anxiety (CBT approach) course: presented by Gillian Butler from Oxford Cognitive Therapy Center, Jan 9-11, 2010

- Behavioral experiments and CBT in PTSD course: presented by Martina Muller from Oxford Cognitive Therapy Center, Jan 12-14, 2010

- Intensive cognitive behavioral course presented by Dr. Judith Beck & Dr. Wright, APA annual meeting, San Francisco, USA, 16-21 May 2009.

- Intensive cognitive behavioral course presented by Dr. Leslie Sokol, director of education in Beck’s Institute, Philadelphia, USA, 6-10 June 2009.

- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Course: Basic Clinical Skills and Application in Treatment of Depression and Anxiety Disorders Presented by David Westbrook, director of Oxford Cognitive Therapy Center, UK, 21-29 June 2008

- Taking care of ourselves: Managing stress, preventing burnout, AEP, Madrid, Spain, March 18, 2007

- Cognitive behavior therapy in anxiety disorders, AEP, Madrid, Spain, March 21, 2007

- Cognitive therapy in OCD, APA, New York, USA, 2004

- Cognitive therapy in schizophrenia, APA, New York, USA, 2004

- Cognitive-behavioral therapy, APA, Washington, D.C., USA, 1999

- Supervision by Leslie Sokol (Beck Institute) and David Westbrook (Oxford Cognitive Therapy Center).

- Establishing and teaching in the CBT diploma of King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center for the last 3 years.

Addiction Courses

- Dealing with resistance in addiction patients, APA, Chicago, USA, 2000

- Dual diagnosis, APA, Chicago, USA, 2000

- Update of addiction diagnosis and treatment, New York, USA, 1999

- Diagnosis and treatment of nicotine dependence, APA, Washington, D.C., USA, 1999

- Therapeutic community in treatment of addiction in Phoenix Academy, New Work, USA

- Intensive outpatient treatment of drug abuse, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA, 1998

- Short residential treatment of drug dependence, Turkey House, Baltimore, MD, USA

Geriatric Psychiatry courses

- The Evaluation, Identification, and Treatment of the Major Dementias, APA, Washington, D.C. USA, May, 2008

General Psychiatry Courses

- Spirituality in Psychiatry, APA, Washington, D.C. USA, May, 2008

- Management of eating disorders, AEP, Madrid, Spain, March 19, 2007

- Rating scales in Psychiatry, APA, Atlanta, USA, 2005

- Introduction to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, APA, Atlanta, USA, 2005

- Interpersonal Psychotherapy, APA, Atlanta, USA, 2005

- ADHD in children and adolescents, APA, New Orleans, USA, 2001

- Assessing positive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia, APA, Chicago, USA, 2000

- QEEG & EP in Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, NY, USA, 1999

- Brief Psychodynamic psychotherapy, APA, Washington D.C., USA, 1999

- Brain Mapping in psychiatric disorders, Zurich, Switzerland, 1997

- Fundamentals of Neuropsychiatry, WPA, Madrid, Spain, 1996

- Diploma course in ICD-10, WPA, Madrid, Spain, 1996

- Acupuncture in smoking cessation, Zagazig University, Egypt, 1990

- Public Health courses: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

- - Statistical methods in public health I, II, III, IV

- - Public mental health

- - Topics in public mental health I, II, III, IV

- - Principles of epidemiology

- - Principles of psychosocial research I,II, III, IV

- - Drug abuse field visits I, II

- - Seminar on drug abuse I, II, III, IV

- - Drugs ETC & Public Health I, II, III

- - Epidemiology of mental disorders

- - Prevention of drug abuse

- - Etiology model of mental disorders

- - Studies & research in mental health I, II, III

- - Research methodology

- - Prevention of mental disorders

- - Design clinical trials

International Conferences

- Annual Conference of Alzheimer’s Association, Paris, July, 2012

- World Psychiatric Association Conference, Cairo, 26-28 Jan, 2011

- Child and adolescent psychiatry conference, Beijing, China, June 2010

- College of International Neuropsychopharmacology Conference, Hong Kong, June 2010

- Annual Conference of Alzheimer’s Association, Honolulu, USA, July, 2010

- Recent advances in treatment of anxiety and depression: London, 11-14 March 2010

- American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 16-21 May 2009.

- World Biological Psychiatry Conference, Paris. June 2009.

- European Congress of Psychiatry, Florence, April 2009.

- Recent advances in treatment of depression and dementia, Istanbul, March 2009.

- Treatment of Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, Athenes, March 2009.

- American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. USA, 2008

- American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Diago, USA, 2007

- European Congress of Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain, April 2007

- American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2006

- World Psychiatric Association International conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006

- American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, USA, 2005

- Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 2005

- American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New York, USA, 2004

- Collegium International of Neuropsychopharmacology Annual Meeting, Paris, France, 2004

- European College of Neuropsychopharmacology conference, Prague, Czech, 2003

- XII World Congress of Psychiatry, Yokohama, Japan, 2002

- American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 2001

- American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, 2000

- American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1999

- American Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Meeting, New York, 1999

- AMERSA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, 1998

- International Society of Electromagnetic Brain Topography (ISBET) Annual Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, 1997

- X World Congress of Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain, 1996

- Arab Congress of Psychiatry, Beirut, Lebanon, 1996 National Conferences

- Annual Jeddah Psychiatric symposium. Jeddah, Sep. 2014

- International Psychiatry Conference, Jeddah, KSA April 2014

- Annual Jeddah Psychiatric symposium, March, 2011

- Annual Neurology for Non-Neurologists Symposium, Jeddah, 2-3 March 2011

- International Symposium on Psychiatry, Jeddah, April 2010

- EEG Symposium, Jeddah, 23 May 2009

- Jeddah Psychiatric Symposium, Jeddah, April 4-6, 2008

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International Symposium on Psychiatry, Jeddah, 1-4 May 2007

- Bioethics and regulatory aspects of biomedical research symposium, Jed 5/2006

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annual Neurology for Non-Neurologists Symposium, Jeddah, 2-3 May 2006

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Annual Jeddah Psychiatric Symposium, Jeddah 23-24 March 2005

- International Epilepsy Symposium and Workshop, Jeddah, 27-29 September 2005

- How to write a research grant proposal, Jeddah, 16 th

November 2005

- Recent advances in anxiety disorders, Jeddah, 21 September 2005

- Optimizing quality of life of psychotic patients, Jeddah, 14 th

February 2005

- Current thinking in the treatment of depression and anxiety, Jeddah, April 2005

- Recent advances in psychopharmacology, Jeddah, 13-14 April 2005

- Mood and anxiety disorders, Jeddah, 1

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June 2004

- Neurodevelopmental and behavioral disorders symposium, Jeddah, 2003

- Neurology for Non-Neurologists Symposium, Jeddah, 14-15 October 2003

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Annual Jeddah Psychiatric Symosium, Jeddah, 2002

- Egyptian Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Cairo, Egypt, 1998

- Egyptian Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Alexandria, Egypt, 1997

- Egyptian Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Assiut, Egypt, 1997

- The First Egyptian International Conference on Addiction and Drug abuse, Cairo, Egypt 1996

- Egyptian Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Sharm Al-Sheikh, Egypt, 1996 Research Projects:

1- Venlafaxine versus Naltrexone for Relapse Prevention of Tramadol Abuse: A Randomized Clinical Trial in collaboration with Ministry of health (Secretary of Mental Health and Addiction) and Ministry of Scientific Research.

2- Intellectual and cognitive impairment among adolescents with cannabis use disorders.

3- Cognitive impairment and serum BDNF levels among patients with cannabis use disorders.

4- ADHD and tramadol abuse among adults and adolescents. Publications: H-index 10 (629 citations)

- Bassiony, Medhat MBBCh, MSc, MD; Ammar, Haidy K. MBBCh, MSc; Khalil, Yomna MBBCh, MSc, MD. Cannabis Use and Cognitive Impairment Among Male Adolescents: A Case-control Study. Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment: March 24, 2021 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue – doi: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000257

- Bassiony, Medhat M. MBBCh, MSc, MD; El-Deen, Ghada Salah MBBCh, MSc, MD; Saad, Abdallah MBBCh, MSc, MD; Abdelghani, Mohamed MBBCh, MSc, MD. Gender Differences in a Sample of Egyptian University Students With Opioid Use Disorders Attributed to Tramadol. Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment: April 15, 2021 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue - doi: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000267

- Bassiony, M.M., Fawzi, M., Ammar, H.K., Khalil, Y. The Negative Impact of Cannabis Use on School Grades and Intelligence among Adolescents. Addictive Disorders and their Treatment, 2021, 20(1), pp. 43–50.

- Bassiony, M.M., Ibrahim, E.F., Youssef, U.M. Association Between Dual Diagnosis and Drug-Related Problems in Workplace in Egypt: A Case-Control Study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2021, 19(1), pp. 240–251.

- Bassiony, M., Seleem, D. Drug-related problems among polysubstance and monosubstance users: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Substance Use, 2020, 25(4), pp. 392–397.

- Bassiony, M.M., Youssef, U.M., El-Gohari, H. Free Testosterone and Prolactin Levels and Sperm Morphology and Function Among Male Patients With Tramadol Abuse: A Case-Control Study.

Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 2020, 40(4), pp. 405–408

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- Bassiony MM, Youssef UM, El-Gohari H, Abdelghani M, Salah El-Deen G, Hassan MS. Sexual Dysfunctions among Tramadol Abuse Patients: A case- control study. International Journal of Sexual Health 2019; 31:1, 109- 114, DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2019.1579150.

- Bassiony MM, Negm M, Fawzi M, Ibrahim EF. Substance Use Disorders among Industrial workers in Egypt. Journal of Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment in press. January 08, 2019 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue - p doi: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000162.

- Fouda S, Kelany M, Moustafa N, Abushouk AI, Hassane A, Sleem A, Mokhtar O, Negida A, Bassiony M. Tobacco smoking in Egypt: a scoping literature review of its epidemiology and control measures. East Mediterr Health J. 2018 May 3;24(2):198-215. Review.

- Bassiony MM, Salah El-Deen G, Abdelghani M, Youssef UM, Hassan M, El- Gohari H. Addressing prevalence and correlates among a sample of Egyptian university students who suffer from substance use disorders. Addictive Disorders

& Their Treatment 2018 doi:10.197/ADT.0000000000000131

- Bassiony MM, Abdelghani M, Salah El-Deen G, Hassan M, El-Gohari H, Youssef UM. Opioid use disorders attributed to tramadol among Egyptian university students. J Addiction Medicine 2018; 12(2):150-155.

- Bassiony MM, Youssef UM, Hassan MS, Salah El-Deen GM, Abdelghani M, Abdella A, Ibrahim DH. Cognitive impairment and tramadol dependence. J Clinical Psychopharmacology 2017;37(1):61-66.

- Bassiony MM, Youssef UM, Hussien RA, Saeed M. Psychiatric comorbidity among Egyptian patients with opioid use disorders attributed to tramadol. J Addiction Medicine 2016;10(4):262-268.

- Bassiony MM, Yousef A, Raya Y, El-Shabrawi A, Fouad E, Elshafeey M. Cognitive impairment in relation to depression, anxiety and virological response in hepatitis c patients in Egypt. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 2015;19(3):208-215.

- Bassiony MM, Yousef A, Yousef U, Salah Eldine G, Abdelghani M, Elgohari H, Fouad E. Major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder and response to treatment in hepatitis c patients in Egypt. International J of psychiatry in Medicine; 2015; 50(2):147-162.

- Bassiony MM, Salah eldine G, Yousef U, Abdelghani M, Elgohari H, Abdelgead S. Adolescent tramadol use and abuse in Egypt. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 2015;41(3):206-211.

- Bassiony, MM. Substance use related disorders in Saudi Arabia. Journal Sub Use 2013, Vol. 18, No. 6, Pages 450-466.

- Bassiony, MM. Smoking in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Medical J. 2009; 30(10):876-81.

- Bassiony, MM. Depression and neurological disorders. Neurosciences 2009; 14(3):220-9.

- Bassiony, MM. Stages of progression in drug involvement across generations in Saudi Arabia. Neurosciences 2008; 13(1):37-40.

- Bassiony, MM. Social anxiety disorder and depression in Saudi Arabia. Depression Anxiety 2005;21(2): 90-94.

- Bassiony MM, et al. Falls and age in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. J Nervous and Mental Disease 2004;192(8):570-2.

- Bassiony MM, Lyketsos CG. Delusions and hallucinations in Alzheimer’s disease: review of the brain decade. Psychosomatics, 2003;44(5):388-401.

- Bassiony MM. Conduct disorder and parental substance abuse. World Congress of Psychiatry, 2002, Yokohama, Japan.

- Bassiony MM. Tobacco smoking and frequency of marijuana use in adolescents. World Congress of Psychiatry, 2002, Yokohama, Japan.

- Bassiony MM, et al. The relationship between delusions and depression in Alzheimer’s disease. Int J Geriatric Psychiatry 2002; 17(6):549-56.

- Bassiony MM, et al. Isolated hallucinosis in Alzheimer’s disease is associated with African-American race. Int J Geriatric Psychiatry 2002; 17(3):205-10.

- Bassiony MM, Abdel Aal I, Al-Amine H, Saad A, Al-Najar Khalid, Rashed N. Generalized social phobia: prevalence and clinical correlates. Current Psychiatry 2001;8(3):291-99.

- Khalid M, Helmy S, Abdel Aal II, Bassiony MM, Al-Bana AM. Relatives’ perceptions of the causes of schizophrenia in an Egyptian sample. New Egyptian J of Medicine 2001;25(3):107-12.

- Shalanda A, Bassiony MM, Abdel-Latif R, El-Safi E, Sahlol M, Khashaba A. Deliberate self-harm in sample of emergency department attendants. Current Psychiatry 2000;7(3):354-67.

- Bassiony MM, et al. Delusions and hallucinations in Alzheimer’s disease: prevalence and clinical correlates. Int J Geriatric Psychiatry 2000,15:99-107.

- Hassan RM, Hassan AA, Bassiony MM. Psychological aspects of prehepatic encephalopathy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1999.

- Bassiony MM, et al. Event related potentials in schizophrenics and their first degree relatives. Current Psychiatry 1998.

- Khashaba AM, Al Maghraby MM, Bassiony MM. Psychosocial study of depression in early pregnancy. Current psychiatry 1998.

- Bassiony MM, et al. Predictors of relapse in smoking cessation after treatment with nicotine patches. Current Psychiatry 1998.

- Al-Amine H, Al-Amine N, Refaat A, Bassiony, MM. Cardiac risk factors in chronic mental patients. Current Psychiatry 1997.

- Bassiony MM. Electrophysiological comparison between schizophrenia and dementia of Alzheimer type. International Society of Electromagnetic Brain Topography Conference 1997; Zurich, Switzerland.

- Bassiony MM, et al. Neurometric analysis of QEEG in dementia of Alzheimer type and multi-infarct dementia. VII Pan Arab Congress of Psychiatry 1996; Beirut, Lebanon.

- Bassiony MM, et al. Neurometric analysis of QEEG in schizophrenia. X World Congress of Psychiatry 1996, Madrid, Spain.

Practice Guidelines

1- Clinical Practice guidelines for treatment of substance abuse patients at the addiction unit at Zagazig University Hospitals 2- Clinical Practice guidelines for using Electroconvulsive Therapy

(ECT) at psychiatric department, Zagazig University Hospitals 3- Research Ethics at IRB at faculty of medicine, Zagazig University Memberships

- American Psychiatric Association

- World Psychiatric Association

- American Society of Addiction Medicine

- International Society of Addiction Medicine

- International Association of Alzheimer’s disease

- Arab Federation of Psychiatrists

- Egyptian Association of Psychiatry

Journal Reviewer

- Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

- Middle East Current Psychiatry

- Egyptian Psychiatry Journal

- Zagazig University Medical Journal

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