Dr Samir Aboulmagd
Cairo University, Egypt
Biography
Samir Aboalmagd, M.D is Professor of Psychiatry at Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine and past head of the Addiction Unit. His interests are predominantly addiction and sports psychiatry but nevertheless works with patients and trainees with an all encompassing approach. His approach is infused by the focus, depth and fortitude that characterize sportsmanship. For 16 years he was a handball player in the National Handball League of Egypt. His career in psychiatry spans four decades and he has supervised numerous thesis. He is cofounder of one of the very few private hospitals that retain a wholistic approach to treatment, addressing the national and regional need for personalized interventions. His experience in treating addiction disorders acknowledges the relapsing nature of the disorder and he is aware of cultural limitations and stigma of the disease. For the last ten years he has been teaching and training nationally and regionally extensively focusing on building generations of insighted aware psychologists and psychiatrists for safe and ethical delivery of care.
Abstract
Abstract : To go the distance: Mental Health and addiction in Sports: The stigma that haunts