Highlighted Session – Farooq Naeem

Dr. Farooq Naeem is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and staff psychiatrist in Schizophrenia Program, Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada. He was trained in Psychiatry in Merseyside training scheme in Liverpool, England. He completed his MSc in Research Methods in Health and PhD at the Southampton University in England. He also received training in Lean thinking and in quality improvement in England. He has pioneered techniques for culturally adapting CBT. These techniques have been used to adapt CBT for a variety of common and severe mental health problems in South Asia, North Africa, the Middle East, China, England and Canada. He has nearly 200 publications, including; peer-reviewed journals articles, books and book chapters . He has presented his work at numerous conferences, and has conducted many workshops globally. His research areas include CBT, psychosis and culture, with an overall aim to improve access to CBT. He works with a team of IT experts, and has developed a CBT-based therapy program – called eGuru – that can be delivered through web and smart phone apps.