Osler Road
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX3 9BJ
UK
Nibbles & drinks from 6:45pm
Talk: 7-8pm
Despite the perception that medical students and doctors should be ‘invincible’ mental health problems are common in this group. Fear of exposure to stigmatization is a crucial factor to secrecy and symptom concealment and is a major barrier to accessing the mental health services. Recent tragic events have reminded us that stigma attached to mental illness in professionals continues to be a major issue. We invite you to experience the Wounded Healer, a talk that has been described by medical students as inspirational and the best lecture they have ever attended.
Dr Ahmed Hankir is Research Fellow of the Bedfordshire Centre for Mental Health Research in association with Cambridge University and Harvard Medical School Global Clinical Scholar. Dr Hankir’s research interests are wide-ranging and he has authored numerous book-chapters and publications on the public understanding of psychiatry, cultural psychiatry and mental health policy and provision in conflict zones. Dr Hankir is an internationally renowned public speaker and is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards most notably the 2013 RCPsych Foundation Doctor of the Year.
With Love,
Oxford Psychiatry Society