Ahmad Shobassy, MD

I am a native Arabic speaker. I can understand, read, and write in Arabic.

Suicide Risk Assessment and Management, delirium, agitation Assessment and Management, complex Psychopharmacology, Management of substance intoxication and withdrawal, ethical and legal issues in psychiatry practice

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I published a couple of articles surrounding complex psychopharmacology topics including medication interactions and untraditional management for neuropsychiatric disorders. I published a couple of papers related to geriatric psychiatric care including elderly bipolar disorder and innovative treatments for Alzheimer's disease. I published one paper about the role of future planning the assessment of imminent suicide risk. I published an article and a book chapter regarding personality disorders. I published a book chapter about legal and ethical issues in psychiatry practice. I published a couple of articles related to the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on psychiatric emergency service utilization. Currently, I am working on establishing a new model theorizing how the transition from suicidal thinking to suicidal behaviors takes place. I am also working on constructing a framework detailing how to engage patients in discussion surrounding the legal status of their psychiatric admission.