Dr Ammara Butt
Dr Ammara Butt
MBBS, FCPS
Associate Professor
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
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The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral sciences is the backbone of mental health at Jinnah Hospital Lahore. The department has been providing ample clinical and academic services to the hospital since its early days and been fighting the stigma associated with mental illness ever since. In addition to that, the department is engaged in active research projects many of which have gotten published in various journals, while others are currently underway. The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral sciences strictly adheres to the values of medical ethics and strives at maintaining the highest quality of doctor-patient relationship.
- Comprehensive counseling services: Career & Relationship counseling
- Substance abuse (drug addiction) management
- Comprehensive liaison services
- Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Psychological assessments with highly structured assessment tests
- Psychiatric evaluation of all new MBBS admissions
- Psychiatric evaluation of constable inductions in Punjab Police
- Psychiatric evaluation of admitted medico-legal cases
- Trauma-focused therapy of terrorism and disaster victims
- Daily morning meeting for discussion of ward issues
- Daily rounds (by consultants)
- Daily OPD
- By consultant, residents and a team of psychologists
- Daily student counselling
- Daily occupational therapy sessions
- Daily ward teaching of undergraduates
- 3rd Year MBBS (AIMC)
- Final Year MBBS (AIMC)
- Psychologists from multiple institutes from all over Punjab
- Twice a week classes of Allied Health Sciences are held:
- 2 MLT classes
- 2 DPT classes
- Once a week specialized training workshops are held:
- Anger and stress management – For residents
- Conflict resolution – For JHL security staff
- Weekly academic activities
- Case conference
- Journal club
- Community outreach
- Public awareness campaigns
- Workshops in educational institutes
- Psychiatric camps (Hafizabad and Narowal)
Dr Faiza Athar
DPM, MCPS, FCPS
Assistant Professor
Dr Fatima Saleem
FCPS
Senior Registrar
Dr Aafia Malik
FCPS
Senior Registrar
Dr Kiran Ashfaq
PHD, ADCP
Clinical Psychologist
Mrs. Lubna Azhar
ADCP
Clinical Psychologist
Dr Ijaz Warraich
MCPS
Registrar