From Wars to the Tsunami Zone: Promoting Wellness Amid Trauma and Tragedy

Arshad Husain, M.D.
University of Missouri-Columbia

Distinguished Public Lecture
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
12:00 p.m.
Acuff Auditorium (MA217, School of Medicine)

Dr. Arshad Husain is a Professor of Child Psychiatry and Child Health as well as Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. As the founder of the International Psychosocial Trauma Center at MU, Husain and his trauma teams have made numerous trips to war-torn regions, including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Pakistan, Chechnya, Palestine, and Jordan, to train teachers and mental health professionals to help children deal with the trauma and tragedy associated with war. In early 2005 he worked in the regions of South and Southeast Asia that were devastated by the massive tsunami. He also conducts annual workshops in Missouri as well as abroad for health professionals, nurses, and teachers.

Dr. Husain has published more than 65 papers in noted medical journals, scientific proceedings, and book reviews on adolescent psychiatry and on psychiatric education and teaching. In addition to five professional books on various aspects of child psychopathology, he is the author of Hope for Children: Lessons from Bosnia (International Medical and Educational Trust, 2001). For his work, Husain has been awarded the Bruno Lima Award by the American Psychiatric Association for outstanding contributions to disaster psychiatry. He also has been awarded the most coveted Irving Philips Memorial Award by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for a lifetime of contributions to the prevention of mental illness in children and adolescents and the American Medical Association's Pride in the Profession Award.

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