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Ali Hashmi
@Ali_Madeeh
Psychiatrist, Author, occasional translator https://t.co/qmIuaTSelF
Apr 3, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Glad this subject was brought up since this came up yesterday in a lunch meeting with brilliant psychiatrist and teacher @Sheherzade_Khan
A 🧵 on psychiatry, mental health and why doctors ad health-care professionals need to be cautious about wading into politics Psychiatrists (and other mental health professionals) are forbidden by their ethical code to issue partisan opinions about political figures. This dates back to the 1960s and something called "The Goldwater Rule"
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May 22, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Absolutely tone deaf and frankly quite stupid way to talk about suicide. @OfficialDPRPP really should know better

Attempted suicide is still a criminal offense in Pakistan which stymies all efforts at research and mitigation since it is not reported nor investigated properly. As this article shows, suicide and attempted suicide are serious #mentalhealth problems in Pakistan which need serious solutions, not more stigma
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Apr 2, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Update from #Lahore #Covid_19 frontlines

Total 188 patients presented in emergency in last 24 hours and 14 patients shifted in ward.

6 patients LAMA (Left Against Medical Advice) from emergency and 8 patients received dead almost all the patients who left or were received dead had typical features of COVID!!!!!

In Covid Isolation room of ER :
60 patients received with positive/suspected covid-19 in 24 hours
35 patients shifted to isolation ward and 14-15 patients referred to (affiliated) hospitals
Jul 26, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
My thread from early 2018 popped up on my TL. Even more relevant today. #COVID__19 #MentalHealthMatters

Thread on #MentalHealthAwareness

Approximate number of psychiatrists in Pakistan is around 400 (yes. That's not a typo). 70-80% of these live in or around large cities. It works out to about 1 psychiatrist/500K people. International standard is 1 psychiatrist for 10-15K people. There are almost no recognized Psychiatry sub-specialty training programs in Pakistan in psychiatry which means we are not training
Jul 5, 2020 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Getting to know, tolerate and like your family members (again) during #COVIDー19 . A Thread.

One thing that has happened in the last 3 months or so is that all of us have had to spend more time at home. Schools and colleges are closed. Work places were closed initially 1/n And then after workplaces began opening, online work was (is) being encouraged to minimize exposure to infection. As a result, we have all had to spend more time with spouses, kids, parents and close family. This was even more so in the initial lock down 2/n
May 31, 2020 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
Thread on #mentalhealth during #COVID__19
Wl be adding to this periodically.

For more mental health updates/tips/ideas please follow my colleagues and dear friends @awaisaftab and @AhmadRehanKhan

The current world situation due to #COVID__19 is unprecedented in human history The first thing to understand is that it is perfectly normal to feel stressed, overwhelmed, weepy, angry etc from time to time (for those with no pre-COVID mental health issues-for those who struggled with them pre-COVID, you may be feeling worse despite effective treatment)