User:Renala/Aamer Sarfraz

He is a clinical and research psychiatrist based in Kent and at the Institute of Psychiatry, London (1). He hails from Lyallpur in Pakistan. He was educated at DPS (Lyallpur), GC (Lahore) & PMC (Faisalabad) before training/qualifying as a psychiatrist from the Maudsley & Farnborough Hospitals and the Institute of Psychiatry, London.

He has published articles on drug & alcohol abuse and other mental health disorders in peer-reviewed journals. He also writes on sociorelgiopolitical issues in newspapers with a pseudonym. He seems to be a bit of a political activist; appears in the media from time to time to comment on issues related to Pakistan (2). Reportedly, he advises the Punjab Government on various issues without a political binding. He chairs Lyallpur Foundation which is engaged in charitable activities related to education and health in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Publications:

1. Meltdown – a collection of short stories (1984). Pak Publications, Faisababad. 2. Sarfraz, M. A., Rai, S., Huq, I. (1989-1991) Punishment v. Persuasion - a study in the elimination of undesired behaviour. 3. Sarfraz M.A. & Cook, M.A. (1996) Sulpiride Induced Cholestatic Jaundice. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 30 (5), 701-703. 4. Sarfraz, Aamer & Alcorn, R. J. (1999) Injectable Methadone Prescribing in the United Kingdom - Current Policies and Future Policy Guidelines. Substance Use & Misuse, 34 (12), 1709-1721. 5. Bell, J., Dru, A., Fischer, B., Sarfraz, M. A. (2002) Substitution Therapy for Heroin Addiction. Substance Use & Misuse, 37 (8-10), 1149-1178. 6. Sarfraz, M. A. & Castle, D. (2002) A Muslim Suicide. Australasian Psychiatry 10 (1), 48-50. 7. Sarfraz, M. A. & Castle, D. (2002) Alcohol Misuse among Elderly Psychiatric Referrals. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 10 (6), 758-759. 8. Sarfraz, M. Aamer & Van Zyl, K. (2002) Suicide & other Cultures. Connect: Mental Health Matters in Western Australia, 6(4), 35. 9. Sarfraz, M. Aamer (2002) Prince of Lyallpur. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 52 (7), 321-323. 10. Kausar, N. & Sarfraz, M. A. (2003) Child Psychiatric Disorders – An Overview. Connect: Mental Health Matters in Western Australia, 7(2), 31. 11. Kausar, N. & Sarfraz, M. A. (2003) Can psychiatrists lie to access suitable medication for their patients. Australasian Psychiatry, 11(3), 347-348. 12. Hayward, M., Martyn, G., Roy, B., Sarfraz, M. A. (2008) Attitudes to smoking among psychiatry staff & patients. Kent Journal of Mental Health, 1 (1), 8-11. 13. Sarfraz, M, A., Landron, S. & Klugman, A. (2008) Alcohol abuse among English & French Psychiatry referrals in the A& E Departments. Alcohol & Alcoholism, 43 (5), 589. 14. Sarfraz, M. A., Siddappa, A., Castle, D. (2008) Methadone prescribing practices in English Speaking Countries. Kent Journal of Mental Health, 3, 9-13.

References: 1. Substance Use and Misuse 2003, Vol. 38, No. 11-13, Pages 1883-1889 2. Institute of Psychiatry, London. http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/staff/profile/default.aspx?go=12427