Egypt

Contact

Alia A. Saleh 
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.

Research Team

• George Tadros, Professor of Old Age and Liaison Psychiatry, Aston Medical School. consultant in Old Age Liaison Psychiatry in Birmingham and Solihull.
• Noha Ahmed Sabry, Professor of Psychiatry, Head of Old Age Psychiatry Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
• Osama Refaat, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
• Alia A. Saleh, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
• Ola O. Khalaf, Lecturer of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
• Sandra W. El Seessy, Lecturer of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
• Reham Kamel, Lecturer of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.

Research Projects
Adapting Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia to the Egyptian Culture.

The project involves translation to Arabic language and cultural adaptation of the CST manual 1 and 2 (Making a Difference: An Evidence-based Group Programme to Offer Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) to People with Dementia) and (Making a Difference 2: Volume Two: An Evidence-based Group Programme to Offer Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) to People with Dementia). This will be followed by performing a feasibility study to test the applicability and cultural sensitivity of the adapted manuals to a sample of Egyptian patients suffering from dementia. The study will be conducted in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Hospital in Cairo University, Egypt.