Dr M Aamer Sarfraz He is a clinical and research psychiatrist based in Kent and at the Institute of Psychiatry, London (1). He is a senior lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University. He is also a Director of Medical Education at the KSS Deanery (HEKSS). He hails from Lyallpur in Pakistan. He was educated at DPS (Lyallpur), GC (Lahore) & PMC (Faisalabad) before training and 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 psychiatric disorders & issues in peer-reviewed journals (2,8,9). He has written three books (3). He writes on sociorelgiopolitical issues in newspapers and magazines (4). 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. Reportedly, he advises the Punjab Government on various issues without any political binding. He champions the cause of Lyallpur (advocates changing Faisalabd to its orignal name - Lyallpur) and is engaged in charitable activities related to education and health over there. He is founder chairman of Lyallpur Museum and founder principal/ project director of Divisional Model School, Faisalabad. He is also a visiting honorary professor at Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad.
Publications:
1. Meltdown – a collection of short stories (1984). Pak Publications, Faisalabad. 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. 15. Singh, R. & Sarfraz, M. A. (2009) Prescription errors and psychiatric service delivery. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 70 (8), 480. 16. Personality Disorder and Suicide Among Young Adults: A Case Control Study in Bromley. University of London, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, 2009 - 301 pages, 17. Sarfraz, M. A. (2012) People Places and Pickles. Mavra Publishers, Lahore. 18. Annabel McDonald & Aamer Sarfraz (2015) "Failing hospitals: mission statements to drive service improvement?", Leadership in Health Services, Vol. 28 Iss: 2, pp.77 - 82 (7). 19. Sarfraz, M. A. (2015) Talking Points. Mavra Publishers, Lahore. 20. Rahmanian, H. R., Petrou, N. A. & Sarfraz. M. A. (2015) Self-Amputation in Two Non-Psychotic Patients. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 9(3): e231.
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 3. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6263441 4. http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta3/tft/article.php?issue=20121102&page=163. 5. Australasian Psychiatry http://apy.sagepub.com/content/11/3/347.1.extract 6. http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Personality_Disorder_and_Suicide_Among_Y.html?id=PJJjywAACAAJ&redir_esc=y 7. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6263441 8. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/LHS-04-2014-0035 9. http://ijpsychiatrybs.com/en/articles/231.html