Muhammad Ajmal Zahid
Psychiatry
Kuwait University, Kuwait
Kuwait
Biography
Muhammad Ajmal Zahid is a Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University. He obtained his basic Medical degree from the King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan in 1975 and membership from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK in 1985. His areas of interest include psychosocial correlates of severe mental illness, workplace violence among the health care professionals, and psychiatric morbidity in general hospital medical outpatient and primary health care settings. In addition, he has been involved in development of the undergraduate psychiatric curriculum. His achievements include development of a somatic inventory to identify psychiatric morbidity in the physically ill patienets and; a violence scale to estimate the prevalence and the degree of violence among the medical health professionals. He has authored 35 publications and is recepient of numerous research and academic awards.
Research Interest
Reserach includes Psychiatry, Medicine, Primary Health Care etc.
