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Hindi International Journal of Mental Health & PsychiatryISSN: 2471-4372
Afzal Kayani S Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Depression; Medical education; BDI-II; Undergraduates
Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore, Pakistan
Biography
Dr. Hammad Afzal Kayani has completed his PhD degree in Biotechnology from university of Karachi, in 2015 through a “HEC Indigenous Scholarship Program”. The title of his research was ‘Biotransformation of terpenes using medicinal Labiates and fusion effect on the products’. His area of expertise is plant tissue culture, natural product chemistry, biotransformation, protoplast isolation and fusion. Dr. Hammad has published 9 research papers in the field of Biotechnology. He is affiliated with SZABIST since 2014. Currently, he is working as an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Life Sciences.
Publications
Research Article Open Access
Depression among Students of a Professional Degree: Case of Undergraduate Medical and Engineering Students
Author(s): Fatimah N, Hasnain Nadir M, Kamran M, Shakoor A, Mansoor Khosa M, Raza Wagha M, Hasan M, Arshad A, Waseem M and Afzal Kayani S
Objectives: Depression amongst undergraduates has been widely reported, however its correlates have been inadequately identified. Furthermore, a comparison, between the two most stressful curriculum is lacking. We aimed to highlight the prevalence and predictors associated with depression in Undergraduate Medical and Engineering students, with the hope of guiding mental health experts to implement policies that would benefit said individuals.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in two institutes of Lahore, Pakistan namely Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical College, and Uni... view more»
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