Wars, Insurgencies and Terrorist Attacks: A Psycho-Social Perspective From The Muslim World

About Unaiza Niaz

Prof (Dr) Unaiza Niaz M.D. D.P.M. F.R.C. Psych is the Director of the Psychiatric Clinic & Stress Research Center Karachi; Visiting Professor of University of Health Sciences Lahore; Founder and President Pakistan Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the Chair Section on Woman''s Mental Health The World Psychiatric Association. Former Head of Department of Psychiatry Pakistan Airlines and Senior Lecturer Faculty of the Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi. She is the Life Member of The Pakistan Psychiatric society and held Positions as Vice President Secretary General. She is a life member of the World Federation of Mental Health American Psychiatric Association and Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists London and was Advisor to the National Commission on the Status of Women Pakistan She has been trained in centers of excellence such as The Royal Free Hospital The Tavistock Clinic Hampstead London and The Johns Hopkins University USA. She has to her credit numerous scientific publications in both national and international journals. She has authored several books: Emerging Images of Pakistani Women Stress Management and The Psychosocial Profile of Pakistani Women published by the Karachi University Centre of Women''s Excellence and a landmark monograph on woman''s mental health in Pakistan. She has edited books such as Medical Ethics in Contemporary Era and a book on the Pakistan Earthquake 2005 International Perspectives in Handling Psycho-Trauma: The Day The Mountain''s Moved.