Mental Health

Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Depression

Dr. Zanetos is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the College of Coastal Georgia. She has countless years of experience as a registered nurse and nurse educator in higher education. She is published in nursing journals and has been a previous speaker at the International Conference for Geriatrics and Gerontology.

Nursing Education, Public Speaking, Adult Education, Teaching

Occupational stress and stress management programs, capacity building for hospital personnel, school mental health, psychiatric rehabilitation, child and adolescent psychiatric nursing

Sharon L. Bowman, PhD, HSPP, ABPP, LMHC is currently professor and chair of the Department of Counseling Psychology, Social Psychology and Counseling. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University (psychology BA); the University of Akron counseling (psychology MA); and Southern Illinois University – Carbondale (counseling psychology PhD). Her doctoral internship was completed in the counseling center at the University of Delaware. In addition, Dr. Bowman is a psychologist in private practice.

Dr. Bowman ‘s work is focused in areas of diversity (race and ethnicity, women’s issues, LGB issues), in mentoring and supervision, and in disaster and trauma psychology (she is a disaster mental health counselor with the American Red Cross). Dr. Bowman generally teaches doctoral courses in supervision and in advanced diversity, and master’s courses in mental health counseling and in practicum.

Dr. Brigitte Khoury is an associate professor and clinical psychologist at the Psychiatry Department at the Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut. She is the director of the Clinical Psychology Training Program, and the Director of the Arab Regional Center for Research and Training in Mental Health. Her main activities revolve around clinical work, teaching and supervising psychology graduate students and conducting research. Her research interests relate to sexuality and reproductive health, diagnostic and classification processes, and comparing psychology across international settings. She is a member of the advisory group for the revision of the International Classification of Diseases with WHO-Geneva; and the regional coordinator for the field studies in the Arab region. She is the founding president of the Lebanese Psychological Association and a current board member. She is also a founding board member of the Arab Union for Psychological Science and the current Vice President.

Her research interests relate to sexuality and reproductive health, diagnostic and classification processes, and comparing psychology across international settings.

Leyla Akoury- Dirani earned her PhD in Clinical psychology and psychopathology from Paris 5. She is currently an associate professor in the department of Psychiatry of the American University of Beirut She provides clinical services, and teaches medical students and clinical psychology interns. Dr Akoury Dirani is also the director of the Child Protection Program and Member of the Ethics Committee at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. As scholar, Dr Akoury Dirani focuses her research on prevention and intervention studies in the field of child and adolescent mental health. Dr. Akoury Dirani is also the current president of the Lebanese Psychological Association.

Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology