EXPERIENCE
Family doctor
Fier, December 2013-February 2017
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Trainee
Tirane, March 2017 鈥 March 2021
EDUCATION
Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Medicine, University of Medicine, 2007-2013
Resident of Child and Adolescent, UHC 鈥楳other Theresa鈥, Tirana, March 2017 鈥 March 2021
National Activities
1) 8th Conference of Albanian Psychiatric Association
Struga (Montenegro), 24-25 November 2017
Oral presentation: 鈥漈reatment alternatives in resistant obsessive- compulsive disorders in children 鈥
2) 2nd Congress of Neuroscience Albania
Pristina (Kosovo) 16-17 March 2018
Oral Presentation: 鈥淐hallenges on diagnosing dissociative disorders in young children: A Case Presentation鈥
3) 鈥淓arly intervention in Psychiatry鈥
Tirana, Albania 10 October 2018
Oral Presentation 鈥淐hallenges in early intervention鈥
4) 1st Conference of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Residents in Albania (engaged in organizing the activity)
Tirana, Albania 28 December 2018
Oral Presentation 鈥淒r Google and Cyberchondria鈥
Co-author 鈥淎utism Specter Disorder in Albania, early signs and early diagnoses鈥
5) 4th Conference of Psychiatric Residents in Albania
Tirana, Albania October 2019
Oral Presentation: 鈥淜nowledge of General Practitioners in early psychoses鈥
6) 9th Conference of Albanian Psychiatric Association
Korce, Albania, November 2019
Poster presentation: 鈥淜nowledge of General Practitioners in early psychoses鈥
Co-author: 鈥淎ttitudes toward mental health disorders in Albanian community鈥
International Activities
1. EPA 2018 Summer School
鈥淎BC of Psychotherapy鈥
6-9 September 2018, Strasbourg France
2. EPA MOOC (online learning)
Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
April-September 2018
3. Part of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry CAP Working Group on EFPT – European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees, since November 2018.
4. Essentials of CBT 鈥 Beck Institute (online course)
4 December 2018 鈥 28 January 2019
5. 27th European Congress of Psychiatry
6-9 April 2019 Warsaw, Poland
Co-author e-Poster – 鈥淓PA Summer School 2018: A rare experience of diversity鈥
6. 15th International Training Seminar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
12-17 May, Rome Italy
7. Attendance at 18th International Congress of ESCAP
30 June 鈥 2 July 2019, Vienna Austri
8. Completion of 鈥淚ntroduction to Motivational Interviewing鈥
(online course)
EPA, June 2019
9. Certificate of Mastery 鈥淭he Professional Course on the Greenspan
Floortime Approach鈥, October 2019
10. 2019 ECNP Workshop on Clinical Research Methods
6-8 November 2019, Barcelona, Spain
11. Completion of 鈥淧sychological First Aid鈥
Online Certification by John Hopkins University, May 2020
12. Certificate of Attendance, FENS 2020 Virtual Forum
11 鈥 15 July 2020
13. EPA MOOC (online learning)
鈥淯nderstanding and Treating Major Depressive Disorder鈥, July 2020
14. Completion of 鈥淎dvanced CBT Diploma鈥
Online certification by Centre of excellence, January 2021
15. Completion of 鈥淐ognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Practitioner Certificate鈥
Online certification by The Academy of Modern Applied Psychology, January 2021
16. Attendance of EPA Virtual Congress 2021
17. Attendance of the course: 鈥淧sychiatric Management of Borderline Personality Disorder with or without Psychotherapy鈥, EPA Virtual 2021
Awards
1. Scholarship Winner at 18th International Congress of ESCAP
30 June 鈥 2 July 2019, Vienna, Austria
2. ALBA-FKNE-YIBRO diversity grant for participating in the
FENS 2020 Virtual Forum, 11-15 July 2020
3. ECP Scholarship Winner at 29th European Congress of Psychiatry
10-13 April 2021, EPA Virtual 2021
Publication
1. February 2019, European Psychiatric Journal (free communication pages), Co-author : 鈥淎n integrative approach to training in Psychotherapy 鈥 EPA Summer School 2028鈥
2. Alikaj V., Metaj E,. Dashi E., Spaho E,. Skendi V,. 鈥淕eneral practitioners knowledge about schizophrenia and early psychosis 鈥 A study conducted in primary health care Albania 鈥 Proceedings of 26th Multidisciplinary International Neuroscience and Biological Conference 鈥淪tress and Behavior鈥, Vol. 9 May 2019, St-Petersburg, Russia.
3. Co-author on 鈥淧lay Therapy鈥 Chapter, EFPT Psychotherapy guidebook, July 2019
4. Co-author – 鈥淣orman Sartorius: psychiatry鈥檚 living legend鈥,
The Lancet Psychiatry, vol 6, page 983-984, December 2019
5. Dashi E., Skendi V., Alikaj V., 鈥淚dentification and treatment capacities in psychoses; -A study in primary health care in Fier, Albania鈥; New Bulletin of Medical Sciences Nr3, Vol 3, 2019.
6. Ransing, R., Dashi, E., Rehman, S., Chepure, A., Mehta, V., & Kundadak, G. K. (2021). COVID-19 anti-vaccine movement and mental health: Challenges and A way forward. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2018(21), 102614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102614
7. Ransing, R., Dashi, E., Rehman, S., Mehta, V., Chepure, A., Kilic, O., Hayatudeen, N., Orsolini, L., Vahdani, B., Adiukwu, F., Gonzalez-Diaz, J. M., Larnaout, A., Pinto da Costa, M., Grandinetti, P., Soler-Vidal, J., Byty莽i, D. G., Shalbafan, M., Nofal, M., Pereira-Sanchez, V., & Ramalho, R. (2021). COVID-19 related mental health issues: a narrative review of psychometric properties of scales and methodological concerns in scale development. Australasian Psychiatry鈥: Bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 1039856221992645. https://doi.org/10.1177/1039856221992645
8. Ullah I., Jaguga F., Ransing R., Pereira-Sanchez V., Orsolini L., Ori D., De Filippis R., Pakpour A.H., Adiukwu F., Kilic O., Hayatudeen N., Shoib Sh., Ojeahere M. I., Nagendrappa S., I.M Handuleh J., Dashi E., Musami U.B., Vahdani B., Ashrafi A., Jatchavala Ch., Abbass Z., El Halabi S., OGUNNUBI
O.P., Pinto da Costa M., Ramalho R.,. Fear during COVID-19 pandemic鈥: Fear of COVID-19 Scale measurement properties. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction ,March 2021.
9. Ori D., Szocsics P., Molnar T., Guevara K., Bankovska-Motlova L., I. Ivanovic., Carbone E., Kotsis K., Dashi E., Ahmadova G, et al.,. European study on the attitude of psychiatrists towards their patients. The Journal of the European Psychiatric Association, 2021.
10. Skendi V., Alikaj V., Dashi E.,. Anxiety Symptoms and their frequencies in Albanian children: differences by age, gender and other variables. The Journal of the European Psychiatric Association, 2021.
11. Dashi E., Ransing R., Vahdani I., Alikaj V.,. Differences in psycho-social impact of Covid-19 in Albania, India and Iran; A cross-section study. The Journal of the European Psychiatric Association, 2021.
12. Alikaj V., Skendi V., Metaj E., Dashi E.,. Burnout in medical residents-A prospective study in Albania. The Journal of the European Psychiatric Association, 2021.
13. Spaho E., Alikaj V., Dashi E., Skendi V.,. Migration: a risk factor for psychosis?. The Journal of the European Psychiatric Association, 2021