Sub Committee on Iraq
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About the Committee
Photograph of the Iraq Sub-Committee, February 2012
The committee’s main function is to update
the International Advisory Committee on mental health
issues related to Iraq, advise the Committee on the needs and
developments of mental health providers and act as a liaison
between the College and Mental health services in Iraq.
Members
Chair of Sub Committee on Iraq: Dr Mohammed
Abbas
Committee members: Dr M Al-Uzri, Dr
Riadh Abed, Dr Mohammed Ali, Dr Hasanen Al-Taiar, Dr M
Al-Yassiri, Dr Yasir Hameed, Dr Saleh Dhumad, Professor
Rachel Jenkins, Dr Najat Khalifa, Dr Peter
Hughes, Dr Sabah Sadik, Dr Leslie Scarth and Dr Sanaa
Saeed.
Obituary for Dr Rizgar Amin
Dr Rizkar Amin, 54, passed away on Monday 15 April 2013.
Rizgar was born in 1958 in Koysinjaq (Erbil
province/ Iraqi Kurdistan). He graduated from Mosul Medical School,
Iraq in 1982. Rizgar settled in the UK in 1985. He completed his
training in psychiatry and was appointed as consultant Psychiatrist
in Sheffield in 1997 then moved to London and worked at Park Royal
centre for mental health from 1998 and remained there until his
untimely death on 15 April 2013.
Dr Amin was a very active member of the Royal
College of Psychiatrist; he chaired the Transcultural psychiatry
group, was a member of the Iraq subcommittee and had an active role
in developing post war mental health services in Iraq. He was a
founder and the first chair of the Kurdish medical association
which was established in 2005. He was an active campaigner for
human right in Kurdistan, Iraq and across the world. Rizgar was an
active participant in numerous other organisations and groups.
In addition to his role as a consultant
psychiatrist Dr Amin was the lead clinician for Acute Services in
Brent, and the Core trainees Training Programme Director at St
Mary`s scheme in London.
Dr Amin is survived by his wife Shireen
and two children Tara (age 18) who is a medical student and Dilan
(age 15).
Dr Amin was laid to rest on the 20 April 2013
at Hendon Cemetery. This was followed by a moving memorial service
in the evening arranged by his family and attended by hundreds of
relatives, friends and colleagues from within the UK and
beyond.