EXPERIENCE
Family doctor
Fier, December 2013-February 2017
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Trainee
Tirane, March 2017 – March 2021
EDUCATION
Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Medicine, University of Medicine, 2007-2013
Resident of Child and Adolescent, UHC ‘Mother Theresa’, Tirana, March 2017 – March 2021
National Activities
1) 8th Conference of Albanian Psychiatric Association
Struga (Montenegro), 24-25 November 2017
Oral presentation: ”Treatment alternatives in resistant obsessive- compulsive disorders in children “
2) 2nd Congress of Neuroscience Albania
Pristina (Kosovo) 16-17 March 2018
Oral Presentation: “Challenges on diagnosing dissociative disorders in young children: A Case Presentation”
3) “Early intervention in Psychiatry”
Tirana, Albania 10 October 2018
Oral Presentation “Challenges in early intervention”
4) 1st Conference of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Residents in Albania (engaged in organizing the activity)
Tirana, Albania 28 December 2018
Oral Presentation “Dr Google and Cyberchondria”
Co-author “Autism Specter Disorder in Albania, early signs and early diagnoses”
5) 4th Conference of Psychiatric Residents in Albania
Tirana, Albania October 2019
Oral Presentation: “Knowledge of General Practitioners in early psychoses“
6) 9th Conference of Albanian Psychiatric Association
Korce, Albania, November 2019
Poster presentation: “Knowledge of General Practitioners in early psychoses“
Co-author: “Attitudes toward mental health disorders in Albanian community“
International Activities
1. EPA 2018 Summer School
“ABC of Psychotherapy”
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 – Beck Institute (online course)
4 December 2018 – 28 January 2019
5. 27th European Congress of Psychiatry
6-9 April 2019 Warsaw, Poland
Co-author e-Poster – “EPA Summer School 2018: A rare experience of diversity”
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 – 2 July 2019, Vienna Austri
8. Completion of “Introduction to Motivational Interviewing“
(online course)
EPA, June 2019
9. Certificate of Mastery “The Professional Course on the Greenspan
Floortime Approach“, October 2019
10. 2019 ECNP Workshop on Clinical Research Methods
6-8 November 2019, Barcelona, Spain
11. Completion of “Psychological First Aid”
Online Certification by John Hopkins University, May 2020
12. Certificate of Attendance, FENS 2020 Virtual Forum
11 – 15 July 2020
13. EPA MOOC (online learning)
“Understanding and Treating Major Depressive Disorder”, July 2020
14. Completion of “Advanced CBT Diploma”
Online certification by Centre of excellence, January 2021
15. Completion of “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Practitioner Certificate”
Online certification by The Academy of Modern Applied Psychology, January 2021
16. Attendance of EPA Virtual Congress 2021
17. Attendance of the course: “Psychiatric Management of Borderline Personality Disorder with or without Psychotherapy”, EPA Virtual 2021
Awards
1. Scholarship Winner at 18th International Congress of ESCAP
30 June – 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 : “An integrative approach to training in Psychotherapy – EPA Summer School 2028”
2. Alikaj V., Metaj E,. Dashi E., Spaho E,. Skendi V,. “General practitioners knowledge about schizophrenia and early psychosis – A study conducted in primary health care Albania “ Proceedings of 26th Multidisciplinary International Neuroscience and Biological Conference “Stress and Behavior”, Vol. 9 May 2019, St-Petersburg, Russia.
3. Co-author on “Play Therapy” Chapter, EFPT Psychotherapy guidebook, July 2019
4. Co-author – “Norman Sartorius: psychiatry’s living legend“,
The Lancet Psychiatry, vol 6, page 983-984, December 2019
5. Dashi E., Skendi V., Alikaj V., “Identification and treatment capacities in psychoses; -A study in primary health care in Fier, Albania”; 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., Bytyçi, 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 : 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 : 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