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Department of Clinical Psychology

Department of Clinical Psychology

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Overview

The primary mission of the Department of Clinical Psychology is to train clinical psychologists who are adept at the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of individuals afflicted by psychological distress. Moreover, we envisage the production of graduating students who can provide clinical psychological services across the developmental spectrum and with an acute sensitivity to particulars of individuals from a wide range of varied cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds. We promote a scientist-practitioner approach to the work of clinical psychologists and, as such, empirical evidence underlies our approach to all areas of our work. Overall, promoting a greater awareness of psychological needs and actively combating mental health stigma in the community and the broader society within which we live are essential goals of this department. 

Facilities

Behavioral Neuroscience lab

Psychological Assessment Lab

Teaching

The Department of Clinical Psychology offers a Master of Science (MSc) degree in clinical psychology. The need for qualified clinicians and mental health professionals to serve the community necessitated the establishment of this program. The MSc program is designed to provide thorough training for Masters level psychologists to work in a variety of clinical settings including hospitals, schools, public agencies, and private practice. It also provides a foundation for students interested in pursuing advanced doctoral studies. The curriculum is structured to enable students pursue a plan of study to assure increased professional competence and breadth of knowledge in the field of clinical psychology. This program requires 39 semester hours of study, including two practicum courses (600 clock hours) of supervised practicum experience in an approved mental health or rehabilitation setting.

Clinical Psychologists are trained in the diagnosis, treatment, assessment, and prevention of mental health conditions. They are also the largest area of employment within the discipline of psychology. They work in a variety of settings including mental health clinics, hospitals, schools, industry, and private practice. The MSc in clinical psychology program adheres to the clinical science model of training, specifically, the scientist-practitioner model of clinical training, which includes the integration of science and practice. Graduated students are capable of producing research that advances scientific knowledge of psychopathology and its treatment and are expertly capable of applying evidence-based methods of assessment and clinical intervention. Concordant with the scientist-practitioner model, this program trains psychologists to provide the best psychological services to the community. 

 

Community Services

We provide services to the broader community across several domains. Faculty are engaged in the development and implementation of mental health-related workshops and programs at schools, industry, and welfare and governmental organizations. These are often designed to provide skills to those in management/ leadership positions to identify and refer those under their supervision for further assessment and/ or treatment. Regular presentations by both students and faculty are delivered online and in-person to the university community and the public in this country and elsewhere. Faculty serve on various committees at community organizations either to promote mental health awareness, program development, and relevant policy development, or contribute towards the creation of protocols (e.g., licensing and exam guidelines) aimed at advancement advancing the field in this country. 

Academic Programs

  1. Hamid, A. A. R. M., & Musa, S. A. (2017). The mediating effects of coping strategies on the relationship between secondary traumatic stress and burnout in professional caregivers in the UAE. Journal of Mental Health, 26 (1), 28-35. DOI: 1080/09638237.2016.1244714.
  2. Al Miskry, A. S. A., Hamid, A. A. M., & Darweesh, A. M. (2021). The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on University Faculty, Staff, and Students and Coping Strategies Used During the Lockdown in the United Arab Emirates. Psychol. 12:682757. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.682757.
  3. Al Mughairbi, F., Alnajjar, A. A., Hamid, A. (2020). Effects of Psychoeducation and Stress Coping Techniques on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms. Psychological Reports, 123(3) 710–724. DOI: 10.1177/0033294118825101.
  4. Hamid, A. A. M. & Abdullah, A. S. (2020). Job distress and burnout among Tanzanian and Sudanese health professionals: a comparative study. South African Journal of Psychology, 50 (3), 411-424. https://doi.org/10.1177/0081246319898054.
  5. AL-Heeti, K. N. M., Hamid, A. A.R.M., & Alghorani, M. A. (2012). The Irrational Beliefs Inventory: Psychometric Properties and Cross-Cultural Validation of its Arabic Version. Psychological Reports: Mental & Physical Health, 111, 1, 47-63.
  6. H., & Hamid, A. A. M. (2021). Exploring the relationship between identity orientation and symptoms of depression amongst adult third culture kids college students. International Journal of Instruction, 14 (3), 999-1010.
  7. Musa, S. A., & Hamid A. A. R. M. (2008). Psychological Problems among aid workers operating in Darfur. Social Behavior and Personality, 36 (3), 407-416. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2008.36.3.407.
  8. Hamid A. A. R. M., & Musa, S. A. (2010). Mental Health Problems amongst Internally Displaced Persons in Darfur, International Journal of Psychology.45, (5), 1-8. DOI: 1080/00207591003692620.
  9. Musa, S. A., & Hamid A. A. R. M. (2008). Psychological Problems among aid workers operating in Darfur. Social Behavior and Personality, 36 (3), 407-416. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2008.36.3.407.
  10. Hamid, A. A. R. M., Miskry, A.S.A & Darweesh, A. H. M. (2023). The relationship between coping and distress among faculty members and students during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: The moderating effect of gender. Psychiatry 14:1103049. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1103049.
  11. Hamid, A. A. M. (2022). Psychological Distress and Homesickness Among Sudanese Migrants in the United Arab Emirates. Psychol. 12:710115. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.710115.
  12. Hamid, A. A. M. (2020). The impact of worry on academic performance. Journal of Education and Human Development, 9 (3), 103-108. org/10.15640/jehd.v9n3a11.
  13. Hamid, A. (2017). The Relationship between Compulsions, Worry, and Academic Performance among United Arab Emirates University Students. Horizons in Humanities and Social Sciences: An International Refereed Journal, 2 (2), 69-80.
  14. Hamid A.A.R.M & Darweesh, A. M (2018) Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatric Patients in the United Arab Emirates. Applied Neuropsychology: Adults, 27 (1), 87-93. DOI:1080/23279095.2018.1488715.
  15. Hamid A. A. R. M., & Musa, S. A. (2010). Mental Health Problems amongst Internally Displaced Persons in Darfur, International Journal of Psychology.45, (5), 1-8. DOI: 1080/00207591003692620.
  16. Matthews, G., Schwean, V.L., Campbell, S.E., Saklofske, D.H., & Mohamed, A.A.R. (2000). Personality, self-regulation and adaptation: A cognitive-social framework. In M. Boekarts, P.R. Pintrich & M. Zeidner (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation, pp. 171-207. New York: Academic.
  17. Hamid, A. A. R. M. (2010). Anorexia nervosa in Arab culture: A case study. Journal of Law & Psychology, 1, 9-12.
  18. Musa, S.A., & Hamid, A. A. R. M. (2010). The Darfur crisis: Associated mental health problems among internally displaced women. Journal of Muslim Mental Health, 5 (1), 120-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564901003628810.
  19. Al Najjar, A., Hamid, A. A. R. M ., Abdullah, A. S. (2017). Coping strategies of students in the United Arab Emirates University: A research application of the Arabic version of the CISS. Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 7 (18), 40-48.
  20. Hamid, A. A. R. M., & Abdel Basit, M. (2004). Association between religiosity and well-being. Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts: Cairo University, 64, 1-17.
  21. Andrade, , Campo-Redondo, M. (2024). Is Cryocide an Ethically Feasible Alternative to Euthanasia?, The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine. jhae027, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmp/jhae027
  22. Campo-Redondo, M.S. & Alshamsi, A.R. (2024), Unveiling The Mother Tongue Factor In Dream Work: A Qualitative Ethnographic Exploration Of Clinical Psychologists' Engagement With The Ullman's Experiential Dreamwork Group Approach. British Journal of Psychotherapy. 0- https://doi.org/10.1111/bjp.12906
  23. Campo Redondo, M., & Andrade, G.(2024). Nightmare experiences and perceived ethnic discrimination amongst female university students in the United Arab Emirates: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Sleep Research, https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14148
  24. Campo-Redondo, M., Alsheraifi, M. N. A. A., & Alshamsi, M. A. M. (2023). Ullman’s Experiential Dreamwork Group Approach versus Islamic dream interpretation: the dream of a psychologist Muslim women. Psychodynamic Practice, 1-19. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14753634.2023.2207446
  25. Andrade, G., Campo-Redondo, M. (2023). Cryonics, euthanasia, and the doctrine of double effect. Philos Ethics Humanit Med18, 7 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13010-023-00137-5
  26. Campo Redondo, M., & Andrade, G.(2023). Is public health concern a sufficient reason to illegalize consensual incest? The Philosophical Forum, 53, 269– 281. https://doi.org/10.1111/phil.12332
  27. Campo-Redondo, M., Al-suwaidi, A.S., Al-ketbi, N.N., Henyami, M.M., Al-marzooqi, F.M. (2022). “Reflective practice and the conceptualization of implicit theories of counseling and psychotherapy in psychology faculty members. A qualitative perspective from the United Arab Emirates”. Clínica e Investigación Relacional, 16 (1): 210-229. [ISSN 1988-2939] [Recuperado de www.ceir.info ] https://www.psicoterapiarelacional.es/Portals/0/eJournalCeIR/V16N1_2022/Campo-Redondo-et-al_2022_Reflective-practice-and-the-conceptualization-of-implicit-theories_CeIRV16N1.pdf
  28. Andrade, G., & Campo-Redondo, M. (2022). The shaming of people with disabilities in clinical practice: a bioethical critique. Medicina E Morale,71(3), 277-291.  https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2022.1211
  29. Campo-Redondo, M., & Andrade, G. (2022). Is Concern With Overpopulation a Good Argument Against Radical Life Extension?. International Journal of Technoethics (IJT), 13(1), 1-13. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJT.312574
  30. Andrade, G., Campo Redondo, M. (2022). “Is conversion therapy ethical? A renewed discussion in the context of legal efforts to ban it”. Health Ethics, Medicine and Public. Volume 20, February 2022, 100732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemep.2021.100732
  31. Campo-Redondo, Maria (2021). “Appraisal of Emirati Students in the use of Blackboard as a Tool for Scientific Training in Psychology”. Interdisciplinary: Psychology Journal and Related Sciences, 38(3), 2021, September –December, 2021. https://doi.org/10.16888/interd.2021.38.3.12
  32. Campo-Redondo, María. (2021). “Psychotherapy Conception. Qualitative Approach from Grounded Theory”.. Colombian Journal of Psychotherapy. 30, No.1. 47-61 https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v30n1.78535
  33. Andrade, G. , Campo-Redondo, M. (2021). “The need for “gentle medicine” in a post Covid-19 world. Med Health Care and Philos (2021).   1007/s11019-021-10046-z
  34. Andrade, G. & Campo-Redondo, M. (2021). “Cousin Marriage in the 19th Century: Historical and Philosophical Approaches”. Revista de Filosofía. 38 Núm. 97 (2021). https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/filosofia/article/view/35941
  35. Andrade, G. & Campo-Redondo, M. (2020). “Why psychiatrists should not get political. A reassessment in the Trump era”. Ethics, Medicine and Public Health. Volume 15, October–December 2020, 100554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemep.2020.100554
  36. Campo-Redondo, M., García, E.M. y Gamboa, L. (2019). “¿Cómo practican los psicólogos la psicoterapia?. Estudio fenomenológico de profesionales venezolanos”. Clínica e Investigación Relacional, 13 (2): 455-476. [ISSN 1988-2939] [Recuperado de www.ceir.info ] DOI: 21110/19882939.2019.130209.
  37. Andrade, G. and Campo-Redondo, M. (2019). “The Ethical Soundness of the Goldwater Rule”. Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 20, Number 3. DOI: 1891/1559-4343.20.3.173
  38. Andrade, G.; Campo-Redondo, M. (2019). “Rushton and Jensen’s Work has Parallels with Some Concepts of Race Awareness in Ancient Greece”. Psych, 1, 391-402. https://doi.org/10.3390/psych1010028
  39. Andrade, G, Campo-Redondo, M. and  Razdan, D.  (2018). “Mortality salience and the Trolley Problem in medical students”. Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology. The Euroregional Center for Applied Psychology 20, No. 2, 45-48  https://doi.org/10.24913/rjap.20.2.03.
  40. Andrade, G. and Campo-Redondo, M. (2018). “Religion And Literature.” The International Journal of Religious Studies (Print ISSN 1352-4623; Online ISSN 0536-2326). Vol. 6, No. 2, July

Faculty

Note: If calling from outside the UAEU organization, dial (+971 3 713) before the extension.

Name Position Email Extension
Prof. Abdalla Hamid Professor and Chair ahamid@uaeu.ac.ae 6477
Prof. Maria S. Campo-Redondo Professor mcampo@uaeu.ac.ae 6475
Dr. Zahir Vally Associate Professor and Assistant Dean zahir.vally@uaeu.ac.ae 6497
Dr. Salma Daiban Assistant Professor sdaiban@uaeu.ac.ae 5630
Aliaa Ajel Instructor aliaa-ajel@uaeu.ac.ae 4790
Kay Bishop Instructor kbishop@uaeu.ac.ae 4781

General Enquiries

Thank you for your interest in the Department of Clinical Psychology. We welcome your query and encourage you to contact us using the information below:

United Arab Emirates University,
College of Medicine and Health Sciences
P.O.Box: 15551, Al Ain, UAE

E-mail: clinicalpsy@uaeu.ac.ae

Phone: +971 3 713 4464

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