Leyla Akoury Dirani
American University of Beirut, Lebonan
Biography
Leyla Akoury Dirani has earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology from Paris. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. She provides clinical services and teaches medical students and clinical psychology interns. She is also the Director of the Child Protection Program and Member of the Ethics Committee at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. As a Scholar, she focuses her research on prevention and intervention studies in the fi eld of child and adolescent mental health. She is also the current President of the Lebanese Psychological Association.