Omar Reda, MD

Walking a dark path alone is a common experience for survivors of trauma.

A tragedy has rocked the Muslim community. How can psychiatry try to help prevent further tragedies from occurring?

One doctor shares his experiences with religion’s role in the practice.

One doctor gives his recommendations for attending to children’s happiness.

The recent Disney Pixar film has a doctor contemplating what makes us all unique, and how we can care for ourselves.

Sometimes the best medicine is understanding.

In their quest to become American doctors, international medical graduates face formidable obstacles. A psychiatrist from Libya explains how his colleagues can help them along the way.

Question and consider how people adapt, how families/communities cope, and how physicians should engage with trauma.

Patients want to pass on many things to their children; trauma is not one of them.

Times are hard but they are easier if we get through them together. Omar Reda, MD, provides activities and insight on ways to actively care for yourself and your family.

With the state of the world, there are so many difficult conversations about racism, hatred, and violence that we need to have with our children.

While recovering from trauma, survivors have a chance to find a voice, meaning, and even beauty.

The country has erupted into a wave of anger that demands justice and reform; but what can we, psychiatrists, do when we hear “code black”?

This has been an extremely challenging quarantine season for me, not so much because of the restrictions posed by the mandate to stay home, as I am still going to the hospital daily for patient rounds; my biggest struggle has been watching the toxic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on many in my immediate social circle.

19 ways I think, and hope, that if implemented might help us, psychiatrists, mitigate the current situation.

These are hard times, but they get a little easier when we make the decision to unite and go through them together.

Many trauma survivors do not enjoy their life due to their daily struggles with memories in the aftermath. Wounded healers are no exception. More in this Portrait of a Psychiatrist.