Vahid Farnia
Head, Substance abuse prevention research center
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Iran
Biography
Dr.Vahid Farnia is the head of substance abuse prevention research centre at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. He studied medicine at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, and obtained his medical degree in 2000. He studied psychiatry at Tehran university of medical sciences, and obtained his national psychiatry board certification in 2008. He has undertaken more than twenty projects concerning drug abuse, and drug induced psychiatric disorders. He is the author of several published papers in accredited journals, and the author of the chapter entitled "Amphetamine psychosis" in "Neuropathology of Drug Addictions and Substance Misuse" published by Elsevier
Research Interest
Dual Diagnosis, Addiction