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Title
Prof
Firstname
Othieno
Middlename
Joseph
Lastname
Caleb
Position
Head of Department
Department
Office
Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching and Referral Hospital, First Floor, Room 2016
Phone
+2673555613
Professional Qualifications
MBChB, MMed(Psych)
Brief Biography
I did both my undergraduate and postgraduate studies in medicine and psychiatry respectively at the University of Nairobi. I was employed as a lecturer in psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi in 1989, appointed senior lecturer in 2002 and Associate Professor in 2012. I headed the department from 2006 to 2012. I joined the University of Botswana as the Head of Department in August 2018. I have worked mainly in adult psychiatry and my research interests include depression and substance use disorders.
Teaching Areas
Clinical Psychiatry
Adult Psychiatry
Addiction Psychiatry
Research Areas
Mood Disorders
Suicide
Substance use disorders
Postgraduate Supervision Areas
Suicide,
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Schizophrenia
Selected Publications