Dr. Faiza Jabbar has worked as a psychiatrist at the University Hospital of Northern BC (UHNBC) in Prince George for almost ten years. Before coming to Canada, she worked in Ireland for over ten years, where she first completed her residency and specialization in general adult, geriatric, and forensic psychiatry, and then worked as an attending psychiatrist.
Since moving to Prince George, she has worked to improve the delivery of mental health care by following evidence-based treatments. For the last two years, she’s been pioneering a project to improve the delivery of group therapy programs on the acute psychiatric ward at UHNBC, which is known as “3 North East” or “3 NE.”
There’s a widely held belief that psychiatrists only prescribe medications, but Dr. Jabbar is actively challenging that idea through innovation in psychiatry using research from the fields of psychotherapy and biopsychosocial science. She believes that holistic health is the most important contributor to a healthy lifestyle – that is, mind and body working together.
To read more about Dr. Jabbars's project work, visit the Northern Health Stories website!