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Scholar Profile: Katija Lila Khan

Bio Information

Dr. Katija Lila Khan

Department: Behavioural Sciences Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences Position: Lecturer in Psychology Status: Active 662 2002 Check out my Website!

My Research Interests:

Neuropsychology, Clinical Psychology, Alzheimer's Disease, Cultural Diversity, Disaster Mental Health, Psychotherapy and Psychological assessment, Standardisation and Validation of Psychological Instruments, Psychometric Testing, Mental Health, Suicide, Service Delivery

Biography/Responsibilities/Duties:

Dr Katija Khan is a psychologist, clinician and academic. She is based at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad where she is a Lecturer in Psychology in the Faculty of Social Sciences. She was previously a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, coordinator of the MSc Clinical Psychology Programme and a member of the Faculty Acadmic Advising and Mentoring Committee.

Dr Khan is the President of the Caribbean Alliance of National Psychology Associations (CANPA), Commissioner on the Public Service Commission of Trinidad and Tobago, Director on the Board of Directors of the Coalition against Domestic Violence, member of the Mediation Board of Trinidad and Tobago, member of the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) Regional Mental Health Committee and Past President of the Trinidad and Tobago Association of Psychologists. Dr. Khan was appointed to the UWI COVID-19 Task Force in March 2020.

Her research interests include wellness, mental health service delivery, student mental health, disaster mental health, cross-cultural perceptions and attitudes towards suicide, psychological risk and protective factors associated with suicide, neuropsychological assessment of dementia and cross cultural psychological assessment. Her professional and outreach interests include increasing public awareness of mental health and improving access to psychological therapies and assessments across the Caribbean.

Research Interests

Neuropsychology
Clinical Psychology
Alzheimer's Disease
Cultural Diversity
Disaster Mental Health
Psychotherapy and Psychological assessment
Standardisation and Validation of Psychological Instruments
Psychometric Testing
Mental Health
Suicide
Service Delivery

Research Activity

[Journal Article]
Quality of life of patients with first-time AMI: a descriptive study more..
2018
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Bahall, M Khan, Katija

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[Journal Article]
Beyond control behaviour: From court to mental health institution, and the challenge of managing behavioural crisis among children and adolescents in Trinidad and Tobago more..
2017
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Shafe, S Othello, H Khan, K Hutchinson, G

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[Journal Article]
Increasing the validity of the MMSE for the multicultural assessment of Alzheimer's disease more..
2011
Katija Lila Khan
Khan, Katija and Venneri, Annalena

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[Journal Article]
The influence of education and ethnicity on Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores more..
2009
Katija Lila Khan
Khan, Katija and Shanks, Michael F and Venneri, Annalena

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[Journal Article]
Cultural differences in MMSE and ADAS-cog performance in Alzheimer's disease more..
2010
Katija Lila Khan
Khan, Katija and Shanks, Michael F and Venneri, Annalena

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[Journal Article]
Faster forgetting: Distinguishing Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia with delayed recall measures more..
2013
Katija Lila Khan
Khan, Katija and Wakefield, Sarah and Blackburn, Daniel and Venneri, Annalena

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[Journal Article]
Culture matters: Clarifying the effect of ethnicity on memory and attention and its implications for assessment of Alzheimer's disease more..
2012
Katija Lila Khan
Khan, Katija and Venneri, Annalena

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[Journal Article]
Medical care of acute myocardial infarction patients in a resource limiting country, Trinidad: a cross-sectional retrospective study. more..
2019
Katija Lila Khan
Bahall, M Seemungal, T Khan, K Legall, G

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[Journal Article]
Fewer Paris, parrots peaches: Interpreting cross-cultural semantic fluency deficits in Alzheimer's assessment more..
2011
Katija Lila Khan
Khan, Katija and Venneri, Annalena

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[Conference Proceedings]
Faster forgetting: Distinguishing Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia with delayed recall measures. more..
2013
Katija Lila Khan
Khan, K Wakefield, S Blackburn, D Venneri, A

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[Book Chapter]
HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean more..
2008
Katija Lila Khan
Weller, P Khan, K

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[Book Chapter]
Forging a new dimension of Black Psychiatry in the Caribbean more..
2010
Katija Lila Khan
Katija Khan Hari D Maharaj

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[Book Chapter]
Culture and memory in the Caribbean more..
2019
Katija Lila Khan
Alea N, Khan K, Pedro C, Raskin S.

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[Conference Proceedings]
Lack of Organisational Strategy when Copying a Complex Figure in Frontotemporal Dementia Patients more..
2012
Katija Lila Khan
Wakefield, Sarah and Khan, Katija and Blackburn, Daniel and Venneri, Annalena and Caffarra, Paolo

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[Conference Proceedings]
Clarifying the Nature of Episodic Memory Deficits in Frontotemporal Dementia more..
2012
Katija Lila Khan
Wakefield, Sarah and Khan, Katija and Blackburn, Daniel and Caffarra, Paolo and Venneri, Annalena

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Public Service

[Public or Community Service]
Member, UWI COVID-19 Task Force more..
March 2020

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Executive Council Member, Caribbean Alliance of National Psychology Associations (CANPA) more..
2018-Present

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Commissioner, Public Service Commission more..
2022 to present

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Member, North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) Regional Mental Health Committee more..
2016 - present

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Director, Board of Directors, Silver Lining Foundation more..
2019 - present

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President, Trinidad and Tobago Association of Psychologists more..
2015 - 2017

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Commissioner, Public Service Commission of Trinidad and Tobago more..
2022 to present

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University Service

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Education and Training

[Education and Training]
PhD Psychology more..

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Memberships

[Membership]
Trinidad and Tobago Association of Psychologists more..

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In the News

[News Article]
Fake News and Coronavirus - CNC 3 News - Skype Interview more..

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[News Article]
Health Expert Warns about Fake Coronavirus News - Newspaper Article more..

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[News Article]
Managing your Mental Health During the COVID-19 Crisis - YouTube more..

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[News Article]
Managing COVID-19 Fears and Anxieties - I 95.5 FM Radio and Live Stream Studio Interview more..

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[News Article]
Coping with COVID-19 - CNC3 Morning Brew - In Studio Interview more..

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[News Article]
Managing COVID-19 Fears - CNC3 News - In Studio Interview more..

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[News Article]
Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) - COVID-19: The Unwanted Visitor? - Podcast more..

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Social Media

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Other Activities

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