Dr. Faranak Meshkinfam

Clinical expertise

• Medication treatment of psychiatric disorders, including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, substance use disorders, ADHD, phobias, schizophrenia, sleep disorders, and eating disorders
• Analytic psychotherapy with an object relations approach
• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
• Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
• Psychotherapy for substance use disorders

Education & training

1. 2022 – present

   Psychiatry residency

   Tehran University of Medical Sciences

2. 2023

   Psychoanalysis courses

   Iranian Center for Psychoanalysis

3. 2020

   Training in medication treatment of opioid use disorder (MMT)

   Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

4. 2020

   Doctor of Medicine (MD)

   Tehran University of Medical Sciences

5. 2012

   Admitted to medical school, ranked 17th in the national university entrance exam

   Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Clinical experience

1. 2020 – 2022

   Family physician

Teaching

1. 2023 – present

   Clerkship education lead, Department of Psychiatry

   Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

2. 2023 – present

   Classes for medical clerks and interns

   Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Workshops & talks

1. 2025

   Panel speaker: “Learning, habit, and the role of technology”

   3rd Allameh Helli National Neuroscience Congress, Tehran

2. 2025

   Panel speaker: “Psychiatric challenges and obesity”

   2nd National Psychiatry Festival

3. 2024

   Panel speaker: “Psychosis as a comorbidity in substance use disorder”

   17th International Congress on Addiction Science

4. 2024

   Workshop: “Introduction to RCTs”

   1st Scientific Festival of Psychiatry Residents

Publications

1. Translation of Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (2025): Schizophrenia and Other Psychiatric Disorders

   Ibn Sina Publications