Doctor Specialist Profile

Dr. Asad Hussain is a UK-trained Consultant Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor based in Islamabad, practising at Quaid-e-Azam International Hospital. He is a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych) and has completed UK specialist training in psychiatry, with experience across both the UK and Pakistan. His approach combines safe, ethical, evidence-based care with clear communication, shared decision-making and respect for each patient's culture and values.

Clinical expertise:
• Depression, including treatment-resistant depression
• Anxiety and panic disorder
• Bipolar affective disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Schizophrenia and psychosis
• Borderline personality disorder
• Dementia and old age psychiatry
• Addiction and substance use disorders

Treatments and therapies offered:
• Medication management based on current evidence
• Ketamine infusion therapy for resistant depression, bipolar disorder and psychosis
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Mindfulness-based therapy
• Psychodynamic psychotherapy

Training and experience:
• UK training across community mental health teams, acute psychiatry and PICU, perinatal psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, liaison, child and adolescent, learning disability, general adult and old age psychiatry
• Held Section 12(2) approval and Approved Clinician status under the UK Mental Health Act
• Consultant Psychiatrist roles in UK services, with departmental leadership and clinical informatics experience
• CBT training at Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre, UK; DBT certification (2021); mindfulness training (2021)

Academic distinctions: Gold Medal in the Final Professional Exam, 2nd Position in the Second Professional Exam, and Distinctions in Biochemistry and Surgery.

Registrations and memberships: Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK), General Medical Council (UK), Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and the International Association of Therapists.

Consultations are available at the hospital OPD and online via WhatsApp, FaceTime or Teams.