The University of Georgia

Nana Zavradashvili
Associate Professor
Doctor
Department of Medicine
School of Health Sciences

Education

Tbilisi State Medical University - medical - Bachelor - 1976-01-09 - 1982-01-07

University of Birmingham - CEIMH - Without Degree - 2007-01-03 - 2009-01-03

Indian Law Society University - Mental Health Law - Without Degree - 2008-01-03 - 2009-01-03

University Nova - Medical department - Master - 2010-01-03 - 2012-01-03

The University of Georgia - School of Health Sciences - Doctor - 2018-01-19 - 2021-12-30

Publications

“Is the implementation of assertive community treatment in a low-income country feasible? The experience of Tbilisi” - 2009

Assessing the Need for a Protected Living Environment among Severely Mentally Ill Adults in the Republic of Georgia (CJMH-2013-0023) - 2013

A blind spot on the global mental health map: a scoping review of 25 years’ development of mental health care for people with severe mental illnesses in central and eastern Europe - 2017

The Assessment and Treatment of Persons with Mental Disorder in Criminal Justice System - 2018

Mental Illness and Violence – The Interaction of Clinical and Social Factors in Forensic Psychiatric Practice. Review (in English and Georgian). - 2020

Mental Health and Psycho-Social Needs of Women Inmates in Georgia - 2020

Barriers of the implementation of legal capacity reform in practice - 2020

Mental Illness and Violence – Access to Mental Health Services and multidisciplinary Approach priorities. - 2021

Clinical and social factors associated with violent behavior in persons with schizophrenia - 2021

Anxiety and related disorders - 2021

Involuntary treatment in psychiatry_current practice and ethical issues; analytical report. - 2021

Deinstitutionalization of mental health services, International experience and Georgian context; analytical report. - 2021

Clinical factors associated with violent behavior in persons with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. A case control study - 2022

Risk factors for serious violence in persons with schizophrenia - 2022

Impulse control and addictive behavioral disorders - 2023

Country report on assessment of quality of care and protection of human rights in Georgian mh institutions - 2023

Conferences

- 01-01-1900

EPA Congress - 03-03-2016

WPA Regional Conference - 01-04-2016

ECNP congress - 01-03-2017

EPA Congress - 03-03-2018

ECNP Congress - 03-10-2018

Modern Achievements in Clinical Medicine, I international conference - 01-10-2019

EPA Congress - 04-07-2020

Psychiatry - 28-05-2021

International multidisciplinary conference on biomedicine - 18-07-2021

European Psychiatric Association - 04-06-2022

WPA Thematic Congress - 14-10-2022

Georgian Psychiatry Congress - 30-05-2023

VIII International Conference Neurochallenges 2023 in the Era of Evidence-Based and Personalized Medicine - 16-09-2023

23rd World Psychiatry Congress - 28-09-2023

Scientific Projects

Project Title: „Transforming Social Protection for Persons with Disabilities in Georgia” -

"adults with mental disabilities living in institutions in the European Region" - 2019

Accessible Environment for Everyone funded by UNDP Project "Nothing About Us Without us" - A way to independent Living” - 2019

project “Dealing with mental health consequences of COVID-19 pandemic on the Primary Health Care Level in Georgia (DeMCOV-PHC)“ - 2019

Project: “Juvenile and Adult Detainees Support” - 2020

Project: Improving mental health care of persons detained in Georgia - 2021

Project: Enhancement of Human Rights and Health Care Support to Penitentiary System in Georgia - 2022

Courses

Clinical Skills III-MD236280E ( 2023/2024; 2024/2025; )

Psychiatry and clinical psychology-MD5230E ( 2020/2021; 2021/2022; 2022/2023; )

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology-nMD235230E ( 2023/2024; 2024/2025; )

Psychiatry-PSYM5210 ( 2022/2023; 2023/2024; 2024/2025; )

Psychopharmacology-PSYM5253 ( 2023/2024; )

Schedule

Clinical Skills III-MD236280E

Psychiatry-PSYM5210

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology-nMD235230E

Nana Zavradashvili, PhD Direction: Psychiatry Associate professor International Master in Mental Health Policy and Services Nana Zavradashvili, PhD, is Associate Professor at The University of Georgia, consultant psychiatrist at the Rustavi Mental Health Center, invited professor in social psychiatry at Ilia State University. As a local expert and invited trainer, she is involved in Council of Europe projects aimed at strengthening mental health in the penitentiary and police systems and developing mental health policy and regulatory framework in line with European best practice. Nana Zavradashvili has many years of practical work experience and is actively involved in pedagogical and research activities. Over the years, she has been a consultant psychiatrist at the National Center for Mental Health, coordinator of the psychiatric residency program, and executive director of the Coalition "Human Rights and in Healthcare". Her research interests include human rights and mental health, quality assurance in mental healthcare, risk assessment and management of violence in psychiatry. The International Master’s Degree on Mental Health Policy and Services allows Nana Zavradashvili to carry out numerous activities at the national mental health policy level; in particular she participated in the development of the Mental Health Strategic Plan, Mental Healthcare Standards, reviewed legal provisions of involuntary treatment; recently she coordinated assessment of the quality of psychiatric care and the human rights condition in all psychiatric institutions in Georgia, using WHO quality&rights toolkit and produced countrywide report. Nana Zavradashvili is the author / co-author of up to 20 scientific papers, active participant and speaker at local and international scientific conferences, has undergone various trainings in local and international organizations, as well as leads advanced training courses in Georgia and abroad.