Dr. Arafat is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Currently, he is working as an Associate Consultant at Bangladesh Specialized Hospital Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He completed MD in Psychiatry from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka and MBBS from the Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka,
Bangladesh. He also did an MPH in Health Economics and MBA in Marketing. Dr. Arafat has (co)authored more than 300 peer-reviewed
articles and book chapters, and (co)edited several books with Springer. He has been included in the global 2% researcher list in
2021, 2022, and 2023. He is acting as an editorial member in more than 10 leading journals in mental health published by Frontiers, Wiley, Hindawi, Springer, and Taylor and Francis. His research focused on suicidal behavior, psychometrics, panic buying, and psycho-sexual disorders.