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Michael Rayel MD, Diplomate ABPN
Michael Rayel Quick Facts
Dr. Michael Rayel -- psychiatrist, author, and game inventor -- has written the award-winning
A 31-Day Series
for young people which currently has two titles: A 31-Day Success
Principles for Kids and Teens and A 31-Day Positive Affirmation for
Kids and Teens.
As a game inventor, he has created several noteworthy games. His latest invention, Actus Tale, was chosen as "Top Pick" in the Washington Post ToyTest 2007 and recently has won Creative Child Magazine's 2008 Preferred Choice Award.
Moreover, he created the Oikos Game
Series. This 'emotional intelligence' (EQ) board games can help players
learn personal development, social and emotional skills such as dealing with conflict, asserting
oneself, showing empathy, managing anger, making decisions, and setting
goals in a fun way. The first of the series won the 2007 Platinum Award and 2005 Parent to
Parent Adding Wisdom Award. Moreover, it has three versions.
Moreover, he created fun card games
such as Fikloo - a party game, and Wordigy/Wordigy Jr. (with three and two versions, respectively) and IzSip Challenge - all
challenging word games. Wordigy Jr. has won Creative Child Magazine's 2008 Seal of Excellence Award.
The Oikos Game 3, Fikloo, Wordigy, A
31-Day Success Principles for Kids and Teens, and A 31-Day Positive
Affirmations for Kids and Teens are recipients of 2006 Parent to Parent
Adding Wisdom Award.
As an entrepreneur, Dr. Rayel is the
co-founder of Oikos Global, the maker of emotional and social skills games
and personal development products; and Soar Dime Limited, the provider of webinars and publisher of
psychiatry, mental health, and parenting books.
Aside from being an Editor of Oikos' Insights! A Family and Self-Improvement Journal, Dr. Rayel is also the cofounder of Wordigy Challenge -- a word competition using Wordigy and Oikos Global Award -- a youth award that aims to recognize children and youths who have made a difference in the lives of their peers.
Dr. Rayel has
pioneered and conceptualized the CARE approach as a first aid
methodology for mental health. In his book First Aid to Mental Illness
(named Finalist, Reader's Preference Choice Award 2002), he advances
the implementation of practical strategies and early intervention to
deal with mental illness.
Through
his books Successful Preparation for the Psychiatry Oral Exam and
Passing Strategies, Dr. Rayel has helped psychiatrists pass the
certification exam in Psychiatry (ABPN). Using the sound strategies
found in these books, he has provided "Psychiatry Review Board for ABPN II" to interested exam candidates.
Currently, Dr. Rayel is a Clinical Assistant Professor at MUN, Discipline of
Psychiatry. In addition to being certified in Advanced Clinical
Psychopharmacology (ASCP), Dr. Rayel is also a Diplomate of the
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with subspecialty
certifications in Forensic and Geriatric Psychiatry, and Psychosomatic
Medicine.
