Mental Health Research in the Arab World

Post-traumatic stress disorder associated with natural and human-made disasters in the World Mental Health Surveys.

Author: Bromet, E.J., Atwoli, L., Kawakami, N., Navarro Mateu, F., Piotrowski, P., King, A., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Bunting, B., Demyttenaere, K., Florescu, S>, De Girolamo, G., Gluzman, S., Haro, J.M., De Jonge, P., Karam, E.G., Lee, S., Kovess-Masfety

The cross-national epidemiology of specific phobia in the World Mental Health Surveys.

Author: Wardenaar, K.J., Lim, C.W., Al Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Andrade, L.H., Benjet, C., Bunting, B., de Girolamo, G., Demyttenaere, K., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Hisateru, T., Hu, C., Huang, Y., Karam, E.G., Kiejna, A., Lepine, J.P., Navarro Mateu, F., Oakley

Undertreatment of people with major depressive disorder in 21 countries.

Author: Thornicroft, G., Chatterji, S., Evans Lacko, S., Gruber, M., Sampson, N., Aguilar Gaxiola, S., Al Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Andrade, L., Borges, G., Bruffaerts, R., Bunting, B., Caldas de Almeida, J.M., Florescu, S., de Girolamo, G., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M.

The descriptive epidemiology of DSM-IV Adult ADHD in the world health organization world mental health surveys.

Author: Fayyad, J., Sampson, N.A., Hwang, I., Adamowski, T., Aguilar Gaxiola, S., Al Hamzawi, A., Andrade, L.H., Borges, G., de Girolamo, G., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Hu, C., Karam, E.G., Lee, S., Navarro Mateu, F., O'Neill, S., Pennell, B.E., Piazza

Resilience-promoting factors in war-exposed adolescents: an epidemiologic study.

Author: Fayyad, J., Cordahi-Tabet, C., Yeretzian, J., Salamoun, M., Najm, C., & Karam, E. G.

Dementia prevalence, care arrangement, and access to care in Lebanon: A pilot study.

Author: Phung, K. T., Chaaya, M., Prince, M., Atweh, S., El Asmar, K., Karam, G., Khoury, R.M., Ghandour, L., Ghusm, H., Nielsen, T.R., Waldemar, G.

Arab Treatment Guidelines for the Management of Major Depressive Disorder= دليل العلاج العربي في تدبير اضطراب الاكتئاب الجسيم.

Author: Okasha, A., Alkhadhari, S., Al Sharqi, A., Al Herif, T., Asaad, T., Hachem, D.G., Karrani, A., Khan, S.A., Laflamme, S., Osman, O.T., Sarhan, W., Ramy, H., Sheehan, D.V.

Teenagers’ awareness of peers’ substance and drug use in Kuwait.

Author: Omu, F. E., Bader, A. W., Helen, D., Slabeeb, S., Safar, H., & Omu, A. E.

Assessment of the burden on caregivers of patients with mental disorders in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Author: Alzahrani, S. H., Fallata, E. O., Alabdulwahab, M. A., Alsafi, W. A., & Bashawri, J.

Prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder and major depression in health-care givers of disabled patients in Majmaah and Shaqra cities, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Author: Alzahrani, M., Alfahaid, F., Almansour, M., Alghamdi, T., Ansari, T., Sami, W., Al Otaibi, T.M., Al Humayn, A.A., Al Enezi, M.M.

Mental health literacy among pediatric hospital staff in the United Arab Emirates.

Author: Al-Yateem, N., Rossiter, R., Robb, W., Ahmad, A., Elhalik, M. S., Albloshi, S., & Slewa-Younan, S.

The prevalence and the predictors of insomnia among refugees.

Author: Al-Smadi, A. M., Tawalbeh, L. I., Gammoh, O. S., Ashour, A., Tayfur, M., & Attarian, H.

Public awareness of autism spectrum disorder.

Author: Alsehemi, M. A., Abousaadah, M. M., Sairafi, R. A., & Jan, M. M.

Potential factors impacting health-related quality of life among patients with epilepsy: results from the United Arab Emirates.

Author: Alsaadi, T., Kassie, S., El Hammasi, K., Shahrour, T.M., Shakra, M., Turkawi, L., Nasreddine, W., Raoof, M.

Childhood and adolescent obesity: Primary Health Care Physicians’ perspectives from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Author: AlOtaibi, F. N., AlOtaibi, M., AlAnazi, S., Al-Gethami, H., AlAteeq, D., Mishiddi, R., & Siddiqui, A. R.

The relationship between psychosocial factors and cognition in multiple sclerosis.

Author: Alosaimi, F. D., AlMulhem, A., Moscovici, M., AlShalan, H., Alqazlan, M., Aldaif, A., & Sockalingam, S.

Psychosocial predictors of patient adherence to disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis.

Author: Alosaimi, F.D., AlMulhem, A., AlShalan, H., Alqazlan, M.,Aldaif, A., Kowgier, M., Balasundaram, J., Sockalingam, S.

Correlation between obesity and sleep disturbance in Saudi medical students.

Author: Alodhayani, A. A., Alshaikh, O. M., Ghomraoui, F. A., AlShaibani, T. J., Algadheeb, A. S., Bendahmash, A. W., & Baqays, A. A.