Mental Health Research in the Arab World

Gender and the relationship between marital status and first onset of mood, anxiety and substance use disorders.

Author: Scott KM, Wells JE, Angermeyer M, Brugha TS, Bromet E, Demyttenaere K, de Girolamo G, Gureje O, Haro JM, Jin R, Karam AN, Kovess V, Lara C, Levinson D, Ormel J, Posada Villa J, Sampson N, Takeshima T, Zhang M, Kessler RC.

Family profile of heroin users in Mansoura, Egypt.

Author: Elmahdy, M., Elsayed, O., Elgamal, R., Shahda, M., Moselhy, H.F.

Exposure to prolonged socio-political conflict and the risk of PTSD and depression among Palestinians.

Author: Canetti, Daphna, Galea, Sandro, Hall, Brian J., Johnson, Robert J., Palmieri, Patrick A., Hobfoll, Stevan E.

Exploring the 7p22.1 chromosome as a candidate region for autism.

Author: Bayou N, Belhadj A, Daoud H, Briault S, Helayem MB, Chaabouni H, M'rad R.

Evaluation of affective temperaments in the postpartum depressive symptomatology. [Article in French]

Author: Masmoudi J, Trabelsi S, Charfeddine F, Ben Ayed B, Guermazi M, Jaoua A, Karam EG, Hantouche EG.

Evaluating the drug use "gateway" theory using cross-national data: consistency and associations of the order of initiation of drug use among participants in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.

Author: Degenhardt L, Dierker L, Chiu WT, Medina Mora ME, Neumark Y, Sampson N, Alonso J, Angermeyer M, Anthony JC, Bruffaerts R, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Gureje O, Karam AN, Kostyuchenko S, Lee S, Lépine JP, Levinson D, Nakamura Y, Posada Villa J, Stein D, Wel

Eating disturbances among adolescent schoolgirls in Jordan.

Author: Mousa TY, Al Domi HA, Mashal RH, Jibril MA.