Research

The Role of Affective Temperaments in Bipolar Disorder: The Solid Role of the Cyclothymic, the Contentious Role of the Hyperthymic, and the Neglected Role of the Irritable Temperaments

The Role of Affective Temperaments in Bipolar Disorder: The Solid Role of the Cyclothymic, the Contentious Role of the Hyperthymic, and the Neglected Role of the Irritable Temperaments (2023) - Eur Psychiatry:1-24. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.16

The dynamic nature of refugee children's resilience: a cohort study of Syrian refugees in Lebanon

The dynamic nature of refugee children's resilience: a cohort study of Syrian refugees in Lebanon (2022) - Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci.;31:e41. doi: 10.1017/S2045796022000191. PMID: 35702899; PMCID: PMC9228593

Associations between traumatic event experiences, psychiatric disorders, and suicidal behavior in the general population of Afghanistan: findings from Afghan National Mental Health Survey

Associations between traumatic event experiences, psychiatric disorders, and suicidal behavior in the general population of Afghanistan: findings from Afghan National Mental Health Survey (2022)

Transdiagnostic development of internalizing psychopathology throughout the life course up to age 45: a World Mental Health Surveys report

Transdiagnostic development of internalizing psychopathology throughout the life course up to age 45: a World Mental Health Surveys report (2022) - Psychol Med.;52(11):2134-2143. doi: 10.1017/S0033291720004031

Global mental health research and practice: a decolonial approach

Global mental health research and practice: a decolonial approach (2022) - Lancet Psychiatry;9(7):595-600. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(22)00043-8. Epub 2022 Apr 7. PMID: 35397800

Perceived helpfulness of service sectors used for mental and substance use disorders: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Perceived helpfulness of service sectors used for mental and substance use disorders: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (2022) - Int J Ment Health Syst;16(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s13033-022-00516-z. PMID: 35093131; PMCID: PMC8800240.

Perceived helpfulness of treatment for social anxiety disorder: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Perceived helpfulness of treatment for social anxiety disorder: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (2022) - Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. doi: 10.1007/s00127-022-02249-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35262761

Cohort profile: biological pathways of risk and resilience in Syrian refugee children (BIOPATH)

Cohort profile: biological pathways of risk and resilience in Syrian refugee children (BIOPATH) (2022)- Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol ;57(4):873-883. doi: 10.1007/s00127-022-02228-8

Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries

Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries (2022) - Lancet Public Health; 7(5):e417-e426. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00060-3

Predictors and severity of probable acute stress disorder following the Beirut Port Blast

Predictors and severity of probable acute stress disorder following the Beirut Port Blast (2022) - Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2022 Mar 22;13(1):2040232. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2022.2040232. PMID: 35340788; PMCID: PMC8942494

Determinants of effective treatment coverage for major depressive disorder in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Determinants of effective treatment coverage for major depressive disorder in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (2022) - International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 16(1):29

Illicit Drug Use in Older Adults: An Invisible Epidemic?

Illicit Drug Use in Older Adults: An Invisible Epidemic? (2022) - Clin Geriatr Med. 2022 Feb;38(1):39-53. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2021.07.002. PMID: 34794702

Cannabis Use and Misuse in Older Adults

Cannabis Use and Misuse in Older Adults (2022) - Clin Geriatr Med. 2022 Feb;38(1):67-83. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2021.07.003. PMID: 34794704

Deuterated dextromethorphan/quinidine for agitation in Alzheimer's disease

Deuterated dextromethorphan/quinidine for agitation in Alzheimer's disease (2022) - Neural Regen Res;17(5):1013-1014. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.324842. PMID: 34558525; PMCID: PMC8552844

Increased risks for mental disorders among LGB individuals - Cross-National evidence from the World Mental Health surveys

Increased risks for mental disorders among LGB individuals - Cross-National evidence from the World Mental Health surveys (2022) - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 57(11):2319-2332

Access to Care for Mental Health Problems in Afghanistan: A National Challenge

Access to Care for Mental Health Problems in Afghanistan: A National Challenge (2021) - Int J Health Policy Manag;11(8):1442–50. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.46. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34124868; PMCID: PMC9808366

WHO World Mental Health Survey collaborators. Previous disorders and depression outcomes in individuals with 12-month major depressive disorder in the World Mental Health surveys

WHO World Mental Health Survey collaborators. Previous disorders and depression outcomes in individuals with 12-month major depressive disorder in the World Mental Health surveys (2021) - Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci;30:e70. doi: 10.1017/S2045796021000573

The neurological consequences of contracting covid-19

The neurological consequences of contracting covid-19 (2021) - Acta Neuropsychologica; 19(3):301-305, 2021

Homicide-Suicide in Older Adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, February 2021

Homicide-Suicide in Older Adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, February 2021 / (2021) - Current Psychiatry

Perceived helpfulness of treatment for alcohol use disorders: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys

Perceived helpfulness of treatment for alcohol use disorders: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys (2021) - Drug Alcohol Depend;229(Pt B):109158. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109158. Epub 2021 Nov 1. PMID: 34784556

Perceived Helpfulness of Treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A World Mental Health Surveys report

Perceived Helpfulness of Treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A World Mental Health Surveys report (2021) - BMC Psychiatry. 21(1):392.1. Doi: 0.1186/s12888-021-03363-3

Perceived helpfulness of treatment for specific phobia: findings from the World Mental Health Surveys

Perceived helpfulness of treatment for specific phobia: findings from the World Mental Health Surveys (2021) - Journal of Affective Disorders. 288:199-209

A national survey on depressive and anxiety disorders in Afghanistan: A highly traumatized population

A national survey on depressive and anxiety disorders in Afghanistan: A highly traumatized population (2021) - BMC Psychiatry;21(1):314. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03273-4. PMID: 34158003; PMCID: PMC8218387

The role of epigenetics in psychological resilience

The role of epigenetics in psychological resilience (2021) - Lancet Psychiatry; 8(7):620-629. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30515-0. Epub 2021 Apr 27. PMID: 33915083; PMCID: PMC9561637

Recall Bias in Trauma Recollection

Recall Bias in Trauma Recollection (2021) - The Arab Journal of Psychiatry;33 (2):112– 123; doi-10.12816/0059211

Pioneering mental health care and research in Lebanon

Pioneering mental health care and research in Lebanon (2021) - Lancet Psychiatry. 2021 Aug;8(8):657. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00260-1. PMID: 34303409

Mental Health in the Mediterranean Area

Mental Health in the Mediterranean Area (2020) - Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health;16(Suppl-1):67-69. doi: 10.2174/1745017902016010067. PMID: 33029183; PMCID: PMC7536726

Fibromyalgia patients should always be screened for post-traumatic stress disorder

Fibromyalgia patients should always be screened for post-traumatic stress disorder (2020) - Expert Rev Neurother; 20(9):891-893. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2020.1794824. PMID: 32662698

Comorbidity within mental disorders: a comprehensive analysis based on 145 990 survey respondents from 27 countries

Comorbidity within mental disorders: a comprehensive analysis based on 145 990 survey respondents from 27 countries (2020) - Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci; 29:e153. doi: 10.1017/S2045796020000633. PMID: 32782057; PMCID: PMC7443806

Perceived helpfulness of treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys

Perceived helpfulness of treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys (2020) - Depress Anxiety; 37(10):972-994. doi: 10.1002/da.23076. Epub 2020 Jul 15. PMID: 32667096; PMCID: PMC7722199