Research

Post-traumatic stress disorder associated with sexual assault among women in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Post-traumatic stress disorder associated with sexual assault among women in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (2018) - Psychological Medicine; 48(1):155-167. doi: 10.1017/S0033291717001593. Epub 2017 Jun 19. PMID: 28625214; PMCID: PMC5896282

The cross-national structure of mental disorders: results from the World Mental Health Surveys

The cross-national structure of mental disorders: results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychological Medicine; 48(12):2073-208 doi: 10.1017/S0033291717003610. Epub 2017 Dec 19. PMID: 29254513; PMCID: PMC6008201.

Complementary and alternative medicine contacts by persons with mental disorders in 25 countries: results from the World Mental Health Surveys

Complementary and alternative medicine contacts by persons with mental disorders in 25 countries: results from the World Mental Health Surveys (2018) - Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences; 27(6):552-567. doi: 10.1017/S2045796017000774.

Recovery from DSM-IV post-traumatic stress disorder in the WHO World Mental Health surveys

Recovery from DSM-IV post-traumatic stress disorder in the WHO World Mental Health surveys (2018) - Psychological Medicine; 48(3): 437-450

Civilians in World War II and DSM-IV mental disorders: results from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative

Civilians in World War II and DSM-IV mental disorders: results from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative (2018) - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology; 53(2):207-219

Socio-economic variations in the mental health treatment gap for people with anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders: Results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys

Socio-economic variations in the mental health treatment gap for people with anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders: Results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys (2018) - Psychological Medicine; 48(9):1560-1571

Socio-demographic and cardiovascular disease risk factors associated with dementia: Results of a cross-sectional study from Lebanon

Socio-demographic and cardiovascular disease risk factors associated with dementia: Results of a cross-sectional study from Lebanon (2017) - Prev Med Rep; 24(9):1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.11.006

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

Dementia Prevalence, care arrangement, and access to care in Lebanon: A pilot study (2017) - Alzheimer's Dementia; 13(12):1317-1326

Dementia and family burden of care in Lebanon

Dementia and family burden of care in Lebanon (2017) - Bjpsych International;14(1):7-9

Trauma and psychotic experiences: transnational data from the World Mental Health Survey

Trauma and psychotic experiences: transnational data from the World Mental Health Survey (2017) - British Journal of Psychiatry, 211(6):373-380

Childhood Adversities and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Evidence for Stress Sensitization in the World Mental Health Surveys

Childhood Adversities and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Evidence for Stress Sensitization in the World Mental Health Surveys (2017) - British Journal of Psychiatry. 211(5):280-288

The associations of earlier trauma exposures and history of mental disorders with PTSD after subsequent traumas

The associations of earlier trauma exposures and history of mental disorders with PTSD after subsequent traumas (2017) - Molecular Psychiatry; doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.194

The association between psychotic experiences and disability: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

The association between psychotic experiences and disability: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (2017) - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica; 136(1):74-84

Cross-Sectional Comparison of the Epidemiology of DSM-5 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Across the Globe

Cross-Sectional Comparison of the Epidemiology of DSM-5 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Across the Globe (2017) - JAMA Psychiatry; 74(5):465-475

Estimating treatment coverage for people with substance use disorders: An analysis of data from the World Mental Health Surveys

Estimating treatment coverage for people with substance use disorders: An analysis of data from the World Mental Health Surveys (2017) - World Psychiatry; 16(3), 299-332

Association Between Psychotic Experiences and Subsequent Suicidal Thoughts and BehaviorsA Cross-National Analysis From the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

Association Between Psychotic Experiences and Subsequent Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors A Cross-National Analysis From the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys (2017) - JAMA Psychiatry; 74(11):1136-1144

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the World Mental Health Surveys

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the World Mental Health Surveys (2017) - Psychological Medicine; 47(13):2260-2274

Mental Health Outcomes of War Exposure of Children and Adolescents in the Arab World

Mental Health Outcomes of War Exposure of Children and Adolescents in the Arab World (2017) - The Arab Journal of Psychiatry; 28 (1): 26 – 35

Non-War Related Childhood Adversities in the Arab World: A Review

Non-War Related Childhood Adversities in the Arab World: A Review (2017) - The Arab Journal of Psychiatry; 28 (1): 1 – 25

The association between childhood adversities and subsequent first onset of psychotic experiences: a cross-national analysis of 23,998 respondents from 17 countries

The association between childhood adversities and subsequent first onset of psychotic experiences: a cross-national analysis of 23,998 respondents from 17 countries (2017) - Psychological Medicine;47(7):1230-1245

Trauma and PTSD in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Trauma and PTSD in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (2017) - European Journal of Pyscho traumatology; 8(sup5):1353383

Posttraumatic stress disorder associated with unexpected death of a loved one: Cross-national findings from the World Mental Health Surveys

Posttraumatic stress disorder associated with unexpected death of a loved one: Cross-national findings from the World Mental Health Surveys. (2017) - Depression and Anxiety; 34(4):315-326

The role of religious advisors in mental health care in the World Mental Health surveys

The role of religious advisors in mental health care in the World Mental Health surveys (2017) - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology; 52(3):353-367

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

Post-traumatic stress disorder associated with natural and human-made disasters in the World Mental Health Surveys (2017) - Psychological Medicine; 47(2):227-241

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

The cross-national epidemiology of specific phobia in the World Mental Health Surveys (2017) - Psychological Medicine; 22(2):1-17

Undertreatment of people with major depressive disorder in 21 countries

Undertreatment of people with major depressive disorder in 21 countries (2017) - The British Journal of Psychiatry; 210(2):119-124

The descriptive epidemiology of DSM-IV Adult ADHD in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

The descriptive epidemiology of DSM-IV Adult ADHD in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys (2017) - Atten Defic Hyperact Disord; 9(1):47-65

Resilience Promoting Factors in War Exposed Adolescents: An Epidemiologic Study

Resilience Promoting Factors in War Exposed Adolescents: An Epidemiologic Study (2017) - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ECAP; 26(2): 191–200. DOI: 10.1007/s00787-016-0871-0

Cross-national epidemiology of panic disorder and panic attacks in the world mental health surveys

Cross-national epidemiology of panic disorder and panic attacks in the world mental health surveys (2016) - Depression and Anxiety ; 33(12):1155- 1177

Lebanon: mental health system reform and the Syrian crisis

Lebanon: mental health system reform and the Syrian crisis (2016) - BJPsych International; 13 (4):87- 89