The effect of COVID-19 on the mental health of different vulnerable groups.
Bullying and its relation to mental disorders in Lebanon.
The effect of the Beirut Blast on Saint George University Medical Center staff.
Identifying Longitudinal Voice Patterns in Patients with Bipolar Disorder
Assessing the severity of Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) enhances the prediction of both full and subthreshold Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Yale- Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), (by W. Goodman)
A scale that is developed to evaluate children and adolescents with Attention Deficit- Hyperactivity Disorder; it can be filled by both parents and teachers.
The Alzheimer’s Questionnaire measures mild cognitive impairment which can be a precursor of Alzheimers’ disease. The questionnaire consists of 21 items scored and weighted by how well they predict problems with memory.
The AD8: The Washington University Dementia Screening Test.
Patterns and correlates of patient-reported helpfulness of treatment for common mental and substance use disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (2022) - World Psychiatry ;21(2):272-286. doi: 10.1002/wps.20971. PMID: 35524618.
The associations between traumatic experiences and subsequent onset of a substance use disorder: Findings from the World Health Organization World Mental Health surveys (2022) - Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 240:109574
Lancet Psychiatry (2023) - 28:S2215-0366(23)00193-1
Early alcohol involvement increases the likelihood of alcohol dependence (AD). Early interventions can reduce this risk but may be costly. Developing a prediction model to target interventions at high-risk youth could enhance cost-effectiveness.
Understanding the association of civil violence with mental disorders is important for developing effective post conflict recovery policies.
Despite their efficacy, many patients stop antidepressant medication (ADM) without a doctor's advice. This report examines patient-reported reasons, patterns, and predictors of ADM discontinuation.
Mental health service providers are interested in patient perspectives. We examined rates and predictors of patient-reported satisfaction and perceived helpfulness in a cross-national survey of adults with DSM-IV disorders who sought mental health care.
The standard method of generating disorder‐specific disability scores has lay raters make rankings between pairs of disorders based on brief disorder vignettes.