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The epidemiology of alcohol use disorders cross-nationally: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys (2020) - Addictive Behaviors. doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106128
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An Evaluation of Hydromethylthionine as a Treatment Option for Alzheimer's Disease (2020) - Expert Opin Pharmacother; 21(6):619-627. doi: 10.1080/14656566.2020.1719066. Epub 2020 Feb 8. PMID: 32037892
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The epidemiology of drug use disorders cross-nationally: Findings from the WHO’s World Mental Health Surveys (2019) - International Journal of Drug Policy; 71:103-112. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.03.002. Epub 2019 Jun 28. PMID: 31255918; PMCID: PMC7370948
Adult ADHD in the Arab World: a Review (2019) - Archives of Psychology; doi.org/10.31296/aop.v3i7.115
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Childhood generalized specific phobia as an early marker of internalizing psychopathology across the lifespan: results from the World Mental Health Surveys (2019) - BMC Medicine; 17:101; doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1328-3. PMID: 31122269; PMCID: PMC6533738
Association of Cohort and Individual Substance Use With Risk of Transitioning to Drug Use, Drug Use Disorder, and Remission From Disorder: Findings From the World Mental Health Surveys (2019) - JAMA Psychiatry; 76(7): 708-720
Concordance between the diagnostic guidelines for alcohol and cannabis use disorders in the draft ICD-11 and other classification systems: Analysis of data from the WHO's World Mental Health Surveys (2019) - Addiction. 114(3):534-552
A comparison of DSM-5 and DSM-IV agoraphobia in the World Mental Health Surveys (2019) - Depression and Anxiety; 36(6):499-510. doi: 10.1002/da.22885
Cross-national patterns of substance use disorder treatment and associations with mental disorder comorbidity in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (2019) - Addiction; 114(8):1446-1459. doi: 10.1111/add.14599. doi: 10.1111/add.14599
Determinants of treatment of mental disorders in Lebanon: barriers to treatment and changing patterns of service use (2019) - Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences; 28(6):655-661. doi: 10.1017/S2045796018000422
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Validation of geriatric depression and anxiety rating scales into Arabic (2018) - Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring; 10: 791-795. doi:10.1016
Validation Into Arabic Of Dementia Rating Scales, Dementia Caregivers Scales And Dementia Research Instruments (2018) - Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring; 10: 796-801 doi: 10.1016
The association between psychotic experiences and health-related quality of life: a cross-national analysis based on World Mental Health Surveys (2018) -Schizophrenia Research. 201:46-53 doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2018.04.044
Psychotic experiences and general medical conditions: a cross-national analysis based on 28,002 respondents from 16 countries in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (2018) - Psychological Medicine 48(16):2730-2739. doi: 10.1017/S0033291718000363
Psychotic experiences and religiosity: Data from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (2018) - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica; 137(4):306-315. doi: 10.1111/acps.12859. Epub 2018 Feb 16. PMID: 29453789; PMCID: PMC6839106
The associations between psychotic experiences, and substance use and substance use disorders: Findings from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys (2018) - Addiction, 113(5):924-934. doi: 10.1111/acps.12859
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among college students and same-aged peers: Results from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys (2018) - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology; 53(3):279-288. doi: 10.1007/s00127-018-1481-6
Treatment Gap for Anxiety Disorders is Global: Results of the World Mental Health Surveys in 21 countries (2018) - Depression and Anxiety; 35(3): 195-208. doi: 10.1002/da.22711. Epub 2018 Jan 22. PMID: 29356216; PMCID: PMC6008788