• Primary Care Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Adolescent Substance Use in Lebanon: A National Cross-sectional Study 

  Alayan, Nour; Naal, Hady; Makhoul, Melissa; Avedissian, Tamar; Assaf, Ghada Najjar; Talih, Farid Ramzi; Hamadeh, Randa Sami (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2021)

  Introduction: Substance use among adolescents is on the rise globally. Adolescents rarely seek help for problematic substance use and healthcare professionals can easily fail to identify adolescents with risky substance ...
• Mental health research in the Arab region: challenges and call for action 

  Maalouf, Fadi T.; Alamiri, Bibi; Atweh, Samir F.; Becker, Anne E.; Cheour, Majda; Darwish, Hala; Ghandour, Lilian A.; Ghuloum, Suhaila Ali; Hamzé, Mouïn H.; Karam, Elie Georges; Khoury, Brigitte A.; Khoury, Samia J.; Mokdad, Ali H.I.; Meho, Lokman I.; Okasha, Tarek A.; Reed, Geoffrey M.; Sbaity, Eman; Zeinoun, Pia; Akl, Elie A. (Elsevier Ltd, 2019)

  Although mental disorders are a leading cause of disability in the Arab region, which includes 5·54% of the global population, Arab countries produce only 1·0% of the global output of peer-reviewed publications in mental ...
• PTSD and gender: Could gender differences in war trauma types, symptom clusters and risk factors predict gender differences in PTSD prevalence? 

  Farhood, Laila F.; Fares, Souha A.; Hamady, Carmen (Springer-Verlag Wien, 2018)

  The female-male ratio in the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is approximately 2:1. Gender differences in experienced trauma types, PTSD symptom clusters, and PTSD risk factors are unclear. We aimed to ...
• Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D predicts cognitive performance in adults 

  Darwish, Hala; Zeinoun, Pia; Ghusn, Husam F.; Khoury, Brigitte A.; Tamim, Hani Mohammed; Khoury, Samia J. (Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2015)

  Background: Vitamin D is an endogenous hormone known to regulate calcium levels in the body and plays a role in cognitive performance. Studies have shown an association between vitamin D deficiency and cognitive impairment ...
• Mental Health in Lebanon's Triple-Fold Crisis: The Case of Refugees and Vulnerable Groups in Times of COVID-19 

  Fouad, Fouad Mohammad; Barkil-Oteo, Andres; Diab, Jasmin Lilian (Frontiers Media S.A., 2021)

  Lebanon's management of the COVID-19 pandemic is largely being maneuvered amid the country's escalating triple fold crisis. As the country continues to grapple with political stagnation, a dwindling economy and currency, ...
• The Arab region’s contribution to global mental health research (2009–2018): A bibliometric analysis 

  Zeinoun, Pia; Akl, Elie A.; Maalouf, Fadi T.; Meho, Lokman I. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2020)

  Background: Mental health research output in the Arab region is increasing, yet little is known about its recent landscape. This study provides a bibliometric analysis of mental health research in all 22 Arab countries ...
• Development, psychometric properties, and pilot norms of the first Arabic indigenous memory test: The Verbal Memory Arabic Test (VMAT) 

  Zeinoun, Pia; Farran, Natali; Khoury, Samia J.; Darwish, Hala (Routledge, 2020)

  Background: Tests of verbal memory (list learning) are particularly useful for clinicians and researchers globally, yet there are no psychometrically robust tests that are built indigenously for Arabic-speaking populations, ...
• Self-Compassion Explains Less Burnout Among Healthcare Professionals 

  Hashem, Zeena; Zeinoun, Pia (Springer, 2020)

  Objectives: Healthcare professionals are prone to experience burnout—a psychological syndrome resulting from chronic stressors at work. Some individual differences, like self-compassion—the non-judgmental observation of ...
• Autoantibodies in traumatic brain injury and central nervous system trauma 

  Raad, Mohamad A.; Nohra, Eden A.; Chams, Nour H.; Itani, Muhieddine M.; Talih, Farid Ramzi; Mondello, Stefania; Kobeissy, Firas H. (Elsevier Ltd, 2014)

  Despite the debilitating consequences and the widespread prevalence of brain trauma insults including spinal cord injury (SCI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), there are currently few effective therapies for most of brain ...
• Longitudinal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Stress and Occupational Well-Being of Mental Health Professionals: An International Study 

  Kogan, Cary S.; García-Pacheco, José Angel; Rebello, Tahilia J.; Montoya, Madeline I.; Robles-García, Rebeca; Khoury, Brigitte A.; Kulygina, Maya A.; Matsumoto, Chihiro; Huang, Jingjing; Medina-Mora, M. E.; Gureje, Oye; Stein, Dan J.; Sharan, Pratap; Gäebel, Wolfgang; Kanba, Shigenobu; Andrews, Howard F.; Roberts, Michael C.; Pike, Kathleen M.; Zhao, Min; Ayuso-Mateos, J. L.; Sadowska, Karolina; Maré, Karen Thea; Denny, Keith; Reed, Geoffrey M. (Oxford University Press, 2023)

  Background: Increased levels of occupational stress among health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic have been documented. Few studies have examined the effects of the pandemic on mental health professionals despite ...
• School-based psychologists in Lebanese schools: An exploratory analysis of their professional profile 

  Mansour, Fatima; Mashmoushi, Rasha; Akoury-Dirani, Leyla (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2023)

  The increased interest in school psychology has been accompanied with an expansion of in-house psychological and rehabilitation services worldwide and in Lebanon. This study aims to explore current practices of school-based ...
• The impact of forced displacement: trauma, increased levels of inflammation and early presentation of diabetes in women Syrian refugees 

  Venkatachalam, Thenmozhi; O'Sullivan, Siobhán M.; Platt, Daniel E.; Ammar, Walid S.; Hamadeh, Randa Sami; Riachi, Naji J.; Presley, Diane; Khoury, Brigitte A.; Gauguier, Dominique; Nader, Moni; Qi, Lu; Zalloua, Pierre A. (Oxford University Press, 2023)

  Background Forced displacement and war trauma cause high rates of post-traumatic stress, anxiety disorders and depression in refugee populations. We investigated the impact of forced displacement on mental health status, ...
• No bilingual advantage in children's attentional disengagement: Congruency and sequential congruency effects in a large sample of monolingual and bilingual children 

  Goldsmith, Samantha F.; el-Baba, Mazen; He, Xing; Lewis, Daniel J.; Akoury-Dirani, Leyla; Liu, Junsheng; Morton, J. Bruce (Academic Press Inc., 2023)

  According to recent accounts, bilingualism in childhood confers an advantage in a specific domain of executive functioning termed attentional disengagement. The current study tested this hypothesis in 492 children (245 ...
• Anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in patients on hemodialysis in the setting of the pandemic, inflation, and the Beirut blast: a cross-sectional study 

  Khoury, Rita; Ghantous, Ziad; Ibrahim, Roy; Ghossoub, Elias; Madaghjian, Patille; Karam, Elie Georges; Karam, Georges Elie; Fares, Najat; Karam, Sabine (BioMed Central Ltd, 2023)

  Background: In 2020, Lebanon has witnessed its worst economic crisis, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and a massive explosion of its capital. Amidst these stressors, this study aims at assessing the prevalence of ...
• The Arabic Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale: validation in a sample of Lebanese patients with cancer 

  Ibrahim, Nour I.; Yamout, Dahlia; Bizri, Maya; Taher, Ali T. (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023)

  Background: Depression and anxiety are common comorbid psychological disorders among patients with cancer. Despite the wide use of the Arabic Hospital and Anxiety Scale (HADS) in oncological settings, it has not been yet ...
• Mental Health of LGBTQ Individuals Who are Arab or of an Arab Descent: A Systematic Review 

  El Hayek, Samer A.; Kassir, Ghida; Cherro, Michele; Mourad, Marc; Soueidy, Marianne; Zrour, Carmen; Khoury, Brigitte A. (Routledge, 2023)

  Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals are at a higher risk of mental illness when compared to their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts. Most research emanates from Western countries, with ...
• Ethical codes in the Arab region: comparisons and differences 

  Khoury, Brigitte A.; Akoury-Dirani, Leyla (Routledge, 2023)

  Within the professional practice of psychology the code of ethics characterizes what is morally right or wrong, by means of a set of principles, values, and standards of conduct. While there are numerous international ...
• Cannabis use and psychosis among patients hospitalized in psychiatric wards in Lebanon: a retrospective chart review 

  Ghanime, Pia Maria; Bazzi, Zeinab; Kazan, Joseph; Bou Saba, Ghassan; El Hayek, Samer A.; Saad, Halim; Talih, Farid Ramzi (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023)

  Background: Trends in cannabis use suggest a global increase in the past decade. Current evidence associates cannabis use with an increased risk of psychosis. This association has prompted a growing research interest in ...
• Letter and Category Fluency: Normative Data for Lebanese Older Adults 

  El-Hayeck, Rita; Wehbé, Amine; Baddoura, Rafic M.; Khoury, Rita; Bassil, Nazem K.; Abou-Khaled, Karine J.; Koussa, Salam F.; Richa, Sami; Alameddine, A. M.; Sellal, François (NLM (Medline), 2023)

  BACKGROUND: Verbal fluency tasks are frequently used for neuropsychological assessment in clinical practice and research. It consists of two tasks namely category and letter fluency tests. OBJECTIVE: To determine normative ...
• Characteristics and management of patients with substance use disorders referred to a consultation-liaison psychiatry service in Lebanon 

  El Hayek, Samer A.; Kassir, Ghida; Zalzali, Hussein; Al Hasanieh, Karim; Cherro, Michele; Ibrahim, Nour I.; Bizri, Maya (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023)

  Background: This study explores the characteristics and management of individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) who were referred to the consultation-liaison psychiatry (CLP) service in a tertiary care center in ...

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