Evaluation of Sickle Cell Module for Quality of Life in Egyptian Children and Adolescents Patients: Impact of Psychiatric and Disease Specific Variables.

Sickle cell disease (SCD) impacts the physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of life. We aimed to study the quality of life (QoL) in Egyptian children and adolescents with SCD using the sickle cell module in relations to social, psychological and disease variables. A cross sectional study included 40 patients with SCD between 5 and 18 years.

Reducing the stigma of mental health disorders with a focus on low- and middle-income countries.

Mental health disorders are a burgeoning global public health challenge, and disproportionately affect the poor. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear 80 % of the mental health disease burden. Stigma associated with mental health results in delayed help seeking, reduced access to health services, suboptimal treatment, poor outcomes and an increased risk of individuals' human rights violations.

Electronic Mental Health as an Option for Egyptian Psychiatry: Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Egypt is a country of nearly 100 million citizens, and there are less than 1000 registered psychiatrists. The mental health care system is under resourced and nearly inaccessible for the majority of the population. In addition, youth under the age of 25 years represent 50% of Egyptian citizens; however, there are no specific services addressing their unique needs.

Impact of a culturally adapted behavioural family psychoeducational programme in patients with schizophrenia in Egypt.

Objective: To study the effect of a culturally adapted, structured family intervention on symptom severity, medication attitudes and knowledge, social functioning and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia.

Methods: Thirty subjects with schizophrenia were selected to receive 14 sessions of a culturally adapted behavioural family psychoeducational programme (BFPEP). Another 30 subjects received standard treatment as usual (STU) for 6 months.

Risk factors influencing severity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a sample of preparatory school students in Cairo.

Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood psychiatric disorders. Severity of symptoms is associated with more behavioral problems, poor academic performance, and persistence of symptoms into adulthood.

Methods: To examine the clinical and social correlates that may be identified as risk factors associated with ADHD severity in a sample of adolescent ADHD school students.

Use of second-generation antipsychotics in the acute inpatient management of schizophrenia in the Middle East.

Background: Management of acute psychotic episodes in schizophrenic patients remains a significant challenge for clinicians. Despite treatment guidelines recommending that second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) should be used as monotherapy, first-generation antipsychotics, polypharmacy, and lower than recommended doses are frequently administered in clinical practice. Minimal data exist regarding the use of SGAs in the Middle East.

Role of traditional healers in the pathway to care of patients with bipolar disorder in Egypt.

Background: A large number of mentally ill patients prefer to visit non-medical practitioners such as traditional healers because of the confidence in the system, affordability and accessibility of the service. This may lead to delay in seeking psychiatric services and has prognostic impact.

Aim: To assess the rate of bipolar affective disorder (BAD) patients seeking traditional healers, the sociodemographic and clinical correlates of those patients.

Correlates of psychiatric co-morbidity in a sample of Egyptian patients with bipolar disorder.

Background And Objectives: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a complex, chronic mood disorder involving repeated episodes of depression and mania/hypomania. Two thirds of patients with bipolar disorder have a comorbid psychiatric condition. This study aims to assess the prevalence of Axis I diagnosis with its socio-demographic and clinical correlates among a sample of Egyptian patients with bipolar disorder.

Screening for ADHD in a Sample of Egyptian Adolescent School Students.

Objective: To screen for ADHD in a sample of Egyptian adolescent students, and study the distribution of different subtypes of ADHD, associated comorbidities, and sociodemographic correlates.

Method: A total of 925 adolescents were randomly selected and screened by the Conners-Wells' Adolescent Self-Report Scale-Short form (CASS:S), and potential cases were further assessed by the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime versions (K-SADS-PL).

Results: A total of 87 students (9.

Impact of personality temperaments and characters on academic performance and specialty selection among a group of Egyptian medical graduates.

Background: The relationship between personality temperaments, academic achievement and specialty interest is important because of its implications in career counseling.

Aim: To assess the effect of personality on academic performance and career selection and to study the impact of some sociodemographic factors on academic achievement and career choice of medical graduates.

Methodology: A total of 436 medical graduates of Ain Shams medical school were approached, out of which 331 participated.

Pathways to child mental health services among patients in an urban clinical setting in Egypt.

Objective: Of the 82.6 million people living in Egypt, 31% are children under age 15. Until recently, identification and treatment of child mental health problems have not been a high priority in Middle East countries.

Immunological changes in patients with mania: changes in cell mediated immunity in a sample from Egyptian patients.

The immune system and its relation to psychiatric disorders has attracted many investigators, but there is still great controversy about the extent of immunological changes associated with different psychiatric disorders. Bipolar disorder is the least studied among the three major psychiatric disorders: schizophrenia, major depression and bipolar disorder. The current study was conducted on 20 patients with mania in comparison to 20 healthy controls, to evaluate changes in percentage of lymphocytes, active T-lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells.