Publications by authors named "Soumeya Halayem"
Tunisian Adolescents at CHR for Psychosis: A Pilot Study of Cognitive Remediation in a LMIC.
Early Interv Psychiatry
January 2025
Background: Clinical high risk (CHR) youth are known to exhibit cognitive deficits at similar levels to their more severally ill counter parts. Cognitive training (CT) programs offer a promising method for early intervention and the prevention of further cognitive decline in this vulnerable population. However, there are few structured CT intervention programs addressing the needs of CHR youth in LMICs of the Middle East.
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- Many faculties worldwide are implementing mentoring programs to enhance student learning, skills, belonging, and well-being.
- This review aims to discuss the principles and recommendations of effective mentoring projects in academic settings.
- It also presents the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis's perspective on adopting this mentoring approach.
Background: The child uses drawing as a language. By reflecting faithfully all that is involved in the psychic life of the child, the drawing participates in the diagnosis and plays a role in the therapeutic management of young people suffering from psychological difficulties.
Aim: To analyze the drawings of children and adolescents followed at the department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, further to the events of the Tunisian Revolution.
Background: Access to care in mental health is a fundamental element in the monitoring and care of children and adolescents.
Aim: The objective of this work was to draw up the demographic and clinical characteristics of a population of consultants in child psychiatry and to investigate possible gender inequalities in access to care.
Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study concerning a sample of 730 children and adolescents having consulted child psychiatry department in Tunis and Monastir during a period of 4 months (April-July on 2006).
Aim: This survey was conducted to investigate mobile phone use and dependence in Tunisian high school students.
Methods: Questionnaires were anonymously distributed to 120 adolescents looking for the modalities of use of mobiles. SMS dependency was assessed with the French version of the Igarashi scale.