Mental Health and Substance Use Research Conducted in Lebanon
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- Anxiety, depression and PTSD in children and adolescents following the Beirut port explosion – PubMed (nih.gov)
- “Our study, the only one to document the mental health impact of the Beirut Port explosion on children, highlights the critical need for an emergency mental health response, prioritizing disadvantaged communities and children with prior mental health problems.”
- Medical and recreational cannabis: A cross-sectional survey assessing a sample of physicians’ attitudes, knowledge and experience in a university hospital in Lebanon – ScienceDirect
- “Even though the majority of the sample who participated in this study seemed to approve the use of medical cannabis, they lacked the knowledge and confidence to do it. Therefore, this study highlights the need of physician training in the subject of medical cannabis. Future well-conducted university studies will produce evidence-based-guidelines for medical cannabis indications and side effects.”
- “Même si la majorité des médecins de notre échantillon sont avec la légalisation du cannabis médical, il existe un manque de connaissance de cette population sur ce sujet. Notre étude met en évidence l’importance d’une formation des médecins libanais sur le cannabis médical. Plus d’études dans le futur permettront de poser les vraies indications du cannabis médical tout ayant recours à la médecine factuelle.”
- A closer look at patterns and characteristics of suicide in Lebanon: A first nationwide report of cases from 2008 to 2018 – ScienceDirect
- “In Lebanon, like most of the Middle Eastern countries, suicide is a social and religious taboo. Our study shows a sizable prevalence of suicide rates, particularly after national efforts to improve awareness and reporting. Suicide means and vulnerable populations should be at the heart of targeted prevention strategies.”
- Parenting Styles and Psychiatric Profile of Parents of Adult Substance Use Disorder Patients: Cross-sectional Study | SpringerLink
- “The purpose of this Lebanese, cross-sectional, multi-centric study is to examine the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among adult patients with substance use disorder and their parents along with the predominant parenting style.”
- Lebanese People Living with HIV: Psychiatric Co-morbidities and Psycho-Social Environment | SpringerLink
- “The rate of psychiatric disorders is clearly higher than that of the general population. PLHIV with a homosexual or bisexual orientation face a double stigma, perhaps making them more vulnerable to depression.”
- PLHIV: People Living with HIV
- Late‐onset and non‐late‐onset schizophrenia: A comparison of clinical characteristics in a multicenter study | MDLinx
- “This age‐matched multicenter sample of elderly patients with schizophrenia revealed great similarities between older adults with LOS and older adults with NLOS in terms of clinical features.”
- LOS: Late‐Onset Schizophrenia (occurring between ages 40 and 60 years)
- NLOS: Non‐Late Onset Schizophrenia (NLOS, ie, disorder occurring before 40 years of age)
- Lebanon: mental health system reform and the Syrian crisis. | PubFacts
- The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health has launched a National Mental Health Programme, which in turn has established the Mental Health and Substance Use Strategy for Lebanon 2015-2020. In parallel, research involving refugees has been conducted since the onset of the Syrian crisis. The findings point to an increase in mental health disorders in the Syrian refugee population, which now numbers more than 1 million.
