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Research Projects

Principal Investigator: Fadi Maalouf, MD
Title of Study/Project	Field
A school-based emotional resiliency program for middle school students in Lebanon: Evaluation of implementation and effectiveness in reducing the burden of depression and anxiety.	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Lebanese Children and Adolescents	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Prevalence and Correlates of Psychiatric Disorders in Adolescents in Greater Beirut: An Epidemiological Study	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
AUBMC Child/Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Clinic Registry	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Neurocognitive Markers of SSRI Treatment Response in Pediatric Depression	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Principal Investigator: Leyla Akoury Dirani, PhD
Title of Study/Project	Field
Validation of the Arabic version of the parental stressor scale in the neonatal intensive care unit	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Social skills training group for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and adolescents with intellectual disability	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
A community-based screening program for mental health issues in early childhood and group support for young parents	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
A child abuse detection program in the emergency departments of Lebanese teaching hospitals	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Principal Investigator: Joseph El-Khoury, MD
Title of Study/Project	Field
Global Youth Attitude to Cannabis and its Use: A systematic Review	Substance Use
The Adaptability and Feasibility of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (Cbtp) in a Sample of Lebanese Patients with a Presentation of First and Early Episode of Psychosis: a Pilot Study	Psychosis
Drugs and Alcohol Themes in Recent Feature Films: a Systematic Content Analysis	Substance Use
Introducing Specialist Integrated Mental Health Care to Lebanon: The Psychosis Recovery Outreach Program	Psychosis
The dependence potential of Salvia Divinorum: a case series	Substance Use
Weight effects of antidepressants in a clinical sample of the Lebanese population	Mood Disorders
Digital Detoxification’ from social media: As survey of its prevalence and characteristics amongst students	General PSychiatry

Principal Investigator: Ghina Ismail, PsyD
Title of Study/Project	Field
Sufism and Psychotherapy	Psychology of Religion and Sprituality
Treatment of Eating Disorders: Predictors of Change in a Lebanese Sample – a Pilot Study	Eating Disorders
Inter-generational Trauma in a Sample of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon	Trauma

Principal Investigator: Brigitte Khoury, PhD
Title of Study/Project	Field
Experience and attitudes of harassment and discrimination from a subset of students at AUB	General Psychology
Field testing of ICD-11 proposals for sexual disorders and sexual health in selected countries in the Arab region	Sexuality and Reproductive Health
Training of health workers in providing psychological services for Syrian refugees in Lebanon	General Psychology
Establishment of the Arab regional center for research, training and policy making in mental health	General Psychology

Principal Investigator: Farid Talih MD
Title of Study/Project	Field
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Cannabis Use Disorder Patients	SleepDisorders/ Substance Use
The Prevalence and Correlates of Insomnia among Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients	Sleep Disorders
Examining the differences in the prevalence and correlates of burnout, substance abuse, and attitudes regarding drug use among medical students in the four years of medical school	Substance Use
Depression and burnout among nurses in a Lebanese academic medical center	Mood Disorders
Cannabis Use and its Relationship to Psychosis	Substance Use

Principal Investigator: Pia Zeinoun, PhD
Title of Study/Projects	Field
The role of personality in predicting academic success and behavioral competence among medical doctors	Personality Psychology
The Arab Personality Inventory-70: An empirically-derived inventory of personality for the Arab region	Personality Psychology
Enhancing the Cross-Cultural Comparability of Likert-Scale Measures in Personality and Values	Cross-Cultural Psychology and Measurement
The Verbal Memory Arabic Test (VMAT): Development, norms and validation evidence of the first indigenous cognitive test in Arabic	Neuropsychology and Measurement
The Modified Brief International cognitive assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS)	Neuropsychology and Measurement
Norms for a Test of Motor Dexterity Among Children and Adolescents in Lebanon	Neuropsychology and Measurement

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