Full Time Faculty

Fadi Maalouf, MD
Chairperson
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
fm38@aub.edu.lb

Evelyne Baroud, MD
Assistant Professor
Adult, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
eb22@aub.edu.lb

Rita Khoury, MD
Assistant Professor
Adult, Geriatric Psychiatry
rk224@aub.edu.lb

Wael Shamseddeen, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
ws11@aub.edu.lb

Leila Akoury Dirani, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
la55@aub.edu.lb

Clinical Associates

Zeinab Bazzi​, MD
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry​
zb31@aub.edu.lb

Laila Farhood, PhD ,M.S.N, C.S
Professor H.S.O.N, Clinical Associate
Individual and Family & Couple Psychotherapy
lf00@aub.edu.lb

Ghina Ismail, PsyD
Instructor of Psychiatry
Developmental Trauma and Eating Disorders
gi14@aub.edu.lb

Clinical Staff 

Fatima Abdullah, MA
DBT Therapy
fa159@aub.edu.lb

Joumana Ammar, MA
Clinical Psychology
Division of Child & Adolescent
Psychiatry  and Psychology
ja80@aub.edu.lb

Charlotte El-Khalil, MA
Child & Adolescent Psychology
Division of Child & Adolescent
Psychiatry and Psychology
ck65@aub.edu.lb

Tina Estephan, MA
Speech & Language​ Therapy
ᎮИIИЯAƎ⅃ Center
te31@aub.edu.lb

Fatima Farhat, MA
DBT Therapy
ff37@aub.edu.lb

Christelle Germanos, MA
Psychomotor Therapy
ᎮИIИЯAƎ⅃ Center
cg24@aub.edu.lb

Maya Haddad, MA
Psychomotor Therapy
ᎮИIИЯAƎ⅃ Center
mh342@aub.edu.lb

Lea Harb, MA
Child & Adolescent Psychology
Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
lh100@aub.edu.lb

Maryse Hayek, PhD
Adult Clinical Psychology
Addiction, Mood and Anxiety Disorders
mh330@aub.edu.lb

Mary Jabbour​,MA
Special Education Teacher
ᎮИIИЯAƎ⅃ Center
mj101@aub.edu.lb

Lara Jalloul, MA
Child & Adolescent Psychology
Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
lj38@aub.edu.lb

Hanin Jawhari
Speech & Language Therapy
ᎮИIИЯAƎ⅃ Center​
hj61@aub.edu.lb

Administrative Staff

Ali Assaf
Clinical Manager
aa160@aub.edu.lb
ext. 5658

Rawan Basbous
Administrative Coordinator
rb115@aub.edu.lb
ext. 7884

Nibal Safah
GME Program Coordinator
ns54@aub.edu.lb
ext. 5664

Saydeh Hammouche
sh68@aub.edu.lb
ext. 8660

Nour Al-Ghali
Advocacy & Activities Coordinator
na270@aub.edu.lb
ext. 5669

Outpatient Registered Nurses ext. 8660

Anie Belehjian
Registered Nurse
ab44@aub.edu.lb

Mary Markarian
Registered Nurse
mm104@aub.edu.lb

Oumayya Saber
Registered Nurse
os06@aub.edu.lb

Samer Al Hajj Shehadeh
Registered Nurse
sa138@aub.edu.lb

Clinic Assistants ext. 8660

Sandra Shaar
Teller
ss233@aub.edu.lb

Sonia Khaddaj 
Teller
sk36@aub.edu.lb

Abbas Hassan Kassem
Teller
ah311@aub.edu.lb

Ghinwa Zayyoun
Teller
gz13@aub.edu.lb

Reef Bou Hussein
Teller
rb125@aub.edu.lb

Layal Baltagi
Clinic Assistant
lb37@aub.edu.lb

Rabie Matar
Patient Flow Assistant
rm79@aub.edu.lb

Fadi Constantinos
PGY I
fc27@aub.edu.lb

Lea Daou
PGY I
ld35@aub.edu.lb

Rawan Koleilat
PGY II
rk213@aub.edu.lb

Majida Al Kurdi
PGY II
ma564@aub.edu.lb

Hala Itani
PGY III
hi48@aub.edu.lb

Karine Kahil
PGY III
kk56@aub.edu.lb

Michele Cherro
PGY IV
mc119@aub.edu.lb

Alaeddine El-Alayli
PGY IV
ae93@aub.edu.lb

Ghida Kassir
PGY V
gk43@aub.edu.lb

Zeina Bou Dargham
Year 2
zxb03@mail.aub.edu

Riwa Haidar
Year 2
rrh29@mail.aub.edu

Mira Rafeh
Year 2
mar30@mail.aub.edu

Laure Saad
Year 2
lxs4@mail.aub.edu

Ismaat Annan
Year 1
iaa31@mail.aub.edu

Rachel Chreim
Year 1
rpc02@mail.aub.edu

Haifa Dada
Year 1
hed02@mail.aub.edu

Lara Hassoun
Year 1
lih09@mail.aub.edu

THE OUTPATIENT SPECIALTY CLINICS INCLUDE:

• Adult psychiatry clinics: cover the full range of psychiatric disorders
• Adult psychotherapy clinics:   provide psychotherapy for individuals, couples and families. The models followed are: Cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy.

SPECIALIZED SERVICES AND PROGRAMS:

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS: THE DR. AGNES VARIS HEALING PROGRAM

The Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Program at AUBMC was established in 2014 upon receiving a generous gift from the Dr. Agnes Varis Trust. In addition to treating substance use disorders at the Department of Psychiatry, AUBMC, the program also supports training, development and research. The mission of the program is to:

•treat, prevent, and educate individuals about substance use disorders (SUD).
•provide holistic, professional, and personalized care for SUD in a safe, confidential, and supportive environment.
•conduct innovative clinical scientific research that will ultimately benefit our patients.

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY (DBT) PROGRAM

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a psychological treatment offering a way of being that relies on finding the synthesis in different perspectives. DBT is a principle-based treatment for treating suicidality, non-suicidal self-injury, and borderline personality disorder (BPD); it combines acceptance with change-based strategies in order to help individuals build a life worth living. The term “dialectical” refers to the interaction of conflicting ideas. To achieve this, DBT aims to replace problematic or ineffective behaviors with healthier coping skills, such as mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance.

PSYCHOSIS RECOVERY OUTREACH PROGRAM (PROP)

The Psychosis Recovery Outreach Program (PROP) is comprised of a team of healthcare professionals set up specifically to work with people who have experienced their first episode of psychosis or that have been living with psychosis for some time. The services provided by PROP have a primary function to alleviate the recovery process and work with the person on having a set of coping mechanisms to deal with the illness. PROP aims to provide a full range of services ranging from a complete assessment of the patient’s condition, regular prescription and monitoring of medications, physical health checks, specialized psychological services, evidence-based social, occupational, and educational interventions, community care to family support and counselling. Within PROP there are different specialty treatment groups that a patient can participate in, for example, the Social Skills Training for Psychosis (SSTP); as well as groups for the caregivers, where they meet for support and learn coping strategies on how to deal with a loved one suffering from psychosis.

EATING DISORDER PROGRAM

Treatment is offered to patients with symptoms of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or other specified feeding and eating disorder. We see patients from all age groups. The AUBMC Eating Disorder Program provides comprehensive information, assessment and treatment for eating disorders. The services include: assessment and intake, individual psychotherapy, group psycho-education and psychotherapy; family therapy; nutrition education and therapy; referral to physician for medical care; parent support/psycho-education; referral to the AUBMC psychiatric inpatient unit.

PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY PROGRAM

The Psycho-Oncology Program aims to support patients with cancer and their families, help them better manage their disease and its progression, and improve their quality of life, clinical outcomes, and advocacy throughout  their cancer journey. The program provides a gold- standard, criteria-driven, patient- and family- centered mental health interventions that address emotional distress and psychiatric conditions. This may include medication management to control symptoms, individual counseling, psychotherapy, group therapy or healing services.

COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE REHABILITATION PROGRAM (CCRP)

The CCRP Program,  provides unique services in cognitive rehabilitation for persons aged 12 or older with various central nervous system disorders. This program would benefit a wide range of patients with cognitive difficulties or impairment, traumatic brain injury, stroke, or other types of neuropsychiatric illnesses.

SPECIALIZED PROCEDURES:

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in a medical procedure done under general anesthesia. It is indicated for severe depression and psychosis

TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) 

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a state-of-the-art therapy in mental health treatment with multiple therapeutic options. The primary use of TMS is for depression but it can be used for other conditions such as anxiety and chronic pain.

KETAMINE INFUSION THERAPY

Ketamine is a medication that can be used to treat some cases of depression. This medication is usually given as an IV infusion on an outpatient basis. Ketamine is FDA approved for depression treatment.

DIVISON OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY

The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology offers comprehensive diagnostic evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents (0-18 years) who have a variety of developmental, emotional, behavioral, and learning difficulties.

CLINICAL SERVICES:

DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION

The diagnostic evaluation of children and adolescents is either conducted by a child and adolescent psychiatrist or a clinical psychologist. Cases are then discussed within a multidisciplinary treatment team meeting that specifies the evaluation and treatment process. An evaluation includes a clinical interview/ observation with the parent and the child/adolescent, collecting information from other informants (school, previous service providers) and administration of rating scales as needed. Data is then synthesized into a case diagnosis, which includes the formulation and provision of treatment recommendations in consultation with the child/adolescent and his/her parents. This evaluation typically requires 2-3 visits. Many children/adolescents are then referred for treatment in outpatient, intensive outpatient, or inpatient services within the program.

ROUTINE PSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CARE

Routine psychiatric and psychological care ranges from medical treatment and individual psychotherapy to group or family therapy, all adopting evidence-based approaches

SAFE START/EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM

Safe Start provides comprehensive psychological, psychiatric, and educational assessments and interventions to infants and young children (0-6 years). The specific services that Safe Start provides include clinical assessment of the child, clinical interventions with the child (psychotherapy and special education), referral to medical/ rehabilitation services as needed, parental guidance, and child-parent psychotherapy. Nursery or school visits and coordination with the child’s educational and rehabilitation teams are also among the services of Safe Start.

SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING (SST)

Social Skills Training (SST) is a program for adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Intellectual Disability (ID) or Borderline Intellectual Functioning (BIF) that aims to support this patient population to develop the social and communication skills needed for forming and maintain meaningful relationships. Adolescents aged 12 to 18 years who are diagnosed with ASD, ID, or BIF who are fluent in Arabic, English and/ or French, are eligible to enroll in this program upon referral from their physician/clinician. Since parents’ involvement is essential, parents are requested to be present for three meetings during this process (before the group starts, halfway through the program, and at the end of the program). The Social Skills Training is conducted in groups of 4-8 participants and is composed of 12 thematic sessions targeting emotion recognition and expression, communication, making and maintaining friendships, conflict resolution, taking responsibility, managing anger and practicing self-control, and problem-solving in the context of the patients’ social interactions. Participants receive one session per week each lasting for 1 hour and 30 minutes.

LEARNING CENTER

INTENSIVE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS TREATMENT PROGRAM (ICAN)

The iCAN encompasses partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient services for children and adolescents with mood and anxiety disorders. Such patients usually need a higher level of care than that provided by outpatient services and a less intensive level of care than that provided by inpatient services. Here children/adolescents learn skills to help control negative emotions including anger, anxiety, and sadness. Treatment is given in a group of 4-5 patients and is offered weekly after school hours.

• Delivering state of the art clinical care for adults and adolescents in Lebanon and the region through an evidence based practice, in a humane, compassionate, and multidisciplinary approach.
• Contributing to the AUBMC outstanding academic environment that fosters education, training, research and innovative models of intervention in psychiatric neuroscience and psychosocial interventions.
• Contributing to the departmental vision seeking to destigmatize mental illness and to provide venues for educating the public about the nature of mental illness.
• Advancing a model of care that enhances the role of patients and their families as active agents in their plan of care.
• Training the future generation of leaders in clinical psychology, psychiatry and psychiatric nursing and neuroscience.

RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM

he Psychiatry Residency Training Program at the American University of Beirut (AUB) is a four-year program that offers an exceptional opportunity for qualified medical doctors to achieve their goal of becoming accomplished psychiatrists. Our program is recognized by the Lebanese Order of Physicians (LOP) and is the only program in Lebanon to be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education – International (ACGME-I).

CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY FELLOWSHIP

The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship program at The American University of Beirut is a two-year program that accepts one fellow each year. During the two years of training, the first- and second-year child psychiatry fellows cover the inpatient unit and consultation services in addition to ongoing outpatient clinic. Throughout the rotations, child psychiatry fellows are provided with protected time to attend the core lecture series, journal clubs and collaborative case conferences.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Clinical Psychology Training Program is designed to ensure the proper training of clinical psychologists who by the end of the program will be able to practice their profession in an ethical, evidence based, culturally appropriate manner in their communities. The program provides experience in the main tasks performed by psychologists in clinical settings, such as diagnosis, assessment, psychological treatment, referrals and consultations. It also emphasizes the role of the psychologist as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team.

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING PROGRAM PSYCHIATRY

https://www.aub.edu.lb/hson/Pages/PsychiatricMentalHealthClinicalNurseSpecialist.aspx

ARAB REGIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH & TRAINING IN MENTAL HEALTH

The Arab Research Center (ARC) was established in October 2010 at the American University of Beirut, Faculty of Medicine, at the Department of Psychiatry, and is currently overlooked by Dr. Brigitte Khoury. In its mission, the center is envisioned to be a center of excellence that will conduct research, training, and capacity building for mental health researchers and professionals in the Arab region. The center ultimately aims to contribute to the reduction of the mental health treatment gap in the Arab world, particularly in the low- and middle-income countries of the region through research and training initiatives.

–Akoury-Dirani, L., Sahakian, T., Hassan, F., Hajjar, R., & Asmar, K. (2015). Psychological first aid training for Lebanese field workers in the emergency context of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Psychological trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 7(6), 533-538.

-Bertelli, M. O., Salvador-Carulla, L., Scuticchio, D., Varrucciu, N., Martinez-Leal, R., Cooper, S. A., Simeonsson, R. J., Deb, S., Weber, G., Jung R., Munir, K., Adnams, C., Akoury-Dirani, L., Girimaji, S. C., Katz, G., Kwok, H., & Walsh, C. (2014). Moving beyond intelligence in the revision of ICD-10: specific cognitive functions in intellectual developmental disorders. World Psychiatry, 13(1), 93–94.

–Akoury-Dirani, L., Alameddine, M., & Salamoun, M.(2013). Validation of the Lebanese childhood Autism Rating Scale- Second Edition-Standard Version. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7(9), 1097-1103.

–Akoury-Dirani L.,& Alameddine M. (2013) Psychological Assessment Tools Administered in Lebanon with Children and Adolescents. The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment, 3(2)

–Akoury-Dirani, L., & Salamoun, M., (2013) Correlates of early assessment of neurodevelopmental disorders in Lebanon. Early Child Development and Care, 184(1), 63-72.

-El-Khoury J, Abbas Z, Nakhle PE, Matar MT. Implementing opioid substitution in Lebanon: Inception and challenges. Int J Drug Policy. 2016 Feb 23. pii: S0955-3959(16)30024-X. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.02.015. [Epub ahead of print]-

-El-Khoury J, Sahakian N. The Association of Salvia divinorum and Psychotic Disorders: A Review of the Literature and Case Series. J Psychoactive Drugs. 2015 Sep-Oct;47(4):286-92. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2015.1073815. Epub 2015 Aug 28. Review.

-Ismail G, Looman J. An inter-reliability study of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) (Accepted with minor revisions International J of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology)

-Ismail G, Sealy G. Islam Sufism and Psychotherapy (to be submitted to J Clin Psychology June 2016 

-Khoury, B. (2017) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Arab Americans and Their Mental Health. Book review: Handbook of Arab American Psychology. Eds. Mona M. Amer and Germine H. Awad. PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (6).

-Campbell, M., Robles, R., Vieira, D., Khoury, B., Daouk, S., and Stein, D. (2016). Sexuality-Related Conditions: A Multistakeholder Approach to Explore Feasibility of Field-Testing ICD-11 Revisions in

Developing Countries. International Perspectives in Psychology:Research, Practice, Consultation, March,1-8.

–Reed, G., Rebello. T., Pike, K., Medina-Mora, E., Gureje, O., Zhao, M., Dai, Y., Roberts, M., Maruta, T., Matsumoto, S., Krasnov, V., Kulygina, M., Lovell, A., Stona, AC., Sharan, P., Rbles, R., Gaebel, W., Zielasek, J., Khoury, B., Mari, J., Ayuso, JL, Evans, S., Kogan, C., Saxena, S. (2015).

A platform with potential: WHO’s Global Clinical Practice Network for mental health. Lancet, Psychiatry, 2, 379-380.

-Amer, M., Fayad, Y., Khoury, B. (corresponding), (2015). The Arab experience in community psychology: cases of Lebanon and Egypt. Invited article in Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 43 (1): 49-62.

-Khoury, B., & Ammar, J. (2014). Cognitive Behavioral therapy for treatment of primary care patients presenting with mental health problems. Libyan Journal of Medicine, Vol.9: 1-5.

-Khoury, B., Cogan, C., & Daouk, S. (2017) Overview of the International Classification of Diseases 11^th Edition (ICD-11). In Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Zeigler-Hill, V. & Shackelford, T.K. (Eds.) Springer publications. (in press)

-Khoury, B., Daouk, S. (2017) Community mental health and mental promotion, case of Lebanon. In International Handbook of Mental Health, Prevention and Promotion. Carod- Artal, J. & Baehrer, S. (Eds). Springer Publications.   (in press).

-Khoury, B. & Fayad, Y. (2014) Case study from Lebanon. Invited chapter in “Therapy without Borders: International and Cross-cultural Case Studies Handbook.” Moodley, R.; Sokoor, M., Gielen, U., & Wu, R. (Eds.). American Counseling Association, Washington D.C.

-Maalouf, F. T., Ghandour, L. A., Halabi, F., Zeinoun, P., Shehab, A. A. S., & Tavitian, L. (2016). Psychiatric disorders among adolescents from Lebanon: prevalence, correlates, and treat Against all odds: Contextual Challenges and Implications to Undertaking a Household Adolescent Mental Health Survey in a Developing country ment gap. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 1-12.

-Mokdad, A. H., Forouzanfar, M. H., Daoud, F., Mokdad, A. A., El Bcheraoui, C., Moradi-Lakeh, M., …, Maalouf, F., …., Murray, C. J. (2016). Global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors for young people’s health during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet, 387(10036), 2383-2401.

-Shehab, A. A., Brent, D., & Maalouf, F. T. (2016). Neurocognitive Changes in Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors-Treated Adolescents with Depression. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2016 Oct;26(8):713-720.

-Ghandour, L., Shehab, A., Zeinoun, P., Tavitian, L., Halabi, F., Maalouf, F.T. (2017) Against all odds: Contextual Challenges and Implications to Undertaking a Household Adolescent Mental Health Survey in a Developing country. East Med. Health Journal,

-Chaaya, M., Saab, D., Maaalouf, F.T., Boustany R.M.(2014). Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Nurseries in Lebanon: A Cross Sectional Study. J Autism Dev Disord. 2015 Sep 12.

-Tavitian L., Ladouceur C., Nahas Z., Khater B., Brent D., Maalouf F.T.∗(2014). Neutral face distractors differentiate performance between depressed and healthy adolescents during an emotional working memory task. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 23(8):659-67.

–Tavitian L., Atwi M., Bawab S., Hariz N., Zeinoun P., Khani M., Maalouf F.T.∗(2014). The Arabic Mood and Feelings Questionnaire: Psychometrics and validity in a clinical sample. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 45(3):361-8.

–Zeinoun P., Bawab S., Atwi M., Hariz N., Tavitian L., Khani M., Nahas Z., Maalouf F.T.∗(2013). Validation of an Arabic multi-informant psychiatric diagnostic interview for children and adolescents: Development and Well Being Assessment-Arabic (DAWBA-Arabic). Comprehensive Psychiatry, 54(7), 1034-1041..

-Hariz N., Bawab S., Atwi M., Tavitian L., Zeinoun P., Khani M., Birmaher B., Nahas Z., Maalouf F.T.∗(2013). Reliability and validity of the Arabic Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in a clinical sample. Psychiatry Research, 209(2), 222-228.

-Maalouf F.T., Brent D. (2012). Depression Intervention in Children and adolescents: What works, for whom and how well? Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, 21(2), 299-312.

-Maalouf F.T., Clark L., Tavitian L., Sahakian B.J., Brent D., Phillips M.L. (2012). Bias to negative emotions: A depression-state dependent marker in adolescent major depressive disorders. Psychiatry Research, 198(1), 28-33.

-Maalouf F.T., Porta G., Vitiello B., Emslie G., Mayes T., Clarke G., Wagner K.D., Asarnow J.R., Spirito A., Keller M., Birmaher B., Ryan N., Shamseddeen W., Iyengar S., Brent D. (2012). Do sub-syndromal manic symptoms influence outcome in treatment resistant depression in adolescents? A latent class analysis from the TORDIA study. Journal of Affect Disorders, 138(1-2), 86-95.

Borckardt JJ, Nahas ZH, Teal J, Lisanby SH, McDonald WM, Avery D, Durkalski V, Pavlicova M, Long JM, Sackeim HA, George MS. The painfulness of active, but not sham, transcranial magnetic stimulation decreases rapidly over time: results from the double-blind phase of the OPT-TMS Trial. Brain Stimul. 2013 Nov;6(6):925-8.

Martin L, Borckardt JJ, Reeves ST, Frohman H, Beam W, Nahas Z, Johnson K, Younger J, Madan A, Patterson D, George M. A pilot functional MRI study of the effects of prefrontal rTMS on pain perception.Pain Med. 2013 Jul;14(7):999-1009.

Talih F, Nahas Z.How to assess the role of transcranial magnetic stimulation in nicotine addiction. Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Apr 15;73(8):702-3.

Nahas Z, Short B, Burns C, Archer M, Schmidt M, Prudic J, Nobler MS, Devanand DP, Fitzsimons L, Lisanby SH, Payne N, Perera T, George MS, Sackeim HA. A feasibility study of a new method for electrically producing seizures in man: focal electrically administered seizure therapy [FEAST]. Brain Stimul. 2013 May;6(3):403-8. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2013.03.004. Epub 2013 Mar 16.

Schmidt M, Sofronescu A, Short B, Nahas Z, Zhu Y. Increased prolactin concentrations in a patient with bipolar disorder. Clin Chem. 2013 Mar;59(3):473-5. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.176925.

Chahine G, Short B, Spicer K, Schmidt M, Burns C, Atoui M, George MS, Sackeim HA, Nahas Z. Regional cerebral blood flow changes associated with focal electrically administered seizure therapy (FEAST). Brain Stimul. 2014 May-Jun;7(3):483-5. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2014.02.011. Epub 2014 Feb 22.

Karameh, F.N., Awada, M., Mourad, F. , Zahed, K. , Abou-Faycal, I., Nahas, Z. Modeling of neuronal population activation under electroconvulsive therapy. BIOSIGNALS 2014 – 7th Int. Conference on Bio-Inspired Systems and Signal Processing, Proceedings; Part of 7th Int. Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2014 2014, Pages 229-238

Sawaya H, Johnson K, Schmidt M, Arana A, Chahine G, Pincus D, George MS, Panksepp J, Nahas Z. Resting-state Functional Connectivity of Antero-medial Prefrontal Cortex Sub-regions in Major Depression and Relationship to Emotional Intelligence” Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2015 Mar 5;18(6). pii: pyu112. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyu112.

Yehia F, Nahas Z, Saleh S. A roadmap to parity in mental health financing: the case of Lebanon. J Ment Health Policy Econ. 2014 Sep;17(3):131-41.

Chamaa F, Sweidan W, Nahas Z, Saade N, Abou-Kheir W. Thalamic stimulation in awake rats induces neurogenesis in the hippocampal formation. Brain Stimul. 2016 Jan-Feb;9(1):101-8 [Nahas is Principle Investigator on grant awarded to fund this work]

Sawaya H, Atoui M, Hamadeh A, Zeinoun P, Nahas Z. Adaptation and initial validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire – 9 (PHQ-9) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder – 7 Questionnaire (GAD-7) in an Arabic speaking Lebanese psychiatric outpatient sample. Psychiatry Res. 2016 Mar 17;239:245-252.

Williams N, Short B, Hopkins T, Bentzley B, Borckardt J, Schmidt M, Kort J, George MS, Takacs I, Nahas Z. Five-Year Follow-up of Bilateral Epidural Prefrontal Cortical Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression. Brain Stimul. 2016 Jun 28

-Talih, F; Ajaltouni J, Kobaissy, F “Restless Leg Syndrome in Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients In Lebanon: A Pilot Study” accepted for publication in the journal “Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment”. July 2016

-Talih, F; Ajaltouni J.  Probable nootropic induced psychiatric adverse effects: a series of four cases. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2015;12(11–12):21–25

– Talih F, Warakian R, Ajaltouni J, Shehab S, Tamim, H. Correlates of Depression and Burnout among Residents in a Lebanese Academic Medical Center: A Cross-sectional Study;  Acad Psychiatry, Aug 2015 doi: 10.1007/s40596-015-0400-3

– Talih, F; Ghossoub, E.  Moxonidine for Tramadol Withdrawal Symptoms during Detoxification.     BMJ Case Reports.  2015; doi:10.1136/bcr-2015-210444

-M. Raad, E. Nohra, N. Chams, M. Itani, F. Talih*, S. Mondello, F. Kobaissy*, Autoantibodies

in Traumatic Brain Injury and Central Nervous System Trauma, Neuroscience. 2014 Sep; 9: pii: S0306-4522(14)00732-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.08.045 (*co corresponding)

FOCUS FUND

Focus Fund is the first of its kind in Lebanon to provide support for children and adolescents with mental health difficulties. Established in December 2015, Focus aims at empowering and effectively caring for patients aged 0-18 years who have emotional, behavioral, and learning difficulties. To achieve this, Focus operates at different levels:

• Awareness activities addressing families, professionals, and the community at large;
• Direct coverage of outpatient and inpatient care of needy patients. The services covered are psychiatry, psychotherapy, and special education, speech and psychomotor therapy.
• co-funding research, conferences and seminars about child and adolescent mental health in Lebanon
• supporting the education of junior professionals. The first fellowship program in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at AUBMC was established in June 2017. The Dania Ajam Ramadan Internship  in Child & Adolescent Psychology has been created in September 2021.

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