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Okasha Institute of Psychiatry International Publications since Opening

  1. 2020
    • Khalil AH, El-Meguid MA, Bastawy M, Rabei S, Ali R, Abd Elmoneam MHE. Correlating cognitive functions to symptom domains and insight in Egyptian patients with schizophrenia. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2020;66(3):240-248. doi:10.1177/0020764019897697
    • Nagy Abdelhamid, Nahla E. MD; Mohsen Ibrahim, Nesreen M. MD; Hashem, Reem E.M. MD; Marzouk, Sarah A.I. MSc; Abd El Moneam, Mohamed H. MD The Interplay Between Emotional Intelligence, Tramadol Dependence, and Comorbid Personality Disorder, Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment: March 09, 2020 – Volume Publish Ahead of Print – Issue – doi: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000200
    • Nagy, Nahla E.S. MD; Elhabiby, Mahmoud MD; Waheeb, Bishoy M. MSc; Abdel Moneam, Mohamed H. MD The Impact of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism in the ABCB1 Gene on Opioid Dependence in an Egyptian Sample, Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment: February 11, 2020 – Volume Publish Ahead of Print – Issue – doi: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000197
    • Okasha (2020): Emotion regulation, Impulsivity and Personality profile among Egyptian patients with substance use disorders. Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment (in press).
    • Okasha TA, Radwan DN, Elkholy H, et al. Psychodemographic and clinical predictors of medication adherence in patients with bipolar I disorder in a university hospital in Egypt. S Afr J Psychiat. 2020;26(0), a1437. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry. v26i0.1437
    • Shaker NM, Sultan M, Mohamed MY, Helal SA, Abd El Moneam MHE. Lipid Profile and Impulsivity in Suicidal Patients with Major Depressive Disorder [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 6]. Arch Suicide Res. 2020; 1-16. doi:10.1080/13811118.2020.1746456
    • Tarek Okasha and Nermin Shaker (2020): Psychiatric education and training in Arab countries. International Review of Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1080/09540261.2019.1655717
  2. 2019
    • Abdeen, M. S., Shaker, N. M., Elrassas, H. H., Hashim, M. A., & Abo Zeid, M. Y. (2019). Characteristics of the schizophrenia suicide attempts in comparison with the suicide attempts with other diagnosed psychiatric disorders: An Egyptian study. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 65(5), 368–377.
    • Amr, Nermine & Baioumi, Alaa& Nagy, Mohamed & Khalifa, Abdelgawad & Shaker, Nermine. (2019). Cognitive functions in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 63. 10.20945/2359-3997000000125.
    • Asaad, Tarek MD* ; Morsy, Karim E. MSc† ; Hasan, Haytham MD‡ ; El Din, Mohamed H. MD* ; El Meguid, Marwa A. MD* Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents: Arabic Version Validation, Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment: December 2019 – Volume 18 – Issue 4 – p 223-228 doi: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000167
    • El Missiry A, Meguid MAE, Abourayah A, et al. Rates and profile of victimization in a sample of Egyptian patients with major mental illness. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2019;65(3):183-193. doi:10.1177/0020764019831315 19
    • Fadi T Maalouf, MD, Bibi Alamiri, MD, Prof Samir Atweh, MD, Prof Anne E Becker, MD, Prof Majda Cheour, MD, Hala Darwish, PhD, Lilian A Ghandour, PhD, Suhaila Ghuloum, MD, Prof Mouin Hamze, PhD, Prof Elie Karam, MD, Brigitte Khoury, PhD, Samia J Khoury, MD, Prof Ali Mokdad, PhD, Lokman I Meho, PhD, Prof Tarek Okasha, MD, Prof Geoffrey M Reed, PhD, EmanSbaity, MD, Pia Zeinoun, PhD, Prof Elie A Akl, MD (2019): Mental health research in the Arab region: challenges and call for action. Lancet Psychiatry. 2019 Nov;6(11):961-966. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30124-5. Epub 2019 Jul 18. § Rabie, Menan& SHORAB, EMAN & ELGABRY, DINA & Abdel Aziz, Karim & Sabry, Walaa& AUFA, OLA & ELGHAMRY, REEM & Hassan, Ghada& Nagy, Nahla. (2019). Screening of social phobia symptoms in a sample of Egyptian university students. Archives of Clinical Psychiatry (São Paulo). 46. 27-32. 10.1590/0101-60830000000188.
    • Shaarawy, Areeg & Shaker, Nermin & Ella, Eman & Maksoud, Menan. (2019). The Relation Between Psychiatric Disorders and Substance Abuse in Adolescence and Young Adulthood. Acta Scientific Neurology. 2. 02-25. 10.31080/ASNE.2019.02.0076.
    •  Tarek Okasha and Nermin Shaker (2020): Psychiatric education and training in Arab countries. International Review of Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1080/09540261.2019.1655717
  3. 2018
    • Abo-El-Asrar M, Andrawes NG, Rabie MA, et al. Cognitive functions in children and adolescents with early-onset diabetes mellitus in Egypt. Appl Neuropsychol Child. 2018;7(1):21-30. doi:10.1080/21622965.2016.1224186
    • Ahmed Okasha, The risk-benefit ratio of long-term antipsychotic treatment in people with schizophrenia, The Arab Journal of Psychiatry (2018) Vol. 29 No.2 Pages 88- 97
    • Al Ahwal MS, Al Zaben F, Sehlo MG, Khalifa DA, Koenig HG. Religiosity and Telomere Length in Colorectal Cancer Patients in Saudi Arabia. J Relig Health. 2018;57(2):672-682. doi:10.1007/s10943-017-0542-6
    • Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validation and Reliability of the Arabic Version of Diagnostic Infant Preschool Assessment Scale (DIPA) Poster presentation IACAPAP June 2018 Congress, Prague.https://iacapap.org/content/uploads/Bulletin-June-2018.pdf page 56
    • Dina Aly El-Gabry, Karim Abdel Aziz, Tarek Okasha, Hanan Azzam, Ahmed Okasha (2018): Antipsychotic Polypharmacy and its relation to Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Schizophrenia: An Egyptian Study. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2018;38(1):27-33
    • Elnahas, Gihan & Elella, Eman & Hewedi, Doaa & Elhabiby, Mahmoud & Elkholy, Hussien& Mansour, Omar &Baiumy, Sarah. (2018). Problematic Online Gaming among a Sample of University Students in Egypt. Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment. 17. 1. 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000141.
    • Khalil, Afaf&Elnahas, Gihan & Ramy, Hisham & Abdel Aziz, Karim & Elkholy, Hussien & ElGhamry, Reem. (2018). Impact of a culturally adapted behavioural family psychoeducational programme in patients with schizophrenia in Egypt. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. 23. 1-10. 10.1080/13651501.2018.1480786.
    • National Survey For Mental Health In Egypt 2016-2017 (19th congress of the section of Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) Vienna, April 4-7, 2018) https://www.researchgate.net/publication / 324943190_ The_European_Psychiatric_Association_19th_Congress_of_the_Section_of_Epidemiology_and_Social_Psychiatry
  4. 2017
    • Abdel Aziz K, Khater MS, Emara T, et al. Effects of age, education, and gender on verbal fluency in healthy adult Arabic-speakers in Egypt. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2017;24(4):331- 341. doi:10.1080/23279095.2016.1185424
    • Mental disorders and suicidal attempts: a study of suicide attempters presented at Ain Shams University hospital, psychiatry department, Cairo WPA XVII World Congress of Psychiatry, Berlin 2017
    • National Survey For Mental Health In Egypt 2016-2017 (19th congress of the section of Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) Vienna, April 4-7, 2018)
    • Psychiatric assessment of cases with self-inflicted poisoning in a sample of Egyptian children and adolescents, Poster presentation, April 2017, European Psychiatry 41:S128 DOI:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1938
    • Psychiatric Assessment of Cases with Self-inflicted Poisoning in a Sample of Egyptian Children and Adolescents (European Psychiatry 2015, 30, 437). DOI:10.1016/S0924- 9338(15)30344-8 April 2017, European Psychiatry 41:S128 DOI:10.1016/ j.eurpsy.2017.01.1938
  5. 2016
    • Abdel Aziz K, Elamin MH, El-Saadouni NM, et al. Schizophrenia: Impact of psychopathology, faith healers and psycho-education on adherence to medications. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2016;62(8):719-725. doi:10.1177/0020764016676215
    •  INDEX OF TOBACCO CONTROL SUSTAINABILITY (ITCS): A TOOL TO MEASURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF NATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAMMES. The International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Department of Tobacco Control Main contributor to report development. Oct 2016
    • Index of Tobacco Control Sustainability (ITCS): A tool to measure the sustainability of National Tobacco Control Programmes. The International Union against TB and Lung Disease Department of TC. Main contributor to report development. Oct 2016
    • LudovicSamalin, Eduard Vieta, Tarek Ahmed Okasha, Mm Jalal Uddin, Seyed Ali Ahmadi Abhari, FethiNacef, Vyacheslav Mishyiev, Dovi Aizenberg, Yaël Ratner, Lydie Melas-Melt, Idir Sedeki, Pierre Michel Llorca (2016): Management of bipolar disorder in the intercontinental region: an international, multicenter, non-interventional, cross-sectional study in real-life conditions. Sci Rep. 2016 May 16;6:25920. doi: 10.1038/srep25920
    • Serum Levels of S100b, Interleukin-6 and Anti-Transglutaminase II IgA as Immune Markers in a Sample of Egyptian Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (Autism Open Access 2016, 6:5). DOI:10.4172/2165-7890.1000191
    • Shaheen Al Ahwal M, Al Zaben F, Sehlo MG, Khalifa DA, Koenig HG. Religious beliefs, practices, and health in colorectal cancer patients in Saudi Arabia. Psychooncology. 2016;25(3):292-299. doi:10.1002/pon.3845
    • Tarek A. Okasha, Hanan M. E. Azzam, Elserafi M. Doha and Abdel K. M. Kassem (2016): Symptom Profile of Substance-induced Psychosis Versus Primary Psychosis in a sample of Egyptian Patients: A Preliminary Study. Journal addictive Disorders & Their Treatment Volume 15, Number 2, pp 99 – 106
    • Tarek Okasha, Nivert Zaki, Marwa Abd El Meguid, Marwa El-Missiry, Walaa Sabry, Moustafa Kamel Ismail and Samar M Fouad (2016): Duration of untreated psychosis in an Egyptian sample: Sociodemographic and clinical variables. Int J Soc Psychiatry November 2016 vol. 62 no. 7 661-671
  6. 2015
    •  Al Zaben F, Khalifa DA, Sehlo MG, et al. Religious involvement and health in dialysis patients in Saudi Arabia. J Relig Health. 2015;54(2):713-730. doi:10.1007/s10943-014-9962-8
    • Al Zaben F, Sehlo MG, Khalifa DA, Al Shohaib S, Shaheen F, Alzaben L, Ahmad RG, Ashy JA, Felemban RG, Koenig HG. Prospective study of depression among dialysis patients in Saudi Arabia. Int Urol Nephrol. 2015 Jun;47(6) 1001-1010. doi:10.1007/s11255-015-0977-1. PMID: 25899766.
    • Michele Fornaro, Mai Elassy, Mina Mounir, Noran Abd-Elmoneim, Hala Ashour, Rania Hamed, Abdullah Al-Shehri, Samir Bedir, Ibrahem Rashed, Noha Amer, Talal A. Mohammed, Domenico De Berardis, Monica Mazza, Mariachiara Pino, Ann Sarah Koshy, Concetta De Pasquale, Tarek Okasha, Jules Angst (2015): Factor structure and reliability of the Arabic adaptation of the Hypomania Check List-32, second revision (HCL-32-R2). Comprehensive Psychiatry 59: 141-150
    • Shaheen Al Ahwal M, Al Zaben F, Khalifa DA, Sehlo MG, Ahmad RG, Koenig HG. Depression in patients with colorectal cancer in Saudi Arabia. Psychooncology. 2015;24(9):1043-1050. doi:10.1002/pon.3706
    • Sulaiman Alkhadhri, Nasser Al Zain, Tarek Darwish, Suhail Khan, Tarek Okasha, Hisham Ramy and Talaat Matar Tadros: Use of second-generation antipsychotics in the acute inpatient management of Schizophrenia in the Middle East. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment 2015:11 915-924
    • Tarek Asaad, Tarek Okasha, Hisham Ramy, Tamer Elgweily, Hanan ElShinnawy, Mohamed Nasr, Heba Fathy, Dalia Enaba, Dina Ibrahim, Mahmoud Elhabiby, Nesreen Mohsen, Sherin Khalil, Mohamed Fekry, Nivert Zaki, Hani Hamed, Hanan Azzam, Marwa A. Meguid, Menan Abdel Maksoud Rabie, Marwa Sultan, Soheir Elghoneimy, Osama Refaat, Doaa Nader, Doha Elserafi, Marwa Elmissiry and Iman Shorab (2015): Role of traditional healers in the pathway to care of patients with bipolar disorder in Egypt. International Journal of Social Psychiatry 0020764014565799
    • Tarek Okasha and Ash-Shayma Radwan (2015): The Bidirectional Relation between Psychiatric Disorders with Selected Cardiovascular and Endocrinal Diseases: An Egyptian Perspective. Curr Psychiatry Rep 17 (1):528
  7. 2014
    •  Ahmed Okasha and Tarek Okasha (2014): A plea to change the misnomer ECT World Psychiatry. Oct; 13(3): 327. doi: 10.1002/wps.20143
    • El Sheikh, M. M., Shaker, N. M., Hussein, H., & Ramy, H. A. (2014). Impact of personality temperaments and characters on academic performance and specialty selection among a group of Egyptian medical graduates. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 60(5), 499– 507.
    • Health-related quality of life of Egyptian children with immune thrombocytopenia and their parents (J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2014, Apr; 36(3):194-9). DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000023
    • Koenig, Harold & Zaben, Faten & Sehlo, Mohammad & Khalifa, Doaa & Ahwal, Mahmoud & Qureshi, Naseem & Al-Habeeb, Abdulhameed. (2014). Mental Health Care in Saudi Arabia: Past, Present and Future. Open Journal of Psychiatry. 04. 113-130. 10.4236/ojpsych.2014.42016.
    • Mahmoud M Elhabiby, Doaa N Radwan, Tarek A Okasha and Eman D El-Desouky (2014): Psychiatric disorders among a sample of internally displaced persons in South Darfur. Int J Soc Psychiatry published online 21 August 2014 DOI: 10.1177/0020764014547061 22
    • Tarek A. Okasha, Mona M. El Sheikh, Ahmed A. El Missiry, Marwa A. El Missiry, Doha El Serafi, Suzan El Kholy, Karim Abdel Aziz (2014): Cognitive functions in euthymic Egyptian patients with bipolar disorder: Are they different from healthy controls? Journal of Affective Disorders 166: pp 14–21
    • Tarek Asaad, Tarek Okasha, Hisham Ramy, Mohamed Fekry, Nivert Zaki, Hanan Azzam, Menan Abdel Maksoud Rabie, Soheir Elghoneimy, Marwa Sultan, Hani Hamed, Osama Refaat, Iman Shorab, Mahmoud Elhabiby, Tamer Elgweily, Hanan ElShinnawy, Mohamed Nasr, Heba Fathy, Marwa A. Meguid, Doaa Nader, Doha Elserafi, Dalia Enaba, Dina Ibrahim, Marwa Elmissiry, Nesreen Mohsen, Sherin Ahmed (2014): Correlates of psychiatric comorbidity in a sample of Egyptian patients with bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders 166: pp 347–352
    • Wolfgang Gaebel, Harald Zäske, Jürgen Zielasek, Helen-Rose Cleveland, Kathrin Samjeske, Heather Stuart, Julio Arboleda-Florez, Tsuyoshi Akiyama, Anja E Baumann, Oye Gureje, Dzmytry Krupchanka, Veronica Larach, Lyndy Matthews, Graham Mellsop, David M Ndetei, Tarek A Okasha, Ekaterina Padalko, Joyce A Spurgeoun, Magdalena Tyszkowska, Norman Sartorius. Stigmatization of psychiatrists and general practitioners: results of an international survey European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 04/2014; 265(3). DOI:10.1007/s00406-014-0530-8
  8. 2013
    •  Abolmaged, S.; Kodera, A.; Okasha, T.; Gawad, T.; Rawson, R. (2013): Taramdol use in Egypt: The emergence of a new public health problem. Canadian Journal of Addiction Medicine; Feb, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p5
    • Doaa Nader Radwan, Tarek Okasha, Marwa Elmissiry, Hisham Sadek, Abdelgawad Khalifa and Karim Abdelaziz (2013): Cognitive impairment in Egyptian Euthymic Patients with Bipolar I disorder patients compared to controls. Middle East Current Psychiatry, 20 pp 197-204
    • Ghanem M, Gamaluddin H, Mansour M, Samiee’ AA, Shaker NM, El Rafei H. Role of impulsivity and other personality dimensions in attempted suicide with self-poisoning among children and adolescents. Arch Suicide Res. 2013; 17 (3):262-274. doi:10.1080/13811118.2013.805645Tarek Okasha (2013): Recent influential articles from the Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 6 pp 260-262
    • Tarek Okasha and Hussien Elkholy (2013): A synopsis of recent influential papers published in psychiatric journals from the Arab world (2012). Asian Journal of Psychiatry (6): 606-608
    • Tarek Okasha, Mohamed Fikry, Aref Kowailed, Tamer El-Guwiely and Hisham Sadek (2013): Screening for bipolar disorder among patients undergoing a major depressive episode: Report from the BRIDGE study in Egypt. Journal of Affective Disorders 147; pp 217–224
  9. 2012
    • Ahmed Mohamed Said, Ahmed Okasha, Tarek Okasha, Amany Haroon and Mohamed Fikry, Quality of Life and Personality Dimensions in Egyptian Substance Dependence Patients. Addict Disord Their Treatment, 2012, (11) 36-42
    • Ahmed Mohamed Said, Ahmed Okasha, Tarek Okasha, Amany Haroon and Mohamed Fikry (2012): Quality of Life and Personality Dimensions in Egyptian Substance Dependence Patients. Addict Disord Their Treatment (11) 36-42
    • Ahmed Okasha and Tarek Okasha (2012): Religion, Spirituality and the concept of Mental Illness. Actas Esp Psiquiatr 40 (Suppl.2): 73-9
    • Ahmed Okasha, Eli Karam and Tarek Okasha (2012): Mental Health Services in the Arab World. World Psychiatry (2012) 11; 52-54 23
    • Ahmed Okasha, Eli Karam and Tarek Okasha, Mental Health Services in the Arab World. World Psychiatry, 2012, 11; 52-55
    • Ahmed Okasha, Tarek Okasha, Religion, Spirituality and the concept of Mental Illness. Actas Esp Psiquiatr, 2012, 40 (Suppl.2): 73-9 Subsyndromal suicide: An Arab perspective in Suicide from a Global Perspective:
    • Doris Jaalouk , Ahmed Okasha, Mariana M Salamoun, Elie G Karam, Mental health research in the Arab world, Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2012, Nov;47(11):1727-31.
    • Pathways to Child Mental Health Services among Patients in an Urban Clinical Setting in Egypt (Psychiatr Serv. 2012 Dec; 63(12):1225-30). DOI:10.1176/appi.ps.201200039
    • Public opinion on smoke-free policies among Egyptians. G N Radwan 1, A H Emam, K M Maher, M Mehrez, N El-Sayed, G M El-Nahas. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, 2012 Oct;16(10):1412-7. PMID: 22863614 doi: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0079. 2012 Oct;16(10):1412-7.
    • Tarek A. Okasha (2012): Commentary-Asian Pearls. Asian Journal of Psychiatry (5) p 53. DOI information: 10.1016/j.ajp.2012.02.011
    • Tarek Okasha and Hussien Elkholy (2012): A synopsis of recent influential papers published in psychiatric journals (2010-2011) from the Arab world. Asian Journal of Psychiatry (5): 175- 178
    • Tarek Okasha, Hussien Elkholy and Reem El-Ghamry (2012): Overview of the family structure in Egypt and its relation to Psychiatry. International Review of Psychiatry, 24(2): 162-165
  10. 2011
    •  Ahmed Okasha, New directions in classification of mental disorders: An Arab perspective, Arab Journal of Psychiatry (2011) Vol.22 No.2 Page (89-94)
  11. 2010
    •  Dikeos D, Gamal Badr M, Yang F, Blinc Pesek M, Fábián Z, Tapia-Paniagua G, Hudiţă C, Okasha T, D’yachkova Y, Harrison G, Treuer T. (2010): Twelve-month prospective, multinational, observational study of factors associated with recovery from mania in bipolar disorder in patients treated with atypical antipsychotics. World J Biol Psychiatry. 2010 Jun;11(4):667-676
    • Tarek Okasha and Nash N. Boutros (2010): A synopsis of recent influential papers published in psychiatric journals from the Arab World. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 3 pp 244-248
  12. 2008
    • Ahmed Okasha, Ethics for the Physician and Ethics in the management of the Terminally ill Patient. Egyptian Journal of Bronchology. Vol 2, No., June, 2008
    • Ahmed Okasha, Introduction to the forum: Is Cannabis consumption a life style or brain disease? Current opinion in Psychiatry. Jan. 2008 Vol. 21. 114 – 115
    • Khalil, A., Okasha, T., Shawky, M., Haroon, A., El Habiby, M., Carise, D., Annon, J., Hasson, A. and Rawson R. (2008): Characterization of Substance Abuse Patients Presenting for Treatment at a University Psychiatric Hospital in Cairo Egypt. Journal of Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment volume 7, number 4 pp 199-209
    • Okasha, A., Bassim, R., Okasha, T. (2008): Epidemiology and Psychiatric morbidity in suicide attempters at the poison control centre. Current psychiatry, 15, 231-238 41
    • Okasha, T. (2007): Social aspects of ethno-psychopharmacology: An Arab perspective. International Psychiatry Volume 4 Number 3 July 2007 pp 59-61
    • Okasha, T. (2008): Mental Health services in the Arab World; An Egyptian Perspective. Le Lien psy No. 1 pp 5-8
    • Rajiv Tandon , R H Belmaker, Wagner F Gattaz, Juan J Lopez-Ibor Jr, Ahmed Okasha, Bruce Singh, Dan J Stein, Jean-Pierre Olie, W Wolfang Fleischhacker, Hans-Juergen Moeller, Section of Pharmacopsychiatry, World Psychiatric Association World Psychiatric Association Pharmacopsyhcitry Section statement on comparative effectiveness of antipsychotics in the treatment of Schizophrenia. Elservier. Jan. 2008 20 -38
    • Salamoun, M., Karam, A., Okasha, T., Atassi, L., Mneimneh, Z. and Karam, E. (2008): Epidemiologic Assessment of Substance Abuse in the Arab World. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 19 No. 2 pp100-125
  13. 2007
    •  Ahmed Okasha, Mental Health and Violence: WPA Cario Declaration- International Perspectives for intervention. International Review of Psychiatry, June 2007; 19(3) 193-200
    • Ahmed Okasha, The Ethical Dilemma of Coercion in Psychiatry a Transcultural Aspec. BMC Psychiatry 2007, 7(Suppl 1):S3
    • Francisco López-Muñoz, Cecilio Alamo, Michael Dudley, Gabriel Rubio, Pilar García-Garcí, Juan D. Molina, Ahmed Okasha, Psychiatry And Political-Institutional Abuse From The Historical Perspective: The Ethical Lessons of The Nuremberg Trial on Their 60th Anniversary. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacotogy& Biological Psychiatry 31 (2007) 791 -806
    • Okasha, T. (2007): Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT): an Egyptian perspective.S Afr Psychiatry Rev; 10 pp 22-24
  14. 2005
    • Ahmed Okasha, Globalization and Mental Health: A WPA Perspective. World Psychiatry: Feb.(2005), Vol. 4(1) :1 -2.
    • Ahmed Okasha, The WPA Tsunami Programme. World Psychiatry: June. (2005) , Vol.4(2) :65
    • Okasha, A., Sadek, A., Seif Al Dawla, A., Okasha, T., Sayed, M. and Youssef, A. (2005): Outcome of Schizophrenia: A Ten-Year Study of a Sample of Egyptian Patients. Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 24 No.1 pp21-32
    • Okasha, T., El Rasheed, A., Abdel Samie, A. and Assad, T. (2005): Phobic Symptoms in Egyptian Substance Use Disorder Patients. Current Psychiatry, Vol. 12 No. 2 pp 347-356
    • Youssef, I., Okasha, T., Hussien, H. and El Shafei, A. (2005): Assessment of the Causal Beliefs of the Workers of the Suez Canal University Hospital 2004
  15. 2004
    • Abdel Aziz, A., Okasha, T., Sherif, F., Omar, M. and Morsi, A. (2004): Thyroid function tests in some psychiatric disorders. Current Psychiatry, Vol. 11 No.3 pp308-315
    • Ahmed Okasha, 5000 Years of Science and Care – Building the Future of 5000 psychiatry: The13th World congress of Psychiatry. World Psychiatry June 2004 pp 65
    • Ahmed Okasha, Focus on Psychiatry in Egypt. British Journal of Psychiatry Jan 2004 pp.266- 272
    • Ahmed Okasha, Mental Patients in Prisons: Punishment versus treatment. World Psychiatry 2004 Feb 2004 pp1-2
    • Ahmed Okasha, OCD in Egyptian Adolescents: The Effect of Culture and Religion. Psychiatric Times / April 2004 21-22.
    • Ahmed Okasha, On the China Issue. world Psychiatry Oct. 2004 pp.129
    • Ahmed Okasha, The Family differences between Western and Traditional Societies (ethics, Phenomonology and Outcome) The Italian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences. Dec. 2004 53- 57
    • Okasha, T. (2004): Ecology and psychiatry in Africa: problems and perspectives. It J Psychiatry Behav Sci, 14(1) pp 14-19
  16. 2004
    • Abdel Aziz, A., Okasha, T., Sherif, F., Omar, M. and Morsi, A. (2004): Thyroid function tests in some psychiatric disorders. Current Psychiatry, Vol. 11 No.3 pp308-315
    • Ahmed Okasha, 5000 Years of Science and Care – Building the Future of 5000 psychiatry: The13th World congress of Psychiatry. World Psychiatry June 2004 pp 65
    • Ahmed Okasha, Focus on Psychiatry in Egypt. British Journal of Psychiatry Jan 2004 pp.266- 272
    • Ahmed Okasha, Mental Patients in Prisons: Punishment versus treatment. World Psychiatry 2004 Feb 2004 pp1-2
    • Ahmed Okasha, OCD in Egyptian Adolescents: The Effect of Culture and Religion. Psychiatric Times / April 2004 21-22.
    • Ahmed Okasha, On the China Issue. world Psychiatry Oct. 2004 pp.129
    • Ahmed Okasha, The Family differences between Western and Traditional Societies (ethics, Phenomonology and Outcome) The Italian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences. Dec. 2004 53- 57
    • Okasha, T. (2004): Ecology and psychiatry in Africa: problems and perspectives. It J Psychiatry Behav Sci, 14(1) pp 14-19
  17. 2003
    • Abdelsamei, A., El Rasheed, A. and Okasha, T. (2003): Relationship between Nightmares and Trait Anxiety in Primary School Children. Current Psychiatry Vol. 10 No. 2 pp
    • Ahmed Okasha, Psychiatric Research in International Perspective: the Role of WPA. Acta Psychiatric Scand. Jan. 2003 pp. 81-84
    • Ahmed Okasha, Somatoform disorders revisited. Acta Neuropsychiatrica 2003:15:161 -166.
    • Ahmed Okasha, The Declaration of Madrid and its implementations. An update. World Psychiatry. June 2003 pp.65 -67 26
    • Ahmed Okasha, The Future of Medical Education and Teaching: A Psychiatric Perspective. American Journal of Psychiatry 1997; 154 (S6): 77-85.
    • Ahmed Okasha, The Presidential WPA Program on child Mental Health. World Psychiatry Oct. 2003 pp.129 -130
    • Ahmed Okasha, WPA proposal regarding the escalation of violence in the Middle East. World Psychiatry Feb. 2003 pp. 1-2
    • Assad, T., Okasha, T., El Khouli, G. and Abdel Azeem, K. (2003): Substance Abuse in a sample of Egyptian Schizophrenic Patients. Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment Vol. 2 Number 4 pp 147-150
    • Christer Allgulander, Borwin Bandelow, Eric Hollander, Stuart A. Montgomery, David J. Nutt, Ahmed Okasha, Mark H. Pollack, Dan J. Stein and Richard P. Swinson, WCA recommendations for the long term treatment of Generalized disorder. CNS Spectr. Aug.2003 pp 53-61
    • Dan J. Stein, Borwin Bandelow, Eric Hollander, David J. Nutt, Ahmed Okasha, Mark H. Pollack, Richard P. Swinson and Joseph Zohar, WCA recommendations for the long term treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. CNS Spectr. Aug. 2003 pp 31 – 39
    • John H. Greist, Borwin Bandelow, Eric Hollander, Donatella Marazziti, Stuart A. Montgomery, David J. Nutt, Ahmed Okasha, Richard P. Swinson and Joseph Zohar, WCA recommendations for the long term treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder in adults. CNS Spectr. Aug. 2003 pp 7 – 16
    • Mark H. Pollack, Christer Allgulander, Borwin Bandelow, Giovanni B. Cassano, John H. Greist, Eric Hollander, David J. Nutt, Ahmed Okasha and Richard P. Swinson, WCA recommendations for the long term treatment of panic disorder. CNS Spectr. Aug. 2003 pp 1 7-3 0
    • Michael Van Ameringen, Christer Allgulander, Borwin Bandelow, John H. Greist, Eric Hollander, Stuart A. Montgomery, David J. Nutt, Ahmed Okasha, Mark H. Pollack, Dan J. Stein and Richard P. Swinson, WCA recommendations for the long term treatment of social phobia. CNS Spectr. Aug. 2003 pp 40 – 52
    • Okasha, A. and Okasha, T. (2003): Long Term Treatment of Schizophrenia with Risperdal: An International Multi-center Open Label Trial. Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry vol. 22 No. 1 pp 61-66
    • Ramy, H., Sayed, M., Okasha, T., Khalil, A., and El-Kholi, S. (2003): Life events and mood disorders: A comparative study between unipolar and bipolar disorders. Egypt J. Neurol. Psychiat. Neurosurg. Vol 40(1)- Jan 2003 pp 67-76
  18. 2002
    • Ahmed Okasha, Ethics, culture and Psychiatry. Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi. 2002; 104 (4): 350-1
    • Ahmed Okasha, Mental Health in Africa the Role of WPA. World Psychiatry Oct. 2002. pp. 129-130
    • Assad, T., Okasha, T. and Okasha, A. (2002): Sleep EEG Findings in ICD-10 Borderline Personality Disorder in
    • Egypt Journal of Affective Disorders 71 (2002) 11-18.
    • Okasha, A., Fahmy, M., Haggag, W., Awad, M., Okasha, T. and Abd El Moez, K. (2002): A psychiatric training program for general practitioners in primary health care in Egypt. Primary Care Psychiatry vol. 8, no. 1, pp 9-16
    • Okasha, T. and Ramy, H. (2002): Using Electro-convulsive Therapy (ECT) in the Treatment of Mania: Economical Aspects (not published). 27
  19. 2001
    • Abdel Razek, Y., Saad, A. and Okasha, T. (2001): Quality of life in a sample of Egyptian patients with schizophrenia. Current Psychiatry Vol.8 No. 1 pp 79-86
    • Ahmed Okasha, Egyptian Contribution to the concept of mental Health. Eastern Medirerranean Health Journal, Vol 7, No. 3, 2001, 1:4.
    • Ahmed Okasha, Tarek Asaad, Tarek Okasha, Sleep EEG Findings in ICD-10 Borderline Personality Disorder in Egypt affective disorder.2001. Journal of affective disorder 2001, 71, 11-18 . ElSevier
    • Ahmed Okasha, Wendy Max, Richard Warner, Steven S Sharfstein, Fritz Henn, Levent Kuey, Forum –Manged Care And Psychiatry, Commentaries. Wendy Max, Richard Warner, Steven S. Sharfstein, Fritz Henn, Luis Salvador- Carulla and Teresa Magallanes, Kari Pylkkanen, Levent Kuey, Ahmed Okasha, Current Opinion in Psychiatry 2001, 14: 287 –298
    • Okasha, A., Ragheb, K., Attia, A.H., Seif El Dawla, A., Okasha, T., and Ismail, R., Prevalence of Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms (OCS) in a Sample of Egyptian Adolescents. L’Encephale; 2001: XXVII: 8-14
    • Okasha, A., Ragheb, K., Attia, A.H., Seif El Dawla, A., Okasha, T. and Ismail, R. (2001): Prevalence of Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms (OCS) in a Sample of Egyptian Adolescents. L’Encephale; XXVII: 8-14
    • Okasha, T. (2001): Transcultural Aspects of Electro-convulsive Therapy. Current Psychiatry Vol. 8 No.1 pp 37- 43
    • Sadek, A. and Okasha, T. (2001): Primary Care Psychiatry. In: Okasha, A. and Maj, M. (Eds.): WPA series. Images in Psychiatry. An Arab Perspective. Scientific Book House, Cairo, Egypt.
  20. 2000
    • Ahmed Okasha, Ethics of psychiatry practice: consent, compulsion and confidentiality. Current Opinion in Psychiatry 2000, 13: 693 – 698
    • Ahmed Okasha, F. Lotaief, AM Ashour, N. El Mahalawy, A. Seif El Dawla, GH. El Kholy, The prevalence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a sample of Egyptian psychiatric patients. L’Encephale, 2000; xxvi; 1-10
    • Ahmed Okasha, Forum – Culture, Spirituality and Psychiatry -Comments – Current Opinion in psychiatry. Vol. 13. No 6 November 2000. Pp 539 – 541
    • Ahmed Okasha, From Neurosciences to Clinical Implications, The Arab Journal of Psychiatry (2020) Vol.
    • Ahmed Okasha, Helmchen H, From the Hawaii declaration to the Declaration of Madrid. Acta psychiatric Scand. 2000: 101: 20-23
    • Ahmed Okasha, Rafaat M, Mahallawy N , El Nahas G, Seif El Dawla A, Sayed M, El Kholi S, Cognitive Dysfunction in OCD. In press, Acta Psychiat. Scandinavica, 2000: 101: 281-285
    • Ahmed Okasha, Zeinab Bishry, Mohammed Rifaat El Fiki, Aida Seif El Dawla, Amany Haroun Rashed, Prodromal Symptoms of Relapse in a sample of Egyptian Schizophrenic Patients. J Clin Psychiatry 61: 10, October 2000
    • Cognitive dysfunction in obsessive compulsive disorder. Okasha A, Rafaat M, Mahallawy N, El Nahas G, Seif El Dawla A, Acta Psychiatr Scund 2000: 101: 281-285
    • L F Rossiter, M Y Whitehurst-Cook, R E Small, C Shasky, V E Bovbjerg, L Penberthy, A Okasha, J Green, I A Ibrahim, S Yang, K Lee, The impact of disease management on outcomes and cost of care: a study of low-income asthma patients. Inquiry. 2000 Summer; 37(2): 188-202
    • Okasha, A. and Okasha, T. Notes on mental disorder in Pharaonic Egypt, History of Psychiatry, xi (2000), 413-424. 28
    • Okasha, A. and Okasha, T., Mental Health in Cairo (Al- Qahira) International Journal of Mental Health, vol.28, No. 4, Winter 1999-2000, 62-68
    • Okasha, T. (2000): Biological basis for sexual behavior. In: Okasha, A. (Ed.) Physiological Psychology. Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop. Cairo, Egypt (In Arabic).
  21. 1999
    •  Ahmed Okasha, Challenges of managed mental health care in the south east Mediterranean region, plenum publishers, new York, 1999
    • Ahmed Okasha, Mental Health in the Middle East: an Egyptian Perspective. Clinical Psychology Review, Vol. 19, No 8, pp 917-933, 1999
    • Ahmed Okasha, Mental Health services in the Arab world. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Vol. 5, No.2, 1999
    • Ahmed Okasha, Moustafa K. Ismail, Afaf H. Khalil, Refaat El Fiki, Alaa Soliman, Tarek Okasha, A Psychiatric Study of Nonorganic chronic Headache Patients, Psychosomatics, 1999 40:233- 238
    • Ahmed Okasha, Neurosciences & future of psychiatry, Current Opinion in Psychiatry, Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 1999, 12: 633-636
    • Ahmed Okasha, Prevention of Deontological Mistakes: the Role of Ethical Codes. Preventive Psychiatry Basel, Karger, 1999, pp 134 –142
    • El Sayed, M., Abdel Karim, A., Al-Saihati, M., Ridda, A.H., Okasha, T., Ramy, H. and El Nahas, G.M. (1999): Somatization among depressed Saudi patients. Current Psychiatry Vol. 6 No. 3 pp.240-250
    • N. Loza, A.M. El-Dosoky, T.A. Okasha, A.H. Khalil, N.M. Hasan, P. Kratky, A. Okasha (1999): Olanzapine compared to chlorpromazine in acute schizophrenia. European Psychopharmacology. Volume 9, Supplement 5, Page 291
    • Okasha, A. and Okasha, T. (1999): Somatoform disorders. An Arab perspective. In: Ono, Y., Janca, A., Asai, M. and Sartorius, N. (Eds.): Somatoform disorders a worldwide perspective. Springer, NY
    • Okasha, A., Bishry, Z., Ragheb, K., Seif El Dawla, A., Okasha, T. and Mohamed, S. Anxiety disorder in a sample of Egyptian adolescents: A Psycho demographic study. Current Psychiatry, 1999.Vol. 6 No. 3 pp. 342-354
    • Okasha, A., Bishry, Z., Ragheb, K., Seif El Dawla, A., Okasha, T. and Mohamed, S. (1999): Anxiety disorder in a sample of Egyptian adolescents: A Psycho demographic study. Current Psychiatry Vol. 6 No. 3 pp. 342-354
    • Okasha, A., Bishry, Z., Seif El Dawla, A., Sayed, M. and Okasha, T. Prevalence of anxiety symptoms in a sample of Egyptian children. Current Psychiatry, 1999 Vol. 6 No. 3 pp. 356- 368
    • Okasha, A., Bishry, Z., Seif El Dawla, A., Sayed, M. and Okasha, T. (1999): Prevalence of anxiety symptoms in a sample of Egyptian children. Current Psychiatry Vol. 6 No. 3 pp. 356- 368
    • Okasha, A., Ismail, M., Khalil, A., El Fiki, R., Soliman, A., and Okasha, T. (1999): A Psychiatric Study of Nonorganic Headache Patients. Psychosomatics; 40:233-238
    • Soliman, A., Okasha, T. and El Rashed A.H. (1999): Childhood sexual abuse in female depressed psychiatric inpatients: Prevalence and relationship to depression. Current Psychiatry Vol. 6 No. 3 pp. 210-220
  22. 1998
    •  Ahmed Okasha, A Perspective of Mental Disorder in Pharaonic Egypt. Current Psychiatry. Vol 5 No. 1 March 1998 29
    • Ahmed Okasha, E. Karam, Mental Health Services and research in the Arab World. Acta Psychiatry Scand, 1998.
  23. 1997
    • Okasha, A., Asaad, T., Mahmoud, A. and Okasha, T. (1997): Sertraline in OCD. A twelve-week non-comparative study of the safety, efficacy and toleration of Sertraline in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder with or without concurrent depression in outpatients. Current Psychiatry. Vol. 4. No.2 pp. 228-236
    • Okasha, A., Asaad, T., Mahmoud, A. and Okasha, T., Sertraline in OCD. A twelve-week noncomparative study of the safety, efficacy and toleration of Sertraline in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder with or without concurrent depression in outpatients. Current Psychiatry.1997. Vol. 4. No.2 pp. 228-236.
  24. 1996
    • Ahmed Okasha, The problem of addiction & strategy for management in EGYPT. Current Psychiatry, 1996
    • Faculty of Medicine in Ismailia about Schizophrenia. Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 24 No. 2 pp 19-27
    • Okasha, A., Asaad, T. and Okasha, T. (1996): A combined depot (Flupenthixol and Zuclopenthixol) in neuroleptic non- responsive schizophrenics. Current Psychiatry. Vol. 3. No. 1, p.p. 113-122
    • Okasha, A., Asaad, T. and Okasha, T., A combined depot (Flupenthixol and Zuclopenthixol) in neuroleptic non- responsive schizophrenics. Current Psychiatry.1996. Vol. 3. No. 1, p.p. 113- 122
    • Okasha, A., Mahmoud, A., Lotaief, F., EL Dawla, A. and Okasha, T., Co-morbidity of axis I and II diagnosis in a sample of patients with neurotic disorders. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 1996. Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 95-101
    • Okasha, A., Mahmoud, A., Lotaief, F., EL Dawla, A. and Okasha, T. (1996): Co-morbidity of axis I and II diagnosis in a sample of patients with neurotic disorders. Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 37, No. 2, p.p. 95-101
    • Okasha, A., Sayed, M.E., Assad, T., El Dawla, A. and Okasha, T. (1996): Sleep Patterns in Patients with OCD. CNS Spectrums, Vol. 1 No. 2, p.p. 39- 43
    • Y A Ozcan, M J McCue, A Okasha, Measuring the technical efficiency of psychiatric hospitals. J Med Syst. 1996 June; 20(3) 141 -50
  25. 1995
    •  Ahmed Okasha, History of psychiatry in Egypt. Current psychiatry. Vol2. No. 2 December 1995
    •  Ahmed Okasha, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. A transcultural comparaison, IJP PsychiatSci, 3, 1995
    •  Ahmed Okasha, Settings for learning: The community beyond. Med. Education. 1995, 29, (Suppl I): 88-90
  26. 1994
    • Ahmed Okasha, A. Shawki El Akabawi, Akram Kamal Wilson, Ismail Youssef, Aida Seif El Dawla, Expressed Emotion, Perceived Criticism and Relapse in Depression: A Replication in an Egyptian Community: American Journal of Psychiatry 151:7, July 1994.
    • Ahmed Okasha, Psychiatric Morbidity after Stroke: A Multidimensional Approach, Current Psychiatry, vol. 1 No. 1, July 1994. 30
    • Ahmed Okasha, z. Bishry, A.H. Khalil, T. A. Darwish, A. Seif El Dawla, A. Shohdy, Panic disorder: An overlapping or independent entity, Brit. J. Psych., 164, 818-825, 1994
    • Okasha A.; Assad T. and Okasha T. A Combined Depot (FLupenthixol and Zuclopenthixol) in Neuroleptic Non-responsive Schizophrenia , Current Psychiatry, vol., 1, 1994
    • Okasha, A. Saad. A.H. Khalil, A. Seif El Dawla, Nabil Yehia, Phenomenology of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – A Transcultural study. Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 35, No. 3 (May/June), pp. 191 – 197, 1994.
    • Okasha, Z. Bishry, A. H. Khalil, T. A. Darwish, Panic Disorder: An Overlapping or Independent Entity, British Journal of Psychiatry, 164, 818 – 825, 1994. 1993
    • Ahmed Okasha, Mental disorder in pharonic Egypt. Curare. Vol 16, 1993: 66 –70
    • Ahmed Okasha, Obsessive compulsive disorder: A Transculturalcomparison. Accepted for publication: Italian J. Psych. and Behav Sc.,
  27. 1993
    •  Field Trials and Regional Considerations In: International Review of Psychiatry, vol. 1, Costa e Silva J.A. and Nadelson C.C. (eds), American Psychiatric Press, pp. 37 – 52, 1993
  28. 1992
    • Ahmed Okasha, A. Seif El Dawla, Reliability of ICD-10 research criteria: An Arab perspective. Acta Psych. Scand., 86,484-488, 1992.
  29. 1991
    •  Okasha, A. and Okasha, T. (2000): Notes on Mental Disorders in Pharaonic Egypt, History of Psychiatry, xi, pp. 413 – 424
  30. 1990
    • Ahmed Okasha, The concept of mental illness from pharaonic times to present day Islam. A world perspective, El Sevier Science Publishers, Vol 4, 1990