Karam, E. G., Mneimneh, Z. N, Karam, A. N., Fayyad, J., Nasser, S., Dimassi, H., Salamoun M. (2008). Chapter 12: Mental Disorders and War in Lebanon. In Ronald Kessler, Bedirhan Ustun (ed). The WHO World Mental Helath Surveys: Global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of mental Disorders. Cambridge University press.

Nock MK, Borges G, Bromet EJ, Alonso J, Angermeyer M, Beautrais A, Bruffaerts R, Chiu WT, de Girolamo G, Gluzman S, de Graaf R, Gureje O, Haro JM, Huang Y, Karam E, Kessler RC, Lepine JP, Levinson D, Medina-Mora ME, Ono Y, Posada-Villa J, Williams DR (2008). Cross-national prevalence and risk factors for suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts. British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 192 pp: 98-105. Abstract

Karam EG, Mneimneh Z, Karam A, Fayyad J, Nasser S, Chatterji S, and Kessler RC (2006). Prevalence and treatment of mental disorders in Lebanon, The Lancet, 367(9515): 1000-1006.

Karam EG, and Bou Ghosn M (2003). Psychosocial Consequences of War Among Civilian Populations. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 16:  413-419.

Weissman M, Bland R, Canino G, Greenwald S, Hwu HG, Joyce P, Karam EG, Lee CK, Lellouch J, Lépine JP, Newman S, Rubio-Stipec M, Wells JE, Wickramaratne P, Wittchen HU, and Yeh EK (1999).Prevalence of Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attempts in Nine Countries. Psychological Medicine, 29: 9-17. Abstract

Elie G. Karam (1999), Women and the Lebanon Wars: Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In Lamia Shehadeh (Ed.), Women and War in Lebanon. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Fl, pp. 272-281.

Karam EG, Howard D, Shaaya M, Mansour C, Saliba S, Karam AK, Melhem N, Jabbour J (1998). Les guerres du Liban: Comorbidité de la dépression et troubles post- traumatiques. Nervure, 11(3):14-17.

Karam EG, Howard D, Karam A, Ashkar A, Shaaya M, Melhem N, and El-Khoury N (1998). Major depression and external stressors: the Lebanon Wars. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 248: 225-230 . Abstract

Weissman M, Bland R, Canino G, Faravelli C, Greenwald S, Hwu HG, Joyce P, Karam EG, Lee CK, Lellouch J, Lépine JP, Newman S, Oakley-Browne M, Rubio-Stipec M, Wells JE, Wickramaratne P, Wittchen HU, and Yeh EK (1997). The Cross-national Epidemiology of Panic Disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 54: 305-309. Abstract

Elie G. Karam (1997), Comorbidity of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression. In Robert J. Ursano and Carol S. Fullerton (Ed), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Acute and Long-Term Responses to Trauma and Disaster. American Psychiatric Association Press, pp. 77-90. Wachington, DC.

Karam EG (1997). IDRAAC, A Lebanese Nongovernmental Organization Specializing in Mental Health. The National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD Research Quarterly, 8(4): 7.

Karam EG, Noujeim J, Saliba S, Chami A, Abi-Rached S (1996). PTSD : How Frequently Should the Symptoms Occur? The Effect on Epidemiologic Research. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 9(4):899-905. Abstract 

Weissman M, Bland R, Canino G, Faravelli C, Greenwald S, Hwu HG,. Joyce P, Karam EG, Lee CK, Lellouch J, Lépine JP, Newman S, Rubio-Stipec M, Wells JE, Wickramaratne P, Wittchen HU, and Yeh EK (1996). Cross-National Epidemiology of Major Depression and Bipolar Disorders. Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), 276 (4): 293-299. Abstract

Weissman M, Canino G, Greenwald S, Joyce P, Karam EG, Lee CK, Rubio-Stipec M, Wells JE, Wickramaratne P, and Wittchen HU (1995). Current Rates and Symptom Profiles of Panic Disorder in Six Cross-National Studies. Clinical Neuropharmacology, 18, Suppl.2: S1-S6. Abstract 


Elie G. Karam (1994), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Lebanon Wars. United Nations Development Programme / Department of Humanitarian Affairs. UNDP/DHA Disaster Management Training Programme.

Karam EG (1994). The Nosological Status of Bereavement-Related Depressions. British Journal of Psychiatry,165: 48-52. Abstract

Weissman M, Wickramaratne P, Greenwald S, Hsu H, Quellette R, Robins LN, Escoba JI, Bland R, Newman S, Orn H, Canino G, Rubiostipec M, Wittchen HU, Essau CA, Faravelli C, Incerpi G, Degl’lnnocenti B, Aiazzi L, Pallanti S, Lépine JP, Pariente P, Lellouch J, Karam EG, Wells JE, Joyce P, Oakley-Browne M, Bushnell JA, Hwu HG, Yeh EK, Chang LY , Klerman GL, Leon AC, Lavori P, Warshaw M, Maier W, Marx A, Lichtermann D, Minges J, Heun R, and Hallmayer J (1992). The Changing Rate of Major Depression. Cross-National Comparisons. Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) , 268 (21): 3098-3105.  Abstract


Karam EG (1992). PTSD and the Lebanon Wars: Criteria & Prevalence. In C. Douthau. (Ed), Stress, Psychiatry and War. World Psychiatric Association, pp.10-14. Paris - Val-de-Grace.

Karam EG (1992). Depression et Guerres du Liban. Méthodologie d'une Recherche. Annales de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education, Université St. Joseph. Beyrouth, 99-106. Abstract

Karam EG (1988). Depression and War in Lebanon. DIS Newsletter, 5(1).

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Children and Adolescents

Karam EG,  Fayyad JA, Karam AN, Tabet CC, Melhem N, Mneimneh Z, Dimassi H (2008). Effectiveness and specificity of a classroom-based group intervention in children and adolescents exposed to war in Lebanon. World Psychiatry, Vol 7(2):103-109. Abstract

Cordahi-Tabet C, Karam EG, Nehmé G, Fayyad J, Melhem N, and Rashidi N (2002). Les Orphelins De La Guerre: Expérience Libanaise et Méthodologie d'un Suivi Prospectif. Stress et Trauma, 2(4): 1-9. Abstract

Karam A, Karam EG, Zbouni V, Yabroudi P, Cordahi-Tabet C, and Fayyad J (2002). Traumatismes De Guerre: Prévention Psychologique à Large Echelle en Milieu Scolaire. Stress et Trauma, 2(3) : 169-177.  Abstract

Karam EG, Melhem N, Karam A, Yabroudi P, Zbouni V, Mansour C and Saliba S. (1997). Acute Responses to War Trauma in Children and Adolescents: The Lebanon Wars. Traumatic Stress Points.  News for The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), 11 (3): 1-7.

Karam EG (1990). Children and War. Revue Medicale Libanaise, 2 (1): 5-6.

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Okasha A, and Karam EG (1998). Mental Health Services and Research in the Arab World. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 98: 406-413. Abstract

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Other Research

Adaptation and Validation Studies:

Murray LK, Fayyad J, Jensen PS, Hoagwood K, Azer M and the Integrated Services Program Task Force (including John Fayyad) (2006). An examination of cross-cultural systems implementing evidence-based assessment and intervention approaches . Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 28(1):76-9.

Bauermeister JJ, So CY, Jensen PS, Krispin O, El Din AS and the Integrated Services Program Task Force (including John Fayyad) (2006). Development of adaptable and flexible treatment manuals for externalizing and internalizing disorders in children and adolescents. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 28(1):67-71.

Jensen PS and the Integrated Services Program Task Force (including John Fayyad) (2006). Disseminating child & adolescent mental health treatment methods: an international feasibility study. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 28(1):1-2.

So CY, Hung JS, Bauermeister JJ, Jensen PS, Habib D, Knapp P, Krispin O and the  Integrated Services Program Task Force (including John Fayyad) (2006). Training of evidence-based assessment and intervention approaches in cross-cultural contexts: challenges and solutions. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 28(1):72-5.

Hoagwood KE, Kelleher K, Murray LK, Jensen PS and the Integrated Services Program Task Force (including John Fayyad) (2006). Implementation of evidence-based practices for children in four countries: a project of the World Psychiatric Association. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 28(1):59-66.

Karam EG, Al-Atrash R, Saliba S, Melhem N, and Howard D (1999). The War Events Questionnaire. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 47(3): 265-274.

Karam EG, Yabroudi P, Karam A, Mansour C, Sabah S, and Al Atrash R (1995). The Arabic Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). The Arab Journal of Psychiatry, 6(1) : 19-29.

Karam EG, Barakeh M, Karam A, and El-Khoury N (1991). The Arabic Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS). Revue Medicale Libanaise, 3: 28 - 30.

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Issues and Reviews in Psychiatric Research

Karam EG, Khatcherian N (2004). Phobias: Reflections on Definitions. Phobias, of the WPA series “ Evidence of and experience in psychiatry”, 7 (2):108-110.

Fayyad J, Jahshan C, and Karam EG (2001). Systems Development of Child Mental Health Services in Developing Countries. In: Cultural and Social Influences in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 10(4): 745-762. Abstract

Karam A, and Karam EG (1992). La Thérapie Cognitive. Journal Médical Libanais, 40(3): 149-155. Abstract

Karam EG (1991). Issues In Psychiatric Research And Diagnosis. Journal Médical Libanais, 39(1): 25-27. Abstract