Ahmed Okasha is an Egyptian psychiatrist. He is a professor of psychiatry at Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt. He wrote books and articles about psychiatry and mental disorders. He is the first Arab-Muslim to be president of World Psychiatric Association from 2002 to 2005.

Career

History

Education

Scientific and clinical career

World Psychiatric Association positions

World Health Organization positions and activities

National and international positions and activities

Publications

Prizes and awards

The WPA Okasha Award for developing countries

The award includes a diploma, a medal and a donation of US$15,000, given to the two winners since 2005. The Okasha Award recognizes the contribution of two young psychiatrists or neuroscientists, below the age of 40, whose research efforts have best served psychiatry and mental health in a developing country.

Okasha Institute of Psychiatry

The Ain Shams Institute of Psychiatry was named after Prof Okasha in January 2011.

Chapters in international books

Editor of books in English

Editor of books in Arabic

Published papers

1963 ''1. Side effects from reserpine therapy in Egyptian psychotics: S. Abd El Naby, A. Okasha and M. F. Abo El Magd E. J. Neurol. Psychiat. Neurosurg. Vol. IV, No. 1 & 2, 1963, pp. 57-69'' 1964 ''2. Psychosis in Egyptian pellagrins. S. Abd EI Naby and A. Okasha, Med J of Cairo Univ. vol. XXXII, No. 3 & 4, 1964. pp. 325-335'' ''3. Studies on the effects of oestradiol dipropionate in insulin coma therapy in different types of schizophrenia. Abd El Naby, A. Okasha, T. Fahmi Y.A. Habib E J Neurol Psych Neurosurg, vol. V, No. 1 & 2, 1964. pp. 11-19 S.'' ''4. 17-ketogenic steroids in schizophrenia. A. Okasha S. Abd el Naby and M. H. El Mahdy. E J Neurol Psychiat Neurosurg, vol V, No. 1 & 2, 1964. E J Neurol Psychiat Neurosurg, vol. V, No 1 & 2, 1964. pp. 1-9'' ''5. Clinical and electromyographic studies in leprotic facial affection. S. Abd El Naby, Khalil S. Kayad, A. Okasha, M. Abdel Hady, O. Madkour and N. M. Montasser E J Neurol Psychiat Neurosurg, vol. V, No 1&2, 1964. pp. 20-32'' ''6. Haloperidol: A controlled clinical trial in chronic disturbed psychotic patients. A. Okasha and G. I. Tewfik Br J Psych, vol. 110, 464, 1964. pp. 56-60'' ''7. The abuse and the selective use of tranquilizers. A. Okasha Ain Shams Medical Journal, vol. 15, No. 2, 1964. pp. 77-90'' ''8. Day hospital treatment in psychiatry. A. Okasha E J Neurol Psychiat Neurosurg, vol. V, No 1, 1964. pp. 105-113'' 1965 ''9. Psychosis and immigration. A. Okasha. Postgrad. Med. J., 41, 1965. pp. 603-612'' 1966 ''10. A cultural psychiatric study of El Zar cult in the UAR. A. Okasah. Br J Psych, vol. 112, 1966. pp. 1217-1221'' ''11. Positive conditioning in nocturnal enuresis. A. Okasha and A. Hassan J. Egypt. Med. Assoc., 49, 9/10, 1966. pp. 601-610'' 1967 ''12. LSD in stammering. A. Okasha. E. J. Neurol. Psychiat. Neurosurg, 1967.'' ''13. Hysteria, its presentation and management in Egypt. A. Okasha Ain Shams Med. J., vol. 18, no. 1-2, 1967.'' 1968 ''14. Mutabon - A controlled clinical trial in psychiatric patients. A. Okasha. Ain Shams Med J., vol. 19, no. 3, 1968. pp. 159-163'' ''15. Preliminary psychiatric observations in Egypt. A. Okasha, M. Kamel and A. H. Hassan'' ''Brit. J. Psych., vol. 114, no. 513, 1968. pp. 949-955'' 1969 ''16. Tranquilizers in general practice. A. Okasha Current practice, 1969. Vol 20 No. 3 pp. 275 -285'' 1970 ''17. Presentation and outcome of obsessional disorders in Egypt. A. Okasha Ain Shams Med. J., vol. 21, no. 4, 1970. pp. 367-374'' 1971 ''18. Presentation of depression in Egyptian children. A. Okasha and M. Kamel E. J. Neurol Psychiat Neurosurg, vol. xii, no 162, 1971. pp. 27-35.'' ''19. Psychosocial Study of Stammering in Egyptian Children. A. Okasha, Z. Bishry, M. Essawi, M. Kamel and A. H. Hassan. E. J. Neurol. Psychiat. Neurosurg., 1971, Vol. XII. No. 1 and 2 p. 37'' 1972 ''20. A psychiatric study of Egyptian rheumatic arthritis. A. Okasha, N. Bahgat, A. Sadek and M. Kamel'' '' Proceedings of the Egyptian society of rheumatology, vol. ix, no. 1, 1972. pp. 85-97'' 1973 ''21. Psychometry for organicity: validity and clinical use of some tests. A. Okasha. E. J. Neurol. Psychiat. Neurosurg, vol. xiv, no. 162, 1973.'' ''22. A psychiatric survey of nocturnal enuresis in an Egyptian community. A. Okasha, O. Sherbini and M. Mostafa E. J. Neurol. Psychiat. Neurosurg, vol. xiv, no. 162, 1973.'' ''23. A comparison of lorazepam diazepam and placebo in anxiety states. A. Okasha, A Sadek'' '' Journal of International Medical Research, 1, 162, 1973. pp. 162-165'' ''24. An electromyographic study of functional impotence. Ain Shams Med. J., vol. 24, no. 3-4, 1973. pp. 139-148 Preliminary psychiatric observations in Libya. M. Kamel Zeinab Bishry, Ahmed Okasha Psychopathologie Africaine, vol. ix, no. 3, 1973. pp. 371-387'' ''25. A double blind trial for the clinical management of psychogenic headache. A. Okasha, H. A. Ghaleb and A. Sadek Br. J. Psychiat. Vol. 122, no. 567, 1973. pp. 181-183'' ''26. EEG screening of brain damage in psychiatric patients a validation study. A. Okasha, A. M. Ashour, M. Moustsfa and A. H. Hassan E.J. Neuro Psychiatric Neurosurge. 1973. Vol XIV No. 122 pp. 35-66'' 1974 ''27. Psychological study of stammering in Egyptian children. A. Okasha, Z. Bishry, M. Kamel and A. H. Hassan Br. J. Psychiat., vol. 124, 1974. pp. 531-533. '' ''28. Electroencephalographic study of stammering. A. Okasha, S. Abdel Moneim, Z. Bishry, M. Kamel and M. Mostafa Br. J. Psychiat., vol. 124, 1974. pp. 534-535'' ''29. Biological factor in schizophrenia. A. Okasha. Ain shams Medical Journal. 1974 pp. 149-151'' 1975 30. Psychosocial and Electroencephalographic studies of Egyptian murderers. ''A. Okasha, A. Sadek and S. Abdel Moneim Br. J. Psychiatry, vol. 126, 1975. pp. 34-40'' ''31. Parameters for differentiation between hysterical and epileptic fits among Egyptian military recruits. Ahmed Okasha, M. Moustafa, M. Kamel, N. R. Bishay Ain Shams Med. J., vol. 26, no. 4, 1975. '' ''32. Arabic study of cases of functional sexual inadequacy. A. Okasha and A. Demerdash Br. J. Psychiatry, vol., 126, 1975. pp. 446-448'' ''33. Insomnia: a differential parameter in Egyptian depressives. A. Okasha, M. Kamel, F. Lotaif and Z. Bishry'' '' Ain Shams Med. J., vol. 26, no. 566, 1975. pp. 605-612'' ''34. Psychosocial and neurological assessment of hyperkinetic children (6-12 years). A. Okasha, A. Sadek and S. Abdel Moneim E. J. Neurol. Psychiat. Neurosurg., vol. XV, no. 162, 1975. pp. 169-184'' ''35. Objective evaluation of drug therapy in hyperkinetic children. A. Okasha, Z. Bishry, M. Kamel, S. Abdel Moneim, M. Michel and M. Mostafa E. J. Neurol. Psychiat. Neurosurg., vol. XV, no. 162, 1975. pp. 185-198'' ''36. The influence of Egyptian culture on psychiatric symptomatology. A. Okasha. Egyptian Journal of Mental Health 1975 Vol 16 pp. 1-7'' ''37. A combined psychiatric and surgical study of duodenal ulcer in Egyptians and its postoperative consequences. M. Kamel, A. F. Bahnassy, Z. Bishry, H. Abdallah, A. Okasha and M. Mamoon. Egypt. J. Gastroenterol. 1975, vol. 8, no. 16-18, pp. 3-26'' 1976 ''38. A psychometric study of cases of psychogenic sexual inadequacy. Ahmed Okasha, A. Demerdash and M. Kamel Ain Shams Med. J. Vol., 27, No. 566, 1976. pp. 423-427'' ''39. An anthropometric survey of cases of psychogenic sexual dysfunction. A. Okasha, M. Demerdash and M. Kamel Ain Shams Med. J. Vol., 27, 1976. pp. 179-181'' ''40. A psychosocial study of accidental poisoning in Egyptian children. A. Okasha, Z. Bishry, N.M. Osman, M. Kamel Br. J. Psychiat. 1976. 129, pp. 539-543,'' ''41. A controlled double blind clinical trial between maprotilene and amitriptyline in depressive illness. A. Okasha and A. Sadek J. Egypt. Med. Assoc. 1976. 59, pp. 557-562,'' 1977 ''42. Psychiatric morbidity among university students in Egypt. Ahmed Okasha, M. Kamel, a. Sadek, F. Lotaif and Z. Bishry Br. J. Psychiat. 1977. 131, pp. 149-54, '' ''43. Psychiatric symptomatology in Egypt. A. Okasha. Mental Health and Society, 1977. Vol. 4, no. 3-4, pp. 121-125'' ''44. Laboratory and histochemical study of weight gain after amitriptyline. M. Kamel, Sawsan H. Hamza, Zeinab Bishry, A. Okasha, R.R. Hassanein and Saira Fahmy Ain Shams Med. J., 1977. vol. 28, no. 1 & 2, pp. 63-67'' ''45. Comparative study on propanidid and thiopentone in ECT. A. Okasha. Ain Shams Med. J., 1977. Vol. 28, no. 3 & 4,'' 1978 ''46. Mental disorders in Pharaonic Egypt. A. Okasha Egypt. J. Psychiat. 1978 vol. 1, no. 1,'' ''47. Levels of HIAA and VMA in CSF of schizophrenics before and after treatment. A. Okasha, S. Z. Eid, Z. Bishry, F. Lotaif and J. F. Gouda Egypt. J. Psychiat. 1978.vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 38-50'' ''48. A cross-cultural study of cases of functional sexual disorders among Arabs. A. Demerdash, F. Lotaif, Z. Bishry and A. Ashour and A. Okasha Egypt. J. Psychiat., 1978. Vol. 1, no. 1 pp. 51-56'' 1979 ''49 . Attempted suicide: An Egyptian investigation. A. Okasha and F. Lotaif. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 60, 69-75, 1979.'' ''50. Classification, biochemistry of depression and the mode of action of antidepressant drug. A. Okasha. Egypt. J. Psychiat. 1979 vol. 2, no. 1,'' ''51. The impact of parental loss in childhood on adult anxiety states. A. Okasha, A. Sadek, F. Lotaif and A. M. Ashour Egypt. J. Psychiat. 1979 vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 42-51.'' ''52. Drug induced extrapyramidal side effects in Egyptian schizophrenic patients. A. Okasha, H. El Okbi, A. Sadek, Lotiaf and A. M. Ashour Egypt. J. Psychiat. 1979 vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 191-197.'' ''53. The brain's opium: Human beta-endorphins. A. Okasha. Egypt. J. Psychiat. 1979. vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 135-137'' 1980 ''54. A study of memory changes after ECT. N.A. Yousef, E. Lotaif, A. Ashour and A. Okasha'' '' Egypt. J. Psychiat. 1980 vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 83-93'' ''55. Histamine and schizophrenia: A validation study for skin response to intradermally injected histamine in schizophrenia. N. Mahullawy, Z. Bishry, A. M. Ashour & A. Okasha Egypt. J. Psychiat. 1980 vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 117-125'' ''56. Effectiveness of drug therapy in schizophrenia. A. Okasha. Egypt. J. Psychiat. Vol. 3, no. 1, 1980.'' ''57. Depression and anxiety during the menstrual cycle: A psychometric study. A. Okasha, A. Sadek, F. Lotaif, Z. Bishry and A. Ashour Egypt. J. Psychiat. 1980 vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 225-235'' ''58. Is schizophrenia more than one disease? A. Okasha. Egypt. J. Psychiat. 1980 vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 153-158.'' ''59. Carpipramine: A disinhibitory drug in chronic schizophrenia. A. Okasha L'Encephale, 1980 VI, pp. 161-166, 1'' 1981 ''60. Prevalence of suicidal feelings in a sample of non-consulting medical students. A. Okasha, F. Lotaif and A. Sadek Acta Psych. Scand., 1981, 63, pp. 409-415,'' ''61. Psychodemographic study of anxiety in Egypt: The PSE in its Arabic version. A. Okasha and A. Ashour Br. J. Psychiat. 1981, 139, pp. 70-73.'' ''62. Correlation between serum and salivary lithium levels. M. Kamel. A. Sadek, F. Lotaif, Z. Bishry and A. Okasha Egypt. J. Psych., 1981 vol. 4, no. 2, 1 pp. 231-246'' ''63. A psychological profile of patients manifesting warts: An Egyptian study. Egypt. J. Psych., 1981, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 163-177'' ''64. The social readjustment-rating questionnaire: A study of Egyptians. Zeinab Bishry, Mona El Okby, A. Sadek, F. Lotaif and A. Okasha Egypt. J. Psych., 1981. Vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 273-283'' ''65. Viruses as causes of psychiatric diseases. A. Okasha. Egypt. J. Psych., vol. 4, no. 2, 1981.'' ''66. Mental disorders in brain tumors. O. Abdel Ghany, Z. Bishry, F. Lotaif, A. Sadek, A. Ashour, M. Moustafa and A. Okasha Egypt. J. Psych., 1981. Vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 247-262'' 1982 ''67. Evaluation of ECT today. A. Okasha. Egypt. J. Psych., 1982. Vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 3-16'' ''68. Psychodemographic and study and psychiatric morbidity of academic difficulty in Egyptian university students. A. Okasha, M. Kamel. A. H. Khalil, F. Lotaif Z. Bishry and A. Sadek. Egypt. J. Psych., vol. 5, no. 1, 1982'' ''69. ** Drug abuse among university students: An Egyptian study. A. Okasha, M. Kamel, A. H. Khalil, Z. Bishry, F. Lotaif and A. Sadek Egypt. J. Psych. 1982, vol. 5, pp. 59–70'' ''70. Academic difficulty and psychiatric morbidity: an Egyptian study. A. Okasha., M. Kamel, A. H. Khalil, A. Sadek and A. Ashour Egypt. J. Psych., 1982 Vol. 5, no. 1'' ''71. Portrait of old people in Cairo hostels: a morbidity prevalence survey and some empirical correlation. A. Ashour, A. Okasha, A. Sadek, M. Hambali F. Lotaif and Z. Bishry Egypt. J. Psych., 1982 vol. 5, no. 1,'' ''72. Problems of schizoaffective disorders. A. Okasha. Egypt. J. Psych., 1982, vol. 5, no. 2,'' ''73. Clinical study of the inter relationship between complaint of pain and depressive illness. A. Sadek, A. Okasha, O. Al-Sherbini, M. Refaat and F. Lotaif Egypt. J. Psych., 1982 vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 1–9.'' ''74. Psychometric study of the inter relationship between complaint of pain and depressive illness. A. Okasha, A. Sadek, O. Al-Sherbini, M. Refaat and F. Lotaif Egypt. J. Psych., 1982 vol. 5, no. 2,'' ''75. Cortical and central atrophy in Chronic Schizophrenia. A controlled study. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1982 Jan; 65(1): pp. 29-34'' 1983 '' 76. An appraisal of DSM-III. A. Okasha. Egypt. J. Psych. 1983, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-6.'' ''77. The elderly females in Abbassia mental hospital: A survey and prospects of relocation. A. Ashour, A. Okasha, F. Sayed, F. Lotaif and M. Kamel. Egypt. J. Psych., 1983 vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-16.'' ''78. A psychometric study of cerebral lateralization in depression and schizophrenia. A. Okasha, M. Moutafa and M. Ghanem Egypt. J. Psych., vol. 6, no. 1, 1983'' ''79. Clinical neurophysiology and mental illness. A. Okasha. Egypt. J. Psych., vol. 6, no. 2, 1983'' ''80. Psychiatric morbidity in a mental retardation unit. Okasha, R. Al Fiky, N. A. Youssef and F. Lotaif Egypt. J. Psychiat., vol. 6, no. 2, 1983'' ''81. Psychiatric aspects of female sterilization in Egypt. F. Lotaif, A. Hamed, F. Botrous and A. Okasha Egypt. J. Psych., vol. 6, no. 1, 1983'' ''82. Anxiety, a concomitant of some psychiatric disorders (a psychophysiological approach). A. Seif El Dawla A. Okasha, A. Sadek, A. Hamed and F. Lotaif. Egypt. J. Psych., vol. 6, no. 2, 1983'' ''83. Suicide in Egypt. In Suicide in Asia and the Near East. Edited by Lee A. Headley. University of California Press. pp. 333-349, 1983.'' ''84. Problems of schizoaffective disorders. A. Okasha. Psychiatrica Clinica, vol. 16, no. 2, 4, 1983.'' 1984 ''85. Depression and suicide in Egypt. A. Okasha. Egypt. J. Psychiatry 1984, 7 pp. 33-45'' ''86. Insomnia. A. Okasha. Egypt. J. Psych., vol. 7, no. 1, 2, 1984'' 1985 ''87. Pharaonic through Islamic and modern psychiatry in Egypt. Psychiatry "The State of Art". Vol. 8, Edited by P. Pichot and P. Berner. Plenum Press. New York. London, 1985.'' ''88. Los jóvenes y la lucha contra el uso indebido de drogas en los paises árabes. Separata del Boletin de Estupefacientes, vol XXXVII, Numems. 2 y 3 – 1985'' ''89. Academic difficulties among male Egyptian students: association with psychiatric morbidity. Okasha, M. Kamel, A. H. Khalil, A. Sadek and A. Ashour Br. J. Psychiatry, 146, 1985.'' ''90. Academic difficulties among male Egyptian student: association with demographic and psychological factors. Br. J. Psychiatry, 146, 1985.'' ''91. Young people and struggle against drug abuse in the Arab countries. A. Okasha. Bulletin on Narcotics, vol. XXXVII, no. 1, 3, 1985.'' ''92. Brain imaging. A Okasha. Egypt. J. Psychiat. Vol. 8, 1, 2, 1985.'' ''93. Is neurosis dead? Egypt. J. Psychiat. Vol. 9, 1985.'' ''94. Visuo spatial abilities in Parkinsonian patients. Egypt. J. Psychiat. Vol. 9, 1985.'' ''95. Depression in Parkinsonian patients: An Egyptian study. Egypt. J. Psychiat. Vol. 9, 1985.'' ''96. Tardive dyskinesia in chronic Egyptian patients on neuroleptics. Egypt. J. Psychiat. Vol. 9, 1985.'' ''97. Attempted suicide in Egypt: a psychodemographic study. Egypt. J. Psychiat. Vol. 9, 1985.'' ''98. Depression in schizophrenia. Egypt. J. Psychiat. Vol. 9, 1985.'' ''99. CT scanning in schizophrenia. Egypt. J. Psychiat. Vol. 9, 1985.'' ''100. The Egyptian diagnostic system (DMP1) comparison with ICD-9, DSM-III. Read in the Conference of International Classifications in Psychiatry, A. Okasha. World Psychiatric Association, Montreal Canada. 1985.'' 1986 ''101. Public policy and the chronic mentally ill: an Egyptian perspective. A. Okasha. Read at the Regional symposium of the World Psychiatric Association, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1986.'' ''102. Psychiatric problems in general practice: an Egyptian perspective. A. Okasha Read at the Egyptian French Medical Conference, October 1986.'' ''103. Anticonvulsant as an adjuvant in the treatment of bipolar and schizophrenic disorders. A. Okasha Read at the fourth WHO seminar on Biological Psychiatry in Cairo, November 1986.'' ''104. Tardive dyskinesia in psychosis. A study of its prevalence, psychodemographic and clinical aspects among neuroleptic – treared Egytptian patients. Okasha, A. H Khalil, A Ashour and M. R Elfiky Egypt. J. Psychiatry, 1986, 9: 8-17'' ''105. Descriptive study of attempted suicide in Cairo. A. Okasha, M. Kamel, F. Lotaif, N. El Mahalawy, A. H. Khalil and A. M. Ashour. Egypt. J. Psychiat. (1986), 9:53-70'' ''106. CT Scan findings in Schizophrenia A. Okasha, O. Madkour, M: Ghanem and A.H. Khalil, Egypt. J. Psychiat. (1986), 9: 147 – 160'' 1987 ''107. Computerized EEG and evoked potential mapping of brain function. A. Okasha Egypt. J. '' '' Psychiat. Vol. 10. No. 1. 2, 1987.'' ''108. Is it worth treating cases of heroin abuse as inpatients? Egypt. J. Psychiat. vol. 11, 1987.'' 109. Parkinsonism and Depression: an Egyptian Study A. Okasha, Amira Ahmed Zaki and A. H. Khalil
'' Egypt. J. Psychiat. (1987), 10: 41–56'' ''110. The Post Partum Psychiatric Disorders: A Descriptive and Epidemiological Study. A. Okasha, N. '' '' Younis, I. Youssef, A. H. Khalil and A. Demerdash. Egypt. J. Psychit. (1987). 10: 161-174 '' 1988 ''111. Brain mapping in psychiatry. Read at the Second International Egyptian Congress in Psychiatry, A. Okasha March 1988.'' ''112. Brain mapping in suicidal and non-suicidal depressives. A. Okasha and M. Rafaat'', October 1988. Egypt. J. Psychiatry, 1988) 11: 17-31'' ''113. Academic underachievement in Egyptian children. Okasha; A. H. Khalil; M. A. El Etribi; M. R. El Fiky and M. Ghanem Egypt. J. Psychiat. Vol. 11, 1988. pp. 127–142'' ''114. Depressive symptoms in Egyptian population: A comparison between urban and rural culture. A. Okasha. Egypt. J. Psychiat. Vol. 11, 1988.'' ''115. Psychiatric aspects of female criminals. A. Okasha. Egypt. J. Psychiat. Vol. 11, 1988.'' ''116. Depression secondary to medical illness. A. Okasha. Egypt. J. Psychiat. Vol. 11, 1988. (Editorial).'' 1989 ''117. The concept of mental illness in Pharaonic Egypt to the present day Islam. Read at VIII World Congress of Psychiat, Athens, 1989.'' ''118. Pharmacodynamics, kinetics and therapeutics of benzodiazepines. Read at the IV Arab Congress of Psychiatry. Sanaa - Yemen, 1989.'' ''119. Long-term strategy for the treatment of schizophrenia. Read at the IV Arab Congress of Psychiatry. Sanaa - Yemen, 1989.'' ''120. Neurophysiological substrate for obsessive-compulsive disorder: evidence from topographic brain mapping. Journal of International Review of Psychiatry.'' ''121. Evaluation of epilepsy using EEG frequency analysis and topographic brain mapping. A. Okasha Egypt. Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 12, no. 1 & 2, 1989.'' ''122. The role of psychiatry in mental health policy formulation: an Egyptian perspective. Read at VIII World Congress of Psychiatry, Athens, 1989.'' ''123. The dilemma of organicity. A. Okasha Egypt. Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 12, no. 1 & 2, 1989.'' ''124. The biology of obsessive-compulsive disorder. A. Okasha. Egypt. Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 13, no. 1 April 1989.'' ''125. Psychological understanding of Egyptian heroin users. A.Okasha. Egypt. Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 13, no. 1 April 1989.'' ''126. Neurophysiological substrate of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Evidence from topographic BEAM. Egypt. Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 13, no. 1 April 1989.'' 1990 ''127. The concept of mental illness from pharaonic times to present day Islam. A world perspective Vol 4, 1990.'' 1991 ''128. Carbamazepine versus alprazolam. An augmenting therapy for resistant schizophrenia. Read at the Regional WPA Symposium, Budapest, May 1991.'' ''129. Mental health services in Egypt 1920 to 1990. Read at the Regional WPA symposium, Budapest, May 1991.'' ''130. Mental health services in Egypt. Journal of sociology & social Welfare 1991 Vol. Xviii No. 2'' ''131. Some aspects of the role of the right cerebral hemisphere in psychiatry. Egypt. J. Psychiat. Vol. 14, no. 1 & 2, 1991.'' 132. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Different Cultures "An Egyptian Perspective": The Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 14, No. 1 & 2, April & October 1991. ''133. Predicition of the outcome of substance dependence Ain shams Medical Journal. 1991 Vol. 42 No. 10, 11 & 12 pp. 685–692'' 1992 ** ''134. An augmenting therapy for resistant psychotic states. Read at the WPA Regional Symposium, Cairo, 1992.'' ''135. Selective 5HT reuptake inhibitors in psychiatric disorders. Read at the WPA regional symposium, Cairo, 1992.'' ''136. Long term strategy for the treatment of schizophrenia. Read at the WPA regional symposium, Cairo, 1992.'' ''137. Sociocultural aspects of antidepressant therapy. Read at the WPA Regional symposium, Cairo, 1992.'' ''138. The clinical range of 5HT agonists in Psychiatry. Read at the WPA Regional symposium, Cairo, 1992.'' ''139. An effective antidepressant for ambulatory and elderly patient. Read at the WPA Regional symposium, Cairo, 1992.'' ''140. Reliability of ICD-10 research criteria: An Arab perspective. Acta Psych. Scand., 86, pp. 484-488, 1992.'' 1993 ''141. Effects of Maprotiline, Nomifensil and Trazodone, GABA Turnover in the limbic system. Egyptian of psychiatry Vol 16: pp. 37–46, 1993'' ''142. Presentation of acute psychosis in an Egyptian sample: Transcultural comparison, Compreh Psych. 34, No. 1, 1993, pp. 4-9.'' ''143. Obsessive compulsive disorder: A Transcultural comparison. Accepted for publication: Italian J. Psych. and Behav Sc., 1993'' ''144. Psychiatry in Egypt. Bulletin of Br. J. Psychiatry, September 1993.'' ''145. Diagnostic agreement in psychiatry: A comparative study between ICD-9, ICD-10 and DSM-IIIR. Br. J. Psychiatry, 162, 621-626, 1993'' ''146. Presentation of hysteria in an Egyptian sample: an update. Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research, 1, 3, 1993'' ''147. Mental disorder in Pharonic Egypt. Curare. Vol 16, 1993: pp. 66–70'' 148. Presentation of Hysteria in a Sample of Egyptian Patients - An Update: Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research, 1: 155-159, 1993 149. Presentation of Acute Psychosis in an Egyptian Sample: A Transcultural Comparison: Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 34, No. 1 (January/February), pp. 4-9, 1993. 150. 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**.** 1994 ''151. Panic disorder: An overlapping or independent entity, Br. J. Psychiatry, 164, 818-825, 1994'' 152. Expressed Emotion, Perceived Criticism and Relapse in Depression: A Replication in an Egyptian Community: American Journal of Psychiatry 151:7, July 1994. 153. Panic Disorder: An Overlapping or Independent Entity, British Journal of Psychiatry, 164, 818-825, 1994. 154. Psychiatric Morbidity after Stroke: A Multidimensional Approach, Current Psychiatry, vol. 1 No. 1, July 1994. ''155. Phenomenology of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - A Transcultural study. Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 35, No. 3 (May/June), pp. 191 - 197, 1994.'' 156. A Combined Depot (FLupenthixol and Zuclopenthixol) in Neuroleptic Non-responsive Schizophrenia, Current Psychiatry, vol., 1, 1994 157. Postgraduate Psychiatric Education in the Middle East, International Conference on Postgraduate Education, Al Ain, 1994. 158. 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 1995 159. Co-morbidity of Axis I and Axis II Diagnoses in a Sample of Egyptian Patients with Neurotic Disorders, accepted for publication in Comprehensive Psychiatry, 1995. ''160. Settings for learning: The community beyond. Med. Education. 1995, 29, (Suppl I): 88-90'' ''161. Child Psychiatry in Developing Countries: Present Status: Needs and Demands. Read at the International Congress of Paediatrics, Cairo, 1995'' 162. Efficient Use of Resources for Mental Health Services: A Developing Country Model: Read at the WPA Regional Symposium in Prague, 1995 163. Primary or Community Care for Psychiatric Patients in developing Countries: Read at the WPA Regional Symposium in Seville, 1995 ''164. History of psychiatry in Egypt. Current psychiatry. Vol2. No. 2 December 1995'' ''165. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. A transcultural comparison, IJP Psychiat Sci, 3, 1995'' 1996 ''166. The problem of addiction & strategy for management in EGYPT. Current Psychiatry, 1996.'' ''167. Ethnicity and pharmaco psychiatry. Read at Pan Arab Psychiatric Congress, Beirut, 1996.'' 168. Combat and management of drug abuse: Means and challenges; an Egyptian perspective, Addressed as a plenary lecture in the first international conference in addiction and drug dependence, Cairo, March 1996. ''169. Psychological sequels of Political Torture. Read at WPA regional symposium, Belgrade, 1996.'' 170. Sleep Pattern in patients with OCD (1996): CNS Spectrum, International Journal of Neuropsychioatric Medicine, Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 39-43. ''171. Transcultural Aspects of OCD. Read at World Congress of Psychiatry, Madrid Declaration, 1996.'' ''172. E.R.P. in Schizophrenias. Current psychiatry, 1996.'' ''173. Informed Consent. Mediterranean versus Anglo-Saxon. Read at WPA regional symposium, Geneva, 1996.'' ''174. Madrid declaration. Codes of ethics. Read at WPA regional symposium, Geneva, 1996.'' ''175. 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'' ''176. A combined depot (Flupenthixol and Zuclopenthixol) in neuroleptic non-responsive schizophrenics. Current Psychiatry. 1996. Vol. 3. No. 1, pp. 113-122'' ''177. Sleep Patterns in Patients with OCD. CNS Spectrums, 1996. Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 39-43'' ''178. Measuring the technical efficiency of psychiatric hospitals. J Med Syst. 1996 June; 20(3) pp. 141-50'' 1997 ''179. 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. 1997. Vol. 4. No. 2 pp. 228-236.'' ''180. Algorithm of management of OCD. Read at WPA regional symposium in Beijing, 1997.'' ''181. Implementations of Core Curriculum of undergraduates of WPA. Read at WPA regional symposium in Beijing, 1997.'' ''182. Non-Conventional treatment of Mental Disorders. Read at World Congress of Psychiatry, 1996. Editorial Psychiatry 1997.'' ''183. The Future of Medical Education and Teaching: A Psychiatric Perspective. American Journal of Psychiatry 1997; 154 (S6): pp. 77-85.'' 1998 ''184. A Perspective of Mental Disorder in Pharaonic Egypt. Current Psychiatry. Vol 5 No. 1 March 1998'' ''185. Mental Health Services and research in the Arab World. Acta Psychiatry Scand, 1998.'' 1999 186. Prevalence of anxiety symptoms in a Sample of Egyptians Children, Current Psychiatry 1999. 187. Core curriculum for undergraduate, read at the 11th World Congress of Psychiatry, Hamburg 1999. 188. Ethics of Euthanasia in Nazi Program, read at the 11th World Congress of Psychiatry, Hamburg August 1999. 189. Challenges of Managed Mental Health Care in the South East Mediterranean region in Manage or Perish, Guimon and Sartorius (Eds.), Kluwer academic/ Plenum publishers, New York, 1999 190. Globalization of Psychiatry, read at the APA annual meeting Washington May 1999 191. Comorbidity of OCD, read at the 11th World Congress of Psychiatry, Hamburg August 1999. 192. Suicide from Pharaonic to present era, read at the World Congress of Suicidology, Athens - November 1999. 193. Neurosciences & future of psychiatry, Current Opinion in Psychiatry, Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 1999, 12: pp. 633-636 194. Burden of depression, read at the regional meeting of the Egyptian Psychiatric Association, Alexandria, Egypt, September 1999. 195. Resistant elderly depressed, read at the regional meeting of the Egyptian Psychiatric Association, Alexandria, Egypt, September 1999. 196. Dual diagnosis, read at the regional meeting of the Egyptian Psychiatric Association, Alexandria, Egypt, 1999. 197. Ethics of treatment of subthreshold psychosis, read at Arab Federation of Psychiatrist Congress, Bahrain, February 1999 198. Religion and mental health at the turn of Century, read at the 11th World Congress of Psychiatry, Hamburg August 1999. ''199. Mental Health in the Middle East: an Egyptian Perspective. Clinical Psychology Review, Vol. 19, No. 8, pp. 917-933, 1999'' ''200. Mental Health services in the Arab world. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1999'' ''201. Prevention of Deontological Mistakes: the Role of Ethical Codes. Preventive Psychiatry Basel, Karger, 1999, pp. 134–142'' 202. A Psychiatric Study of Nonorganic chronic Headache Patients, Psychosomatics, 1999 40:233-238 203. Anxiety symptoms in an Egyptian Sample: Children and adolescents, In press Current Psychiatry (1999) ''204. Somatoform Disorder –An Arab Perspective. Somatoform Disorder: A Worldwide Perspective. (Eds) Y. Ono, A. Janca, M. Asai, N. Sartorius. Springer-Verlag Tokyo 1999.'' ''205. Anxiety disorder in a sample of Egyptian adolescents: A Psycho demographic study. Current Psychiatry, 1999.Vol. 6 No. 3 pp. 342-354'' ''206. Prevalence of anxiety symptoms in a sample of Egyptian children. Current Psychiatry, 1999 Vol. 6 No. 3 pp. 356-368'' ''207. Biological aspects of addiction editorial. Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 1999'' ''208. comments on teaching psychiatry to undergraduates. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 1999; 36 (4): 293 -6'' ''209. Using data mining to build a customer-focused organization. Manag Care Interface. 1999 Aug; 12(8) 69 – 73, 80'' 2000 ''210. Cognitive Dysfunction in OCD. In press, Acta Psychiat. Scandinavica, 2000: 101: 281-285'' 211. Notes on mental disorder in Pharaonic Egypt, History of Psychiatry, xi (2000), 413-424. ''212. Ethics of psychiatry practice: consent, compulsion and confidentiality. Current Opinion in Psychiatry 2000, 13: 693–698'' ''213. From the Hawaii declaration to the Declaration of Madrid. Acta psychiatric Scand. 2000: 101: 20-23'' ''214. The prevalence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a sample of Egyptian psychiatric patients. L’Encephale, 2000; xxvi; 1-10'' 215. Mental Health in Cairo (Al-Qahira) International Journal of Mental Health, vol.28, No. 4, Winter 1999-2000, 62-68 ''216. Prodromal Symptoms of Relapse in a sample of Egyptian Schizophrenic Patients. J Clin Psychiatry 61: 10, October 2000'' ''217. Forum – Culture, Spirituality and Psychiatry - Comments - Current Opinion in psychiatry. Vol. 13. No. 6 November 2000. pp. 539–541'' 218. Notes on mental disorders in Pharaonic Egypt (2000): History of psychiatry, xi 413-424. 219. Globalization in Psychiatry (Read at Cairo – Egypt)
''220. Highlights on suicide in the Arab World: A perspective from Egypt. (Read at Tahran - Iran)'' ''221. 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'' 2001 ''222. Prevalence of Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms (OCS) in a Sample of Egyptian Adolescents. L’Encephale; 2001: XXVII: 8-14'' ''223. Long Term Treatment of Schizophrenia with Risperdal: An International Multi-center Open Label Trial. 2001. (Read at WPA International Congress Vienna – 2003).'' ''224. Forum –Managed 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: pp. 287–298'' ''225. Egyptian Contribution to the concept of mental Health. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Vol 7, No. 3, 2001, 1:4.'' 2002 ''226. Sleep EEG Findings in ICD-10 Borderline Personality Disorder in Egypt affective disorder.2001. Journal of affective disorder 2001, 71, 11-18 El Sevier'' ''227. A psychiatric training programme for general practitioners in primary health care in Egypt. WPA, Arab PTD program.'' ''228. The strategy and policies of the WPA. World Psychiatry. Oct. 2002. pp. 129-130'' ''229. Mental Health in Africa the Role of WPA. World Psychiatry Oct. 2002. pp. 129-130'' ''230. Ethics, culture and Psychiatry. Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi. 2002; 104 (4): 350 -1''

2003 ''231. Somatoform disorders revisited. Acta Neuropsychiatrica 2003:15:161-166.'' ''232. The Presidential WPA Program on child Mental Health. World Psychiatry Oct. 2003 pp. 129-130'' ''233. WCA recommendations for the long term treatment of social phobia. CNS Spectr. Aug. 2003 pp. 40–52'' ''234. WCA recommendations for the long term treatment of Generalized disorder. CNS Spectr. Aug. 2003 pp. 53-61'' ''235. WCA recommendations for the long term treatment of posttraumatic st ress disorder. CNS Spectr. Aug. 2003 pp. 31–39'' ''236. WCA recommendations for the long term treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder in adults. CNS Spectr. Aug. 2003 pp. 7–16'' ''237. WCA recommendations for the long term treatment of panic disorder. CNS Spectr. Aug. 2003 pp. 17-30'' ''238. The Declaration of Madrid and its implementations. An update. World Psychiatry. June 2003 pp. 65-67'' ''239. Psychiatric Research in International Perspective: the Role of WPA. Acta Psychiatric Scand. Jan. 2003 pp. 81-84'' ''240. WPA proposal regarding the escalation of violence in the Middle East. World Psychiatry Feb. 2003 pp. 1-2'' 2004 ''241. OCD in Egyptian Adolescents: The Effect of Culture and Religion. Psychiatric Times / April 2004 21-22.'' 242. Creativity & Transcultural Aspects in Bipolar Disorder: Read in Bipolar congress in Lisbon 2004. 243. Ethical Issues in Biological Psychiatry Research Read in WPA intersectional congress Athens 2004. ''244. The Family differences between Western and Traditional Societies (ethics, Phenomenology and Outcome) The Italian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences. Dec. 2004 pp. 53-57'' ''245. On the China Issue. world Psychiatry Oct. 2004 pp. 129'' ''246. Years of Science and Care - Building the Future of 5000 psychiatry: the 13th World congress of Psychiatry. world Psychiatry June 2004 pp. 65'' ''247. Mental Patients in Prisons: Punishment versus treatment. world Psychiatry 2004 Feb 2004 pp. 1-2'' ''248. Focus on Psychiatry in Egypt. British Journal of Psychiatry Jan 2004 pp. 266-272'' 2005 249. Optimizing Quality of life of Psychotic Patients – Read in Psychiatic conference in Jordan 2005. 250. State of the Art in The Management Of Bipolar Disorder - Read in El Ain Emirates psychiatry 2005. 251. WPA Code of Ethics and Culture - Read at European Congress in Geneva 2005 252. Transcultural Aspect of Values and Partnership in Mental Health (Read at the XIIII World Congress of Psychiatry in Cairo - Egypt) 253. Evidence - Based Psychiatry (Read at the XIIII World Congress of Psychiatry in Cairo - Egypt) 254. Suicide and Islamic Cultures (Read at the XIIII World Congress of Psychiatry in Cairo - Egypt) 255. Transcultural Aspects of Values and Partnership in Mental Health (Read at the XIIII World Congress of Psychiatry in Cairo - Egypt) 256. AFFECTIVE DISORDER IN THE ARAB WORLD: A REVIEW OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES (Read at the XIIII World Congress of Psychiatry in Cairo - Egypt) 257. OCD and the Cultural Prism (Read at the XIIII World Congress of Psychiatry in Cairo - Egypt)
258. Transcultural Aspects of Bipolar Disorder (Read at the XIIII World Congress of Psychiatry in Cairo - Egypt) ''259. Diverse Cultures, Distinct Philosophies and a shared Vision for Mental Health. Impact of Arab culture/philosophy. (Read at the XIIII World Congress of Psychiatry in Cairo - Egypt)'' ''260. Mental Disorders in Pharaonic Egypt. (Read at the XIIII World Congress of Psychiatry in Cairo - Egypt)'' ''261. Mental Disorders and Care in Egyptian History From Pharaonic to Islamic Eras. (Read at the XIIII World Congress of Psychiatry in Cairo - Egypt).'' ''262. Globalization and Mental Health: A WPA Perspective. World Psychiatry: Feb. (2005), Vol. 4(1):1-2.'' ''263. The WPA Tsunami Programme. World Psychiatry: June. (2005), Vol.4(2):65'' 2006 ''264. WPA Ethics Committee World Psychiatric Association: Madrid Declaration of Ethical Standards in psychiatric practice. Psychiat Hung. Jan 2006, Vol. 21: 256: 261'' 265. The WPA Regional and Intersectional congress “Advances in Psychiatry” World Psychiatry: Feb (2006), Vol. 5: 65 ''266. The WPA Cairo Declaration. World Psychiatry: Feb. (2006), Vol. 5: 60'' ** 2007** ''267. Mental Health and Violence: WPA Cairo Declaration-International Perspectives for intervention. International Review of Psychiatry, June 2007; 19(3) 193-200.'' ''268. 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'' ''269. The Ethical Dilemma of Coercion in Psychiatry a Transcultural Aspec. BMC Psychiatry 2007, 7(Suppl 1)**:S3'' ** 2008 ''270. Introduction to the forum: Is Cannabis consumption a life style or brain disease? Current opinion in Psychiatry. Jan. 2008 Vol. 21. 114–115'' ''271. World Psychiatric Association Pharmacopsyhcitry Section statement on comparative effectiveness of antipsychotics in the treatment of Schizophrenia. Elservier. Jan. 2008 20-38 '' ''272. Ethics for the Physician and Ethics in the management of the Terminally ill Patient. Egyptian Journal of Bronchology. Vol 2, No., June 2008'' 2009 ''273. Would the Use of Dimensions instead of Categories Remove Problems Related to Subthreshold Disorders. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. Vol. 259, Issue 2, p. 129, 2009'' 2011 ''274. Cross-cultural perspective on coercive treatment in psychiatry In Thomas W. Kallert, Juan E. Mezzich and John Monahan (eds): Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry; Clinical, legal and ethical aspects Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 153-159'' 275. New directions in classification of mental disorders: an Arab perspective,
Arab Journal of Psychiatry (2011) Vol. 22 No. 2 pp. 89-94 2012 ''276. Mental Health Services in the Arab World. World Psychiatry, 2012, 11; 52-54'' 277. Quality of Life and Personality Dimensions in Egyptian Substance Dependence
'' Patients. Addict Disord Their Treatment, 2012, (11) pp. 36-42'' ''278. Religion, Spirituality and the concept of Mental Illness. Actas Esp Psiquiatr, 2012, 40'' (Suppl. 2): pp. 73-9 279. Subsyndromal suicide: An Arab perspective in Suicide from a Global Perspective: '' Psychosocial Approaches. Amresh Shrivastava, Megan Kimbrell and David Lester. '' Nova Science publishers pp. 199-204 ''280. Mental health research in the Arab world, See comment in PubMed Commons below Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2012 '' Nov. 47(11): pp. 1727-31. 2017 281. Arab Treatment Guidelines for the Management of Major Depressive Disorder, Arab Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 28 No. 2 pp. 97-117 282. Psychoanalysis of Zionism in the Context of History and Circumstances, The Arab Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 28 No. 2 pp. 181–186 283. A Critical Review of the Literature: Safety, Tolerability and Risks Associated with Newer Generation Antidepressant Drugs, Arab Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 28 No. 2, pp. 5-9 284. Safety and Tolerability of Antipsychoticsm Arab Journal of Psychiatry, in press