Dalal Amer
Cairo University
7 Papers
16 Citations
Dalal Amer is an academic researcher from Cairo University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Personality & Service provider. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 7 publications.
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Papers
Lifetime Prevalence of Alcohol and Substance Use in Egypt: A Community Survey
Emad Hamdi,Tarek A. Gawad,Aref Khoweiled,Albert Edward Sidrak,Dalal Amer,Rania Mamdouh,Heba Fathi,Nasser Loza +7 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of substance use in Egypt is lower than Western countries and higher compared with a 1996 survey, but the true population prevalence is probably higher due to underreporting.
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Gender differences in executive functions and reading abilities in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
TL;DR: Children with ADHD have lower EF and reading abilities than controls and no robust differences in EF can be attributed solely to sex.
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Addictive profile in juvenile delinquents admitted to correctional institutions in relation to personality characteristics
TL;DR: In this article, a study was conducted to determine the relationship between substance use among delinquent adolescents and personality characteristics and its impact on mental health, showing a strong correlation and connection between drug use and delinquency, as most youths in juvenile commitment programs are involved with drugs compared with nondelinquent youths.
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The Egyptian law 71/2009 ‘Care of mentally ill patients’ ( knowledge and opinions of service providers, relatives, and patients with substance abuse)
TL;DR: There are considerable ambiguities about the regulations of commitment for treatment as well as the duration of treatment and discharge for patients with addiction problems under the new mental health law (71/2009).
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Gender differences in personality characteristics and cognitive abilities in adolescents admitted in correctional institutes in Egypt
TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional study was carried out in two correctional institutes in Egypt to ascertain differences between male and female adolescents admitted to the same institution with respect to their personality characteristics and cognitive abilities.
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