Iman Shorab
Ain Shams University
4 Papers
26 Citations
Iman Shorab is an academic researcher from Ain Shams University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bipolar disorder & Neuropsychology. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications.
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Papers
Correlates of psychiatric co-morbidity in a sample of Egyptian patients with bipolar disorder
Tarek Asaad,Tarek Okasha,Hisham Ramy,Mohamed Fekry,Nivert Zaki,Hanan Azzam,Menan A. Rabie,Soheir Elghoneimy,Marwa Sultan,Hani Hamed,Osama Refaat,Iman Shorab,Mahmoud Elhabiby,Tamer Elgweily,Hanan El-Shinnawy,Mohamed A. Nasr,Heba Fathy,Marwa A. Meguid,Doaa Nader,Doha El-Serafi,Dalia Enaba,Dina Ibrahim,Marwa El-Missiry,Nesreen Mohsen,Sherin Ahmed +24 more
TL;DR: Substance abuse followed by anxiety disorders was found to be the most common psychiatric comorbidity among bipolar patients in Cairo, Egypt, and family history of psychiatric disorders and substance abuse as well as current psychotic features were highly correlated with comorbridity.
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Negative symptoms and functioning in institutionalized versus outpatient schizophrenic patients
Eman Ibrahim Abo El Ella,Nivert Zaki Hashim,Mahmoud Elhabiby,Sherien Ahmed Khalil,Iman Shorab,Michael Ezzat Mounir +5 more
TL;DR: Negative symptoms on positive and negative symptoms scale are worse in outpatients and GAF is better in outpatient schizophrenics, confirming that institutionalization can have a negative impact on schizophrenic patients and their ability to return to community life.
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Cross Section Case Control Study for Clinical Correlates of Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Midlife Early Hypertension: Differential effect of Antihypertensives
TL;DR: The results indicate that midlife early high BP levels increase the risk for cognitive impairment and dementia, and this association may be modified by antihypertensive medication.
Role of traditional healers in the pathway to care of patients with bipolar disorder in Egypt.
Tarek Assad,Tarek Okasha,Hisham Ramy,Tamer Goueli,Hanan El-Shinnawy,Mohamed A. Nasr,Heba Fathy,Dalia Enaba,Dina Ibrahim,Mahmoud Elhabiby,Nesreen Mohsen,Sherien Ahmed Khalil,Mohamed Fekry,Nivert Zaki,Hani Hamed,Hanan Azzam,Marwa A. Meguid,Menan A. Rabie,Marwa Sultan,Soheir Elghoneimy,Osama Refaat,Doaa Nader,Doha El-Serafi,Marwa El-Missiry,Iman Shorab +24 more
TL;DR: This study shows that most of the patients suffering from mental illness prefer to approach faith healers first, which may delay entry to psychiatric care and thereby negatively impact the prognosis of BAD.