Osama Refaat
Cairo University
9 Papers
31 Citations
Osama Refaat is an academic researcher from Cairo University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bipolar disorder & Outpatient clinic. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 9 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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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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Correlates of antenatal bonding ( an Egyptian Study)
TL;DR: The study showed that expectant women with previous loss of foetus and those with no depressive symptoms had better bonding despite the lack of significance, and the intimate relationship with the spouse, and not the marriage duration showed significant differences in relation to maternal bonding.
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Association analysis of ApoE gene polymorphisms among Egyptian patients with Alzheimer's disease
TL;DR: There is a significant association between ApoE4 isomer and Alzheimer dementia in the Egyptian patients and this work recommends conducting further studies to screen larger number of patients and confirm that ApOE4 could be considered as a reliable molecular marker for late onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD) among Egyptian elderly.
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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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