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Impact of the fear of Covid-19 infection on intent to breastfeed; a cross sectional survey of a perinatal population in Qatar
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BioMed Central Ltd
, 2022 , Article)
Objectives: Infection control measures during the Covid-19 pandemic have focused on limiting physical contact and decontamination by observing cleaning and hygiene rituals. Breastfeeding requires close physical contact and ...
Triage of referrals in a child and adolescent mental health service in Qatar: Reducing waiting times and promoting needs-based prioritisation
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Cambridge University Press
, 2021 , Article)
This paper summarises the impact of a new triage process on referral prioritisation and waiting times in a community specialist child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) in Qatar. The process involves initial ...
Clozapine prescribing practice and trends in Qatar: First national observational study
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
, 2022 , Article)
Background: Clozapine is the gold standard in the management of treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Despite its clinically proven efficacy clozapine utilization is variable globally and published evidence is suggestive of ...
Network analysis of anxiety and depressive symptoms among quarantined individuals: Cross-sectional study
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Cambridge University Press
, 2021 , Article)
Background The mental health burden of COVID-19 has been examined in different settings. Existing research has relied on the latent variable model in assessing COVID-19-related distress. Network theory provides an alternative ...
Policy and legislation for the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
There is a marked paucity of publications on the policy and legislation of mental health, and substance use disorders in the public domain in Qatar. Qatar National Vision provides a framework for national strategies and ...
Burnout and job satisfaction among psychiatrists in the Mental Health Service, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Background: Job satisfaction is a critical concern among medical staff and directly affects patient safety and quality of health care services. Burnout has been reported to be correlated with job satisfaction. Aims: This ...
Establishing comprehensive forensic mental health services in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Qatar has experienced exponential economic and healthcare infrastructural development recently. Mental health has been prioritized for development by the state with the launching of the ambitious National Mental Health ...
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and attitudes in Qatar: A national cross-sectional survey of a migrant-majority population
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
Background: Vaccine hesitancy is a global threat undermining control of preventable infections. Emerging evidence suggests that hesitancy to COVID-19 vaccination varies globally. Qatar has a unique population with around ...
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Personality Traits; Results from a Large National Cross-Sectional Survey in Qatar
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MDPI
, 2023 , Article)
Attitudes to vaccination arise from a complex interplay of personal and environmental factors. This has been true for the COVID-19 vaccination attitudes too and understanding personal factors would help design immunisation ...
The role of religiosity types in the phenomenology of hallucinations: A large cross-sectional community-based study in a predominantly Muslim society
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
Religiosity is a multidimensional construct known to influence the occurrence of hallucinations. However, it remains unknown how different religiosity types affect clinically relevant phenomenological features of hallucinations. ...