The Arab Journal of Psychiatry (2017) Vol. 28No.1

The Arab Journal of Psychiatry

The Editorial Boarded

The Editor in chief

Walid Sarhan – Jordan

The Deputy Editor

Suhaila Ghuloum – Qatar

The Honorary Editors

Ahmad Okasha – Egypt

Adnan Takriti – Jordan

The International Editors

Dinesh Bhugra – UK

David Sheehan – USA

Norman Sartorius – Switzerland

Malek Badri –Malaysia

The Associate Editors

Abdul Manaf Aljadri – Jordan

Numan Ali – Iraq

Adib Essali – New Zealand

Elie Karam – Lebanon

M. Faker Eleslam – Egypt

Tarek Okasha– Egypt

The English Editor

Tori Snell – UK

Statistics Consultant

Kathy Sheehan – USA

Executive Secretary

Raja Nasrallah – Jordan

Treasures

Hussein Alawad – Jordan Website: http://arabjournalpsychiatry.com

The Editorial Board

Nasser Shuriquie – Jordan

Basil Alchalabi – Iraq

Wail Abohemdy – Egypt

George Karam – Lebanon

John Fayyad – Lebanon

Tarek – Al Habib – Saudi Arabia

Adel Zayed – Kuwait

Afaf Hamed – Egypt

Maha Yonis – Iraq

Issam Alansari – Kuwait

Marwan Dwairy – Palestine

Abdelaziz Thabet – Palestine

Elham Khatab – Iraq

Ghada Elkhouly – Egypt

Mohamad Abo Saleh – UK

Malek Bajbouj – Germany

Charlotte Kamel – Bahrain

Ahmad Alhadi – Saudi Arabia

Jamal Turkey – Tunisia

Tori Snell – UK

The Editorial Assistants – Jordan

Radwan Bani Mustafa Ali Alqam Nayel Aladwan Nabeel Alhmoud Tayseer Elias Bahjat Abderrahim

Mohamad Dabbas Basma Kilani

Ahmad Jaloudi Walid Shnaiqat Ahmad Alsalem Ayman Rabie

Alaa Albeshtawi Hashem Fakhouri

Ahid Husni Mohamad Shoqirat

Nasri Jasser Diana Qasas

The Arab Journal of Psychiatry (2017) Vol. 28 No.1

The Arab Journal of Psychiatry (2017) Vol. 28 No. 1

Instruction to Authors

The Arab Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) is published by the Arab Federation of Psychiatrists since 1989 in Jordan. The Journal is biannual published in May and November electronically and as hard copy. Original scientific reports, review articles, and articles describing the clinical practice of Psychiatry will be of interest for publication in AJP. The Articles should not be published before. The articles may be written in English or Arabic and should always be accompanied by an abstract in English and Arabic. All Papers are accepted upon the understanding that the work has been performed in accordance with national and International laws and ethical guidelines. Manuscripts submitted for publication in the Arab Journal of Psychiatry should be sent to: The Chief Editor. Papers are submitted in electronic form

� Title, running head (Max: 40 letters), title of the article in English and Arabic, the names of authors should be without their titles and addresses in both languages.

� Abstract in English (max: 200 words). It should follow a structured format (objectives, method, results and conclusion). It should be followed by key words (max. 5).

� Declaration of interest after the key words. � Names of authors, titles, and full addresses and address for correspondence at the end of the

paper. � Acknowledgment of support and persons who have had major contribution to the study can

be included after the references. � Arabic abstract like the English abstract should follow a structured format. And it follows the

references section (last page). � All Pages should be numbered.

Tables Tables should be typed with double-spaced in separate pages. They should be numbered with Arabic (e.g1, 2, 3) numerals and have a short descriptive headings. Illustrations All illustration should be submitted camera-ready; line drawings/diagrams should be approximately twice the size they will appear in print. Reference List References should follow the ‘Van Couver style’ only the numbers appear in the text. List them consecutively in the order in which they appear in the text (not alphabetically). Example of references:

� Zeigler FJ, Imboden, JB, Meyer E. Contemporary conversion reactions: a clinical study. Am. J. Psychiatry 1960: 116:901 – 10.

� Mosey AC. Occupational therapy. Configuration of a profession. New York: Raven Press, 1981.

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The Arab Journal of Psychiatry (2017) Vol. 28 No.1

Editorial letter

Dear the readers

It is my pleasure to introduce the new issue of the journal; it is available online with all the previous issues since 1989.

The journal is available on ALMANHAL database and PSYCHINFO as well as EPSCO.

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Please register your name and email on our website.

My gratitude to the executive committee of the Arab Federation of Psychiatrists for all the support, thank you all the active editorial board.

Walid Sarhan

Amman-Jordan

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Table of Contents

Child Psychiatry and Psychology

• Mental Health Outcomes for War Exposed Children and Adolescents in the Arab World Lynn Itani, Doris Jaalouk, John Fayyad, Jessica Toress Garcia, Fouad Chidiac, Elie Karam …………………….. 1

• Non-War Related Childhood Adversities in the Arab World: A Review John Fayyad, Joanna Diab, Nada Yousef, Claudia Farhat, Elie Karam………………………………………….... 26

• The Relationship between War Trauma and Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Preschool Children in the Gaza Strip Heba Al Ghalayini, Abdelaziz M Thabet………………………………………………………………………… 36

Schizophrenia

• Duration of Treatment as a Risk Factor for Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Schizophrenia Receiving Antipsychotic Medication Basma Ahmed, Magda Fahmy, Khaled Abd El Moez, Haydy Hassan…………………………………………..... 46

• Advances in Understanding the Etiology of Schizophrenia Adib Essali …………………………………………………………………………………………………………52

• Positive and Negative Symptom Pattern in Schizophrenia Twana Abdulrahman Rahim, Hemin Fatih Hama Kareem…………………………………………………………59

Students’ Mental Health

• Prevalence and Severity of Somatic Symptoms, Depression and Anxiety among Medical Students at the Arabian Gulf University: Comparison between Second and Sixth Year Ammar Mohamed Abdelaziz ,Khalid Talal Alotaibi ,Jarah Hamad Alhurayyis ,Turky Abdullah Alqahtani ,Aamer Meshari Alghamlas ,Haifa Mohammed Algahtani ,Haitham Ali Jahrami………………………...………………..69

• Prevalence of Eating Disorders among Students at the University of Jordan

Basma F Kilani ……………………………………………………………………………………..………………76

Psychology

• A Validation Study of a New Arabic Version of the Adult Dispositional Hope Scale in a Sample of Lebanese College Youth Remy R. Elias and Shahe Kazarian …………………………………………………………….…………………..83

Case Report

• Chronic Koro-Like Syndrome Co-morbid with Schizophrenia and Past History of Cannabis Abuse in an Egyptian Patient: Case Report Ashraf M M A El-Tantawy ………………………………………………………………………………………92

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