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SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

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Scientific Titles
Senior Researcher and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Assitant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psyhchiatry

Membership of sociaties
Arab Medical Association, Gaza The General Conference for Medical Professions, Libya. American Medical Society , Vienna Association of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, UK. International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Science, USA Member of Child and Family Counseling and Training Center Society- Gaza- El Nusirat Refugee camp Member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Al- Negav Sons Documentation and Research Center Member of Board of Directors of School of Public Health Member of World Psychiatric Association “Children in Conflict task force”. Member of Board of Director of Child Institute-Al quds University Member of Board of Directors of Bridge Magazine (WHO) Arab Childhood NGO network

Post graduate Training
M.B.Ch.B, 1981, Alexandria, Egypt - Diploma in Psychiatric Medicine, 1988 Vienna, Austria - Diploma in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1993, London, UK. - Ph.D. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical School- Biological Science- University of Leicester-Warwick. UK 2000-2003 “ Post traumatic Stress Disorder among Palestinian Children in the Gaza Strip”

Teaching activities
1984-1985 Lecturer in psychiatry for Nurses in El Marj Nursing School (Libya). August 1990- August 1994 Clinical and Academic supervisor for mental health teams in Gaza Community Mental Health Program (Gaza). Lecturer in 3 courses in general psychiatry for physicians (1991-1992) Lecturer in course in mental health for professionals working in NGO's (1992). Lecture in 4 workshops in child mental health for Kindergarten teachers (1994). Lecturer in 12 courses in General psychiatry and child mental health for Physicians, social workers, nurses, and teachers 1994-1996. Lecturer in 4 courses in child mental health with Beir Zeit University. Lecturer in courses for research, school health and rehabilitation (1995-1996). Lecturer in Islamic University (Nursing College for Mental Health- Spring 1996). Lecturer in Education College -Gaza- Course in Trauma-1996. Lecturer in Child Psychiatry in Counseling Diploma by Beir Zeit University, 1998 Lecturer in Course for Human Rights and Mental Health for Prison officers (GCMHP), 1998 Lecturer in Course for Human Rights and Mental Health for Social Workers (GCMHP), 1998 Lecturer in Course for Kindergarten teachers (GCMHP), 1998 Lecturer in Diploma in Community Mental Health –GCMHP (Child Psychopathology module), 1999 Lecturer in Master Program of Community Mental Health and BA in Public Health from 1999 till now for the following subjects: • Introduction to Community Mental Health • Addictive Behaviour • Clinical Psychiatry • Psychopathology • Child and Adolescents Disturbances Lecturer in Diploma in Community Mental Health –GCMHP (Child Psychopathology module), March 2003 Lecturer and Conulstant with Together Slovanian Organization for training of Iraq Psychiatrits in Amman October 2003, Fe 2004 in project named"psychosocial rehabilitaion of Iraqi children and teachers" funded by Austria and Slovania Lecturer in Islamic University – Course entitled "Psychiatric problems" for BA students- Spring 2004 Lecturer in Diploma in Community Mental Health –GCMHP (Child Psychopathology module), October – December 2004 Lecture in 2 courses in Trauma Management for UNRWA counselors (October 2004-Jan 2005) Lecture in child and adolescents courses for Paediatrician entering Arab Board for paediatrician in El Naser Paedaitric Hospital from Feb 2005- April 2005 Lecturer in Master in Community mental Health- Al Quds University 2005-2006 crisis and traumna, clinical psychiatry, psychopharmacology, introduction to CMH Lecture in Diploma in FCMHP- April 2006- Developmental psychopathology

Papers (Keywords and summary)
1. Depression in Palestinians before and after Gulf War (Al Quds J. 1991) 2. Treatment of traumatized children (unpublished) 3. Specific and nonspecific post traumatic stress disorder symptoms in Palestinian Children ( Part published in BMJ, 1993) 4. Trauma and Mental Health of Children in Gaza (BMJ, 1993) 5. Cultural influences in post traumatic stress disorder in Palestinians (Paper presented in Seminar in Institute of Psychiatry, London). 6. Heroin abuse in Gaza Strip (Unpublished paper) 7. Emotional disorders of children (Jerusalem, 1994) 8. Post traumatic stress disorder in children (Jerusalem 1993) 9. Frequency of Psychiatric symptoms among Traumatized Palestinians (Unpublished paper) 10. Community Mental Health . Paper submitted to 2nd Conference of “ Palestinians and Transition”(Gaza, 1995). 11. Aids and psychological effects (Al-Quds ,1992). 12. Factors affecting PTSD in children (Dissertation for London University degree of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry). 13. National case Study for Gaza Strip (Presented for Institute of Psychiatry). 14. Mental Health of Mothers, Children and Adolescent (1995, Book). 15. Drug addiction ( Series in El Said Journal, 1996). 16. Notes in General Psychiatry (Book, 1996). 17. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Arabic Book 1998) 18. Social Adversities and Anxiety disorders in Palestinian Society, Archives of Childhood Diseases, April 1998 19. Group and Play therapy for children witnessed their father kill their mother (Unpublished paper, 1998) 20. PTSD in Children of War (March 1999, JCPP). 21. Visit to Gaza (Psychiatric Bulletin, May, 1999) 22. Violence, trauma, and Abuse (Arabic Book, 1999). 23. PTSD in Children of War: A Longitudinal study (Child abuse and Neglect, 2000). 24. Child Mental Health problems in Arab children: Application of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2000) 25. Standardization of Manulized Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Addicts (Arabic version of Matrix manuals for treatment of drug addicts, 2000) 26. “Customary consanguineous marriage, and the health Impacts on the Gaza Strip population” (Research Report, 2000). 27. Children and Adolescents in Palestinian household: living with the effects of prolonged conflict and forced migration”(Report, 2001). 28. The effect of trauma on Palestinian children and mothers mental health in the Gaza Strip (Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Journal, 7, 314-321, 2001 ). 29. Epidemiology of Psychiatric disorders in The Gaza Strip (Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Journal,7, 304-313, 2001). 30. Coping strategies of children and young people living in families affected by forced migration (Present in AAA meeting in Washington DC 29 Nov, 2001) 31. Emotional problems among Palestinian children living in a war zone (Lancet, 359,1801-10804, 2002) 32. Outpatient Substance Abuse treatment Using Scientifically Supported Treatment Manuals: A strategy for Addressing Addiction among Palestinian and Israeli People; chapter 12; Drug Problems: Cross-Cultural Policy and Program Development; ISBN: 0-86569-299-8, Auburn House; 2002. 33. Maltreatment and coping strategies among male adolescents living in the Gaza Strip. (2004). Child Abuse and Neglect 28, 77-91 34. Comorbidity of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression among refugee children during war conflict. (2004). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 45:3, 533-542 35. Risk Factors in Developing School Refusal in Palestinian Children in the Gaza Strip Unpublished 36. Palestinian studies in trauma in the Gaza Strip (Book in Arabic, 2004) 37. Lewando Hundt G, Chatty D, Thabet, A. A., Abuateya, H. (2004). ‘Advocating Multi-Disciplinarity In Studying Complex Emergencies: The Limitations Of A Psychological Approach To Understanding How Young People Cope With Prolonged Conflict In Gaza’, Journal of Biosocial Science, 36, 417–431. 38. Thabet, A. A., Abuateya, H. (2005). Palestinian refugee children and caregivers in the Gaza Strip. Chapter 6 in Lewando Hundt G, Chatty D Children of Palestine : Experienceing forced migration in the Middle East. Sage Publication: UK. 39. The Validity and Reliability of Arabic Version of General Health Questionnaire in the Gaza Strip (2005). Palestinian Medical Journal, 1(1), 33-36 40. Thabet A A, Vostanis P (2005). Child mental health problems in the Gaza Strip. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 42, 84-87. 41. Group crisis intervention for children during ongoing war conflict (2005). European Journal of Child Psychiatry, 14, 262-269. 42. Traum among Preschool Palestinian Children (2006). British Journal of Psychiatry, 188, 154-158. 43. Effect of trauma on children mental health in the Gaza Strip and West Bank (Chapter in a Book, (Eds) GREENBAUM, C. W., VEERMAN, P., BACON-SHNOOR, N (2006). Protection of Children During Armed Political Conflict .A Multidisciplinary Perspective 44. Prevalence of AHDH and PTSD in Palestinian Children in Gaza and West Bank (In Press) 45. Coping strategies in Palestinian Adolescents exposed to war and conflict in Gaza Strip and West Bank (Internaltional Journal of Psychology, In press). 46. Parental perception of mental health problems and services in the refugee children ( In Press,WPA). 47. Motivation for seeking treatment of Drug addicts in Jerusalem (Arabic, In Press) 48. Impact of Parenting support on PTSD in children in Gaza Strip (In Press, Journal of Adolescence) 49. Effect of Trauma on Ambulance Drivers in the Gaza Strip (In Press) 50. Depression among end stage renal failure patients in Gaza Strip (In Press). 51. Prevalence of substance abuse in the University students in the Gaza Strip ( In Press) 52. Prevalence of psychiatric problems in CP children in the Gaza Strip (In Press) 53. Prevalence of Psyhciatric problems in Orphan children in the Gaza Stri (In Press) 54. Death Anxiety among University Students in the Gaza Strip and West Bank (In Press).

Books (Keywords and summary)
كتب باللغة العربية 1- الصحة النفسية للأم الحامل و الطفل 1995 2- الطب النفسي للأطفال و المراهقين 1996 3- العنف و الإيذاء و الخبرة الصادمة لدى الأطفال, 1999. 4- دراسات في الصحة النفسية في قطاع غزة, 2004. 5- الصدمة النفسية و كرب ما بعد الصدمة- عوامل الخطر و الحماية, تحت الطبع 2006

Researches (Keywords and summary)

SCIENTIFICS INTERESTS

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BIOGRAPHY Name - First Name Date of birth Country City Nationality Home page Adress SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY Speciality Languages Professional Practice Scientific Titles Senior Researcher and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Assitant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psyhchiatry Membership of sociaties Arab Medical Association, Gaza The General Conference for Medical Professions, Libya. American Medical Society , Vienna Association of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, UK. International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Science, USA Member of Child and Family Counseling and Training Center Society- Gaza- El Nusirat Refugee camp Member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Al- Negav Sons Documentation and Research Center Member of Board of Directors of School of Public Health Member of World Psychiatric Association “Children in Conflict task force”. Member of Board of Director of Child Institute-Al quds University Member of Board of Directors of Bridge Magazine (WHO) Arab Childhood NGO network Post graduate Training M.B.Ch.B, 1981, Alexandria, Egypt - Diploma in Psychiatric Medicine, 1988 Vienna, Austria - Diploma in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1993, London, UK. - Ph.D. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical School- Biological Science- University of Leicester-Warwick. UK 2000-2003 “ Post traumatic Stress Disorder among Palestinian Children in the Gaza Strip” Teaching activities 1984-1985 Lecturer in psychiatry for Nurses in El Marj Nursing School (Libya). August 1990- August 1994 Clinical and Academic supervisor for mental health teams in Gaza Community Mental Health Program (Gaza). Lecturer in 3 courses in general psychiatry for physicians (1991-1992) Lecturer in course in mental health for professionals working in NGO's (1992). Lecture in 4 workshops in child mental health for Kindergarten teachers (1994). Lecturer in 12 courses in General psychiatry and child mental health for Physicians, social workers, nurses, and teachers 1994-1996. Lecturer in 4 courses in child mental health with Beir Zeit University. Lecturer in courses for research, school health and rehabilitation (1995-1996). Lecturer in Islamic University (Nursing College for Mental Health- Spring 1996). Lecturer in Education College -Gaza- Course in Trauma-1996. Lecturer in Child Psychiatry in Counseling Diploma by Beir Zeit University, 1998 Lecturer in Course for Human Rights and Mental Health for Prison officers (GCMHP), 1998 Lecturer in Course for Human Rights and Mental Health for Social Workers (GCMHP), 1998 Lecturer in Course for Kindergarten teachers (GCMHP), 1998 Lecturer in Diploma in Community Mental Health –GCMHP (Child Psychopathology module), 1999 Lecturer in Master Program of Community Mental Health and BA in Public Health from 1999 till now for the following subjects: • Introduction to Community Mental Health • Addictive Behaviour • Clinical Psychiatry • Psychopathology • Child and Adolescents Disturbances Lecturer in Diploma in Community Mental Health –GCMHP (Child Psychopathology module), March 2003 Lecturer and Conulstant with Together Slovanian Organization for training of Iraq Psychiatrits in Amman October 2003, Fe 2004 in project named"psychosocial rehabilitaion of Iraqi children and teachers" funded by Austria and Slovania Lecturer in Islamic University – Course entitled "Psychiatric problems" for BA students- Spring 2004 Lecturer in Diploma in Community Mental Health –GCMHP (Child Psychopathology module), October – December 2004 Lecture in 2 courses in Trauma Management for UNRWA counselors (October 2004-Jan 2005) Lecture in child and adolescents courses for Paediatrician entering Arab Board for paediatrician in El Naser Paedaitric Hospital from Feb 2005- April 2005 Lecturer in Master in Community mental Health- Al Quds University 2005-2006 crisis and traumna, clinical psychiatry, psychopharmacology, introduction to CMH Lecture in Diploma in FCMHP- April 2006- Developmental psychopathology Papers (Keywords and summary) 1. Depression in Palestinians before and after Gulf War (Al Quds J. 1991) 2. Treatment of traumatized children (unpublished) 3. Specific and nonspecific post traumatic stress disorder symptoms in Palestinian Children ( Part published in BMJ, 1993) 4. Trauma and Mental Health of Children in Gaza (BMJ, 1993) 5. Cultural influences in post traumatic stress disorder in Palestinians (Paper presented in Seminar in Institute of Psychiatry, London). 6. Heroin abuse in Gaza Strip (Unpublished paper) 7. Emotional disorders of children (Jerusalem, 1994) 8. Post traumatic stress disorder in children (Jerusalem 1993) 9. Frequency of Psychiatric symptoms among Traumatized Palestinians (Unpublished paper) 10. Community Mental Health . Paper submitted to 2nd Conference of “ Palestinians and Transition”(Gaza, 1995). 11. Aids and psychological effects (Al-Quds ,1992). 12. Factors affecting PTSD in children (Dissertation for London University degree of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry). 13. National case Study for Gaza Strip (Presented for Institute of Psychiatry). 14. Mental Health of Mothers, Children and Adolescent (1995, Book). 15. Drug addiction ( Series in El Said Journal, 1996). 16. Notes in General Psychiatry (Book, 1996). 17. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Arabic Book 1998) 18. Social Adversities and Anxiety disorders in Palestinian Society, Archives of Childhood Diseases, April 1998 19. Group and Play therapy for children witnessed their father kill their mother (Unpublished paper, 1998) 20. PTSD in Children of War (March 1999, JCPP). 21. Visit to Gaza (Psychiatric Bulletin, May, 1999) 22. Violence, trauma, and Abuse (Arabic Book, 1999). 23. PTSD in Children of War: A Longitudinal study (Child abuse and Neglect, 2000). 24. Child Mental Health problems in Arab children: Application of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2000) 25. Standardization of Manulized Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Addicts (Arabic version of Matrix manuals for treatment of drug addicts, 2000) 26. “Customary consanguineous marriage, and the health Impacts on the Gaza Strip population” (Research Report, 2000). 27. Children and Adolescents in Palestinian household: living with the effects of prolonged conflict and forced migration”(Report, 2001). 28. The effect of trauma on Palestinian children and mothers mental health in the Gaza Strip (Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Journal, 7, 314-321, 2001 ). 29. Epidemiology of Psychiatric disorders in The Gaza Strip (Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Journal,7, 304-313, 2001). 30. Coping strategies of children and young people living in families affected by forced migration (Present in AAA meeting in Washington DC 29 Nov, 2001) 31. Emotional problems among Palestinian children living in a war zone (Lancet, 359,1801-10804, 2002) 32. Outpatient Substance Abuse treatment Using Scientifically Supported Treatment Manuals: A strategy for Addressing Addiction among Palestinian and Israeli People; chapter 12; Drug Problems: Cross-Cultural Policy and Program Development; ISBN: 0-86569-299-8, Auburn House; 2002. 33. Maltreatment and coping strategies among male adolescents living in the Gaza Strip. (2004). Child Abuse and Neglect 28, 77-91 34. Comorbidity of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression among refugee children during war conflict. (2004). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 45:3, 533-542 35. Risk Factors in Developing School Refusal in Palestinian Children in the Gaza Strip Unpublished 36. Palestinian studies in trauma in the Gaza Strip (Book in Arabic, 2004) 37. Lewando Hundt G, Chatty D, Thabet, A. A., Abuateya, H. (2004). ‘Advocating Multi-Disciplinarity In Studying Complex Emergencies: The Limitations Of A Psychological Approach To Understanding How Young People Cope With Prolonged Conflict In Gaza’, Journal of Biosocial Science, 36, 417–431. 38. Thabet, A. A., Abuateya, H. (2005). Palestinian refugee children and caregivers in the Gaza Strip. Chapter 6 in Lewando Hundt G, Chatty D Children of Palestine : Experienceing forced migration in the Middle East. Sage Publication: UK. 39. The Validity and Reliability of Arabic Version of General Health Questionnaire in the Gaza Strip (2005). Palestinian Medical Journal, 1(1), 33-36 40. Thabet A A, Vostanis P (2005). Child mental health problems in the Gaza Strip. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 42, 84-87. 41. Group crisis intervention for children during ongoing war conflict (2005). European Journal of Child Psychiatry, 14, 262-269. 42. Traum among Preschool Palestinian Children (2006). British Journal of Psychiatry, 188, 154-158. 43. Effect of trauma on children mental health in the Gaza Strip and West Bank (Chapter in a Book, (Eds) GREENBAUM, C. W., VEERMAN, P., BACON-SHNOOR, N (2006). Protection of Children During Armed Political Conflict .A Multidisciplinary Perspective 44. Prevalence of AHDH and PTSD in Palestinian Children in Gaza and West Bank (In Press) 45. Coping strategies in Palestinian Adolescents exposed to war and conflict in Gaza Strip and West Bank (Internaltional Journal of Psychology, In press). 46. Parental perception of mental health problems and services in the refugee children ( In Press,WPA). 47. Motivation for seeking treatment of Drug addicts in Jerusalem (Arabic, In Press) 48. Impact of Parenting support on PTSD in children in Gaza Strip (In Press, Journal of Adolescence) 49. Effect of Trauma on Ambulance Drivers in the Gaza Strip (In Press) 50. Depression among end stage renal failure patients in Gaza Strip (In Press). 51. Prevalence of substance abuse in the University students in the Gaza Strip ( In Press) 52. Prevalence of psychiatric problems in CP children in the Gaza Strip (In Press) 53. Prevalence of Psyhciatric problems in Orphan children in the Gaza Stri (In Press) 54. Death Anxiety among University Students in the Gaza Strip and West Bank (In Press). Books (Keywords and summary) كتب باللغة العربية 1- الصحة النفسية للأم الحامل و الطفل 1995 2- الطب النفسي للأطفال و المراهقين 1996 3- العنف و الإيذاء و الخبرة الصادمة لدى الأطفال, 1999. 4- دراسات في الصحة النفسية في قطاع غزة, 2004. 5- الصدمة النفسية و كرب ما بعد الصدمة- عوامل الخطر و الحماية, تحت الطبع 2006 Researches (Keywords and summary) SCIENTIFICS INTERESTS Child and Adolescent psychiatry Women’s mental health

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