By Professor Valsamma Eapen

Journal articles

Yousef S; Adem A; Zoubeidi T; Mabrouk A; Eapen V, 2011, 'Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and environmental Toxic Metal Exposure in the United Arab Emirates.', Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 57, pp. 457 - 460

Aboudan R; Eapen V; Bayshak M; Al-mansouri M; Al-shamsi M, 2011, 'Dyslexia in the United Arab Emirates University – A Study of Prevalence in English and Arabic', International Journal of English Linguistis, 1, pp. 64 - 72

Eapen V, 2011, 'Genetic basis of autism: Is there a way forward?', Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 24, pp. 226 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0b013e328345927e

Rescorla LA; Achenbach T; Ivanova MY; harder VS; Otten L; Bilenberg N; Bjarnadottir G; Capron C; De pauw SS; Dias P; Dobrean A; Dopfner M; Duyme M; Eapen V; Erol N; Esmaeili E; Ezpeleta L; Frigerio A; Fung D; Goncalves M; Gudmundsson H; Jeng S; Jusiene R; Young A; Kristensen S; Liu J; Lecannelier F; Leung PW; Machado BC; Montirosso R; Kyung JO; Ooi YP; Pluck J; Pomalima R; Pranvera J; Schmeck K; Shahini M; Silva JR; Simsek Z; Sourander A; Valverde J; van der Ende J; van Leeuwen KG; Wu YT; Yurdusen S; Zubrick SR; Verhulst F, 2011, 'International comparisons of behavioral and emotional problems in preschool children: Parents' reports from 24 societies', Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 40, pp. 456 - 467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2011.563472

Eapen V; John G, 2011, 'Weight gain and metabolic syndrome among young patients on antipsychotic medication: what do we know and where do we go?', Australasian Psychiatry, 19, pp. 232 - 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10398562.2010.539609

Lydeard JR; Lipkin-Moore Z; Jain S; Eapen VV; Haber JE, 2010, 'Sgs1 and exo1 redundantly inhibit break-induced replication and de novo telomere addition at broken chromosome ends.', PLoS genetics, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000973

Manicavasagar VL; Marnane CL; Pini S; Abelli M; Rees S; Eapen V; Silove DM, 2010, 'Adult Separation Anxiety Disorder: A Disorder Comes of Age', Current psychiatry reports, 12, pp. 290 - 297

Eapen V; Trapolini T; eapen , 2010, 'Managing adolescent depression.', Medicine Today, 11, pp. 24 - 32

Eapen V; Mabrouk A; Yousef S, 2010, 'Metabolic Syndrome among the young obese in the United Arab Emirates.', Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 56, pp. 325 - 328

Ivanova MY; Achenbach TM; Rescorla LA; Harder VS; Ang RP; Bilenberg N; Bjarnadottir G; Capron C; De Pauw SSW; Dias P; Dobrean A; Doepfner M; Duyme M; Eapen V; Erol N; Esmaeili EM; Ezpeleta L; Frigerio A; Gonçalves MM; Gudmundsson HS; Jeng S-F; Jetishi P; Jusiene R; Kim Y-A; Kristensen S; Lecannelier F; Leung PWL; Liu J; Montirosso R; Oh KJ; Plueck J; Pomalima R; Shahini M; Silva JR; Simsek Z; Sourander A; Valverde J; Van Leeuwen KG; Woo BSC; Wu Y-T; Zubrick SR; Verhulst FC, 2010, 'Preschool Psychopathology Reported by Parents in 23 Societies', Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 49, pp. 1215 - 1224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-201012000-00007

Ivanova MY; Achenback TM; Rescorla LA; harder VS; Ang RP; Bilenberg N; Bjarnadottir G; Capron C; De pauw SS; Dias P; Dobrean A; Doepfner M; Duyme M; Eapen V, 2010, 'Preschool Psychopathology Reported by Parents in 23 Societies: Tesing the Seven-Syndrome Model of the Child Behaviour Checklist for Ages 1.5.5', Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 49, pp. 1215 - 1224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2010.08.019

Eapen V, 2010, 'Socio-cultural determinanats of behavioral and emotional problems among 3-year old Children in teh United Arab Emirates', Chinese medical journal, 123, pp. 271 - 272

Lee L; Griffiths C; Glossop P; Eapen V, 2010, 'The boomerangs parenting program for aboriginal parents and their young children', Australasian Psychiatry, 18, pp. 527 - 533, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10398562.2010.499435

Farah LG; Fayyad JA; Eapen V; Cassir Y; Salamoun MM; Tabet CC; Mneimneh ZN; Karam EG, 2009, 'ADHD in the Arab World: A review of epidemiologic studies', Journal of Attention Disorders, 13, pp. 211 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1087054708325976

Eapen V; Mabrouk AA; Zoubeidi T; Sabri S; Yousef S; Al-Ketbi J; Al-Kyomi T; Jakka ME, 2009, 'Epidemiological Study of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Among School Children in the United Arab Emirates', Journal of Medical Sciences, 2, pp. 119 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1996327000902030119

Farah LG; Fayyad JA; Eapen V; Cassir Y; Salamoun MM; Tabet CC; Mneimneh ZN; Karam EG, 2009, 'Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the Arab World: A Review of Epidemiologic Studies.', Journal of Attention Disorders, 13, pp. 211 - 222

Mabrouk A; Eapen V, 2009, 'Challenges in the identification and treatment of PANDAS: A Case Series', Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 55, pp. 46 - 48

Eapen V; Zoubeidi T; Mabrouk A; Sabri S; Yousef S; Al-ketbi J; Al-kyomi T; Jakka ME, 2009, 'Epidemiological study of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder among school children in the United Arab Emirates', Journal of Medical Sciences, 2, pp. 117 - 125

Eapen V; Mabrouk A; Zoubeidi T; Sabri S; Yousef S; Al-Ketbi J; Al-Kyomi T; Jakka M, 2009, 'Epidemiological study of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among school children in the united arab emirates', Hamdan Medical Journal, 2, pp. 119 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2227-2437.231302

Eapen V; Jairam R, 2009, 'Integration of child mental health services to primary care: Challenges and opportunities', Mental Health in Family Medicine, 6, pp. 43 - 48

Ghubash R; Eapen V, 2009, 'Postpartum mental illness: Perspectives from an arabian gulf population', Psychological Reports, 105, pp. 127 - 136

Robertson MM; Eapen V; Cavanna AE, 2009, 'The International prevalence, epidemiology and clinical phenomenology of Tourette Syndrome; a cross cultural perspective', Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 67, pp. 475 - 483

Crncec R; Eapen V, 2009, 'Tourette Syndrome in Children and Adolescents: Special Considerations', Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 67, pp. 525 - 532

Eapen V; Sachdev PS, 2008, 'Managing tic disorders: an update on Tourette Syndrome', Medicine Today, 9, pp. 14 - 21, http://medicinetoday.com.au/2008/november/feature-article/managing-tic-disorders-update-tourette-syndrome

Al-Gazali L; Eapen V; Raj AG; Pramathan T, 2007, 'Subtelomeric chromosome rearrangements in children with unexplained mental retardation in the population of the United Arab Emirates', Emirates Medical Journal, 25, pp. 23 - 28

Gururaj A; Sztriha L; Hertecant J; Eapen V, 2006, 'Clinical predictors of intractable childhood epilepsy', Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 61, pp. 343 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.07.018

Eapen V; Zoubeidi T; Yunis F; Gururaj AK; Sabri S; Ghubash R, 2006, 'Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of global developmental delay in 3-year-old children in the United Arab Emirates', Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 61, pp. 321 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.05.012

Bayoumi RA; Eapen V; Al-Yahyaee S; Al Barwani HS; Hill RS; Al Gazali L, 2006, 'The genetic basis of inherited primary nocturnal enuresis: a UAE study', Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 61, pp. 317 - 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.05.010

Garey L; Eapen V; Adem A, 2006, 'International Neuroscience Conference on Research Strategies and Clinical Challenges in Neuroscience, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, November 2005', Experimental Brain Research, 173, pp. 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-006-0428-4

Eapen V; Ghubash R; Salem MO; Sabri S, 2005, 'Familial predictors of childhood shyness: A study of the United Arab Emirates population', Community Genetics, 8, pp. 61 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000083342

Eapen V; Gururaj AK, 2005, 'Risperidone treatment in 12 children with developmental disorders and attention-deficit/hyeractivity disorder', Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 7, pp. 221 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.4088/pcc.v07n0502

Sabri S; Bener A; Eapen V; Abu Zeid MSO; Al-Mazrouei AM; Singh J, 2004, 'Some risk factors for hypertension in the United Arab Emirates', Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 10, pp. 610 - 619

Eapen V; Fox-Hiley P; Banerjee S; Robertson M, 2004, 'Clinical features and associated psychopathology in a Tourette syndrome cohort', Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 109, pp. 255 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1600-0404.2003.00228.x

Eapen V; Ghubash R, 2004, 'Help-seeking for mental health problems of children: Preferences and attitudes in the United Arab Emirates', Psychological Reports, 94, pp. 663 - 667, http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.94.2.663-667

EAPEN V; YUNIS F; ZOUBEIDI T; SABRI S, 2004, 'Problem behaviors in 3-year-old children in the United Arab Emirates*1', Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 18, pp. 186 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0891-5245(04)00061-6

Eapen V; Mabrouk AM, 2003, 'Prevalence and correlates of nocturnal enuresis in the United Arab Emirates', Saudi Medical Journal, 24, pp. 49 - 51

Eapen V; Revesz T, 2003, 'Psychosocial correlates of paediatric cancer in the United Arab Emirates', Supportive Care in Cancer, 11, pp. 185 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-002-0423-7

Robertson MM; Banerjee S; Eapen V; Fox-Hiley P, 2002, 'Obsessive compulsive behaviour and depressive symptoms in young people with Tourette syndrome: A controlled study', European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 11, pp. 261 - 265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-002-0301-3

Eapen V; Lees AJ; Lakke JPWF; Trimble MR; Robertson MM, 2002, 'Adult-onset tic disorders', Movement Disorders, 17, pp. 735 - 740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.10180

Eapen V; Eapven V, 2002, 'Psychological coping in childhood cancer survivors', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER, pp. 478 - 478, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000176378901542&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Eapen V; Laker M; Anfield A; Dobbs J; Robertson MM, 2001, 'Prevalence of tics and Tourette syndrome in an inpatient adult psychiatry setting', Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 26, pp. 417 - 420

Eapen V; Fox-Hiley P; Banerjee S; Robertson MM, 2001, 'Psychopathology in Tourette disorder: Part of the syndrome or comorbidity?', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 35, pp. A8 - A8, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000171409200031&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Eapen V; Swadi H; Sabri S; Abou-Saleh M, 2001, 'Childhood behavioural disturbance in a community sample in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates', Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 7, pp. 428 - 434

Mohammed NA; Eapen V; Bener A, 2001, 'Prevalence and correlates of childhood fears in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates', Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 7, pp. 422 - 427

Eapen V, 2001, 'Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A multidisciplinary approach, by Henryk Holowenko', Kingsley Publications, 24, pp. 37 - 37

Eapen V, 2001, 'Mental Health Screening of school children', Postgraduate Doctor, 24, pp. 35 - 37

Eapen V; Mohammed NA; Bener A, 2001, 'The prevalence and correlates of fear among adolescents in Al Ain,', Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 7, pp. 422 - 427

Eapen V; Jakka ME; Abou-Saleh MT, 2000, 'Child psychiatric disorders - A community sample', EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY, 15, pp. 319S - 319S, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0924-9338(00)94407-9

Eapen V; Pauls D; Robertson MM, 2000, 'Complex segregation analysis of obsessive compulsive disorder -evidence for a major locus mode of transmission', American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 96, pp. 524

Swadi H; Eapen V, 2000, 'A controlled study of psychiatric morbidity among developmentally disabled children in the United Arab Emirates', Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 46, pp. 278 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/46.5.278

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