title: Mental health publications from the Arab world cited in PubMed, 1987-2002.
abstract: The study aimed to identify mental health publications in Arab countries cited in PubMed from 1987 to 2002 and to analyse the year of publication, journal and field of research, specifically for child and adolescent mental health studies. A PubMedsearch was performed for all mental health publications followed by an analysis of child and adolescent mental health citations. The total number of mental health research citations published in Arab countries over the last 15 years was 338, 1.2% of the total number of citations for biomedical research; 17% were on child and adolescent mental health. The most dynamic fields of mental health research are anxiety and mood disorders and substance abuse. Child psychiatry, especially attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and child autism, are not gaining much interest from Arab researchers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Research and Studies, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman. afifidr@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Afifi
mesh_terms: D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D000352:Africa, Northern; D018643:Arab World; D015706:Bibliometrics; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D017507:Comoros; D015730:Djibouti; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008435:Mauritania; D001523:Mental Disorders; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008877:Middle East; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011570:Psychiatry; D039781:PubMed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012107:Research Design; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D012998:Somalia; D013397:Sudan; D014479:United Arab Emirates