title: Post-traumatic stress disorder in a sample of Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
abstract: Lebanon is the main hosting country for the Syrian crisis, with more than one million Syrian refugees. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and identify its possible predictors, in a sample of Syrian refugees living in camps in Lebanon.
  
  
  
  We conducted a household survey on Syrian refugees between 18 and 65years old in 6 camps of the Central Bekaa region, using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.) as a diagnostic tool.
  
  
  
  Among the 452 respondents, we found a lifetime prevalence of PTSD of 35.4%, and a point prevalence of 27.2%. The lifetime prevalence of SUD was 1.99% and the point prevalence 0.66%. Multivariate logistic regression could not identify any predictor of current PTSD among a list of demographic variables, but identified the Syrian hometown as a significant predictor of lifetime PTSD (p=.013), with refugees from Aleppo having significantly more PTSD than those coming from Homs (adjusted OR 2.14, 95% CI [1.28, 3.56], p=.004).
  
  
  
  PTSD was a real mental health issue in our sample of adult Syrian refugees in Central Bekaa camps, unlike SUD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon; Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, JalEddib, Lebanon. Electronic address: francoiskazour@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kazour
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Nada R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Zahreddine
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Michel G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Maragel
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Mustafa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Almustafa
authors.affiliation: Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Jounieh, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soufia
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Ramzi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Richa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013593:Syria / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult