By Professor Valsamma Eapen

Journal articles

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

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

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.26719/2004.10.4-5.610

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.26719/2001.7.3.428

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.26719/2001.7.3.422

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

Eapen V; Robertson MM, 2000, 'Comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome: Therapeutic interventions', CNS Drugs, 13, pp. 173 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.2165/00023210-200013030-00004

Eapen V; Naqvi A; Al-Dhaheri AS, 2000, 'Cross-cultural validation of harter's self-perception profile for children in the United Arab Emirates', Annals of Saudi Medicine, 20, pp. 8 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2000.8

Mitchell PB; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Manji HK, 1999, 'Fifty years of treatments for bipolar disorder - A celebration of John Cede's discovery', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 33, pp. S5 - S6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0004867990250

Eapen V; Al-Gazali L; Bin-Othman S; Abou-Saleh M, 1999, 'Child psychiatric disorders in the United Arab Emirates: Functional status and implications for service provision', Primary Care Psychiatry, 5, pp. 25 - 29

Eapen V; Al-Gazali LI; Bin-Othman S; Abou-Saleh MT; El-Nasser KA; Ramzy R; Selwans SB; Skaik MB; Awad F; El-Faki MM; El-Habish HA; Hafez KM; Ibrahim FM; Todary S; Yaghi OY, 1999, 'School mental health screening: A model for developing countries', Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 45, pp. 53 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/45.1.53

Eapen V; Mpofu C; Revesz T; Daradkeh T, 1999, 'Self-perception profile in children with cancer: Self vs parent report', Psychological Reports, 84, pp. 427 - 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1999.84.2.427

Bu-Haroon A; Eapen V; Bener A, 1999, 'The prevalence of hyperactivity symptoms in the United Arab Emirates', Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 53, pp. 439 - 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/080394899427683

Eapen V; Ghubash R, 1999, 'Behavioural problems in school children in the United Arab Emirates: Cross-informant variance', Arab Journal of Psychiatry, 10, pp. 31 - 38

Eapen V; Revesz T; Mpofu T; Daradkeh T, 1999, 'Self-Perception profile in children’s adjustment to Leukemia', Psychological Reports, 84, pp. 427 - 432

, 1999, 'Should Van Gogh have received lithium? Some perspectives on creativity and bipolar disorder.', Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 33 Suppl, pp. S108, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10622185

Banerjee S; Mason A; Eapen V; Zeitlin H; Robertson M, 1998, ''Prevalence of Tourette syndrome is a mainstream school population' - Sube Banerjee replies', DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY, 40, pp. 847 - 848, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000077679300012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Green C, 1998, 'Book Reviews : Movement and Allied Disorders in Childhood, edited by Mary M. Robertson and Valsamma Eapen', Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 12, pp. 88 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154596839801200208

Eapen V; Al-Gazali LI; Bin-Othman S; Pramathan T, 1998, 'Learning disorders in school-going children - Detection and diagnosis', Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 44, pp. 192 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/44.4.192

Eapen V; Al-Gazali L; Bin-Othman S; Abou-Saleh M, 1998, 'Mental health problems among schoolchildren in United Arab Emirates: Prevalence and risk factors', Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 37, pp. 880 - 886, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199808000-00019

Traverse L; Banerjee S; Mason A; Eapen V; Zeitlin H; Robertson M, 1998, 'Prevalence of Tourette syndrome in a mainstream school population [2]', Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 40, pp. 847, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb12365.x

Mason A; Banerjee S; Eapen V; Zeitlin H; Robertson MM, 1998, 'The prevalence of Tourette syndrome in a mainstream school population', Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 40, pp. 292 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb15379.x

Banerjee S; Mason A; Eapen V; Zeitlin H; Robertson M, 1998, 'Sube Bauerjee replies', Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 40, pp. 847 - 848, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb12366.x

Amin Y; Hamdi E; Eapen V, 1997, 'Mass hysteria in an Arab culture', International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 43, pp. 303 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002076409704300408

Eapen V; Champion L; Zeitlin H, 1997, 'Tourette syndrome, epilepsy, and emotional disorder, a case of triple comorbidity', PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS, 81, pp. 1239 - 1242, http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1997.81.3f.1239

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