Journal of Psychiatry

Institute of psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt

Biography

Dr. Dalia Hegazy Ali is currently working as a Professor in Department of psychiatry at Ain Shams University. Her area of research interest includes Psychiatry, Emergency  Medicine.

 

Publications

• Research   
  Deliberate Self-Harm and Psychiatric Morbidities in an Egyptian Sample: Cross-sectional, Case-control Study
  Author(s): Dalia Hegazy Ali*, Mohamoud Farag Soliman, Mahmoud Mamdouh el Habibi, Marwa Abdel Rahman Soltan, Ahmed Rashad Mahfouz and Mohamed Fekry Abdel Aziz
  
  Background: Deliberate self-harm (DSH) is one of the common psychiatric emergencies in medical practice. Very few studies have discussed this maladaptive behavior in Egypt. We conducted this study to evaluate possible motives, modes, and psychiatric comorbidities in patients of DSH. Methods: This institution based cross - sectional study, included 100 cases of deliberate self-harm referred for liaison consultation in the institute of psychiatry , Ain Shams university after attending to the university general hospital emergency room. Patients were assessed by Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I), SCID-II for Axis II Personality Disorders, Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), and Self- Punishment Questionnaire. Relevant sociodemographic data were collected. Data analyses were done using suitable tests... View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2378-5756.20.23.468

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