Rami BOU KHALIL

أستاذ مشارك

كُلِّيّة الآداب والعُلوم الإنسانيّة
كُلِّيّة الصَّيْدَلة
كُلِّيّة العُلوم التَّمْرِيضيّة
معهد التأهيل النفس-حركيّ
المَعْهَد العالي لتَقْوِيم النُّطْق
كُلِّية الطِّبّ

+961 (1) 421 000 rami.boukhalil@usj.edu.lb

Dr. Rami Bou Khalil is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon. He specializes in eating disorders, a field in which he earned his PhD from the University of Montpellier, France, in 2022. He also holds several University Diplomas in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psycho-oncology, Addiction Medicine, Psychiatric Comorbidities with Physical Diseases. Dr. Bou Khalil graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Saint Joseph University in Beirut obtained his general psychiatry degree from the same university. Dr. Bou Khalil has been involved in scientific research, with approximately 90 publications in international scientific journals. He has also held various roles within the editorial boards of several scientific journals. He is currently the founding editor-in-chief of The Lebanese Journal of Mental Health and the social media editor for the Asian Journal of Psychiatry.

محاور البحث

Eating disorders Psycho-oncology Neuroscience of mental disorders Mood disorders

المنشورات والمداخلات

Attar, S., Jomaah, J., El Khoury, R., Cordahi, C., Seneque, M., Courtet, P., Bou Khalil, R., & Guillaume, S. (2024). Association between childhood maltreatment obsessive-compulsive disorder comorbid with eating disorders: a cross-sectional study. Journal of eating disorders, 12(1), 135. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-024-01090-0 Kerbage, H., Elbejjani, M., Bazzi, O., El-Hage, W., BouKhalil, R., Corruble, E., & Purper-Ouakil, D. (2024). We are all children of war: a qualitative inquiry into parenting following adolescents recent traumatic exposure in a multiple crisis setting in Beirut, Lebanon. European journal of psychotraumatology, 15(1), 2382650. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2024.2382650 Bou Khalil, R., Kassab, A., Richa, S., Seneque, M., Lefebvre, P., Sultan, A., Avignon, A., Maimoun, L., Renard, E., Courtet, P., & Guillaume, S. (2024). Weight suppression at lowest weight as an indicator of eating disorder clinical severity: A retrospective cohort study. Eating behaviors, 53, 101853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2024.101853 Bachir, Y., El-Hachem, C., Richa, S., & Bou Khalil, R. (2023). The risk of eating disorders following the August 4th, 2020 explosion in Beirut its relationship with trauma exposure PTSD symptoms. Asian journal of psychiatry, 89, 103749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103749 Bou Khalil, R., Sultan, A., Seneque, M., Richa, S., Lefebvre, P., Renard, E., Courtet, P., Maimoun, L., & Guillaume, S. (2022). Clinical Correlates of Measured Predicted Resting Energy Expenditure in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Nutrients, 14(13), 2727. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14132727 Bou Khalil, R., Risch, N., Sleilaty, G., Richa, S., Seneque, M., Lefebvre, P., Sultan, A., Avignon, A., Maimoun, L., Renard, E., Courtet, P., & Guillaume, S. (2022). Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) variations in relationship with childhood maltreatment in patients with anorexia nervosa: a retrospective cohort study. Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 27(6), 2201–2212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-022-01372-z Bou Khalil, R., Sleilaty, G., Richa, S., Seneque, M., Iceta, S., Rodgers, R., Alacreu-Crespo, A., Maimoun, L., Lefebvre, P., Renard, E., Courtet, P., & Guillaume, S. (2020). The Impact of Retrospective Childhood Maltreatment on Eating Disorders as Mediated by Food Addiction: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients, 12(10), 2969. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12102969 Duriez, P., Bou Khalil, R., Chamoun, Y., Maatoug, R., Strumila, R., Seneque, M., Gorwood, P., Courtet, P., & Guillaume, S. (2020). Brain Stimulation in Eating Disorders: State of the Art and Future Perspectives. Journal of clinical medicine, 9(8), 2358. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9082358 Bou Khalil, R., Bou-Orm, I. R., Tabet, Y., Souaiby, L., & Azouri, H. (2020). Disgust and fear: common emotions between eating and phobic disorders. Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 25(1), 79–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-018-0512-3 Bou Khalil, R., Smayra, V., Saliba, Y., Hajal, J., Bakhos, J. J., Souaiby, L., Richa, S., Tamraz, J., & Farès, N. (2018). Mifepristone reduces hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis activation and restores weight loss in rats subjected to dietary restriction and methylphenidate administration. Neuroscience research, 135, 46–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neures.2017.12.008 Bou Khalil, R., Souaiby, L., & Farès, N. (2017). The importance of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis as a therapeutic target in anorexia nervosa. Physiology & behavior, 171, 13–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.12.035