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Dr Rami Bou Khalil is an associate professor of psychiatry at Saint-Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon. He specializes in eating disorders, a domain in which he’s obtained his PhD from the University of Montpellier, France, in 2022. He also has several University Diplomas in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psycho-oncology, addiction medicine psychiatric comorbidities with physical diseases. Dr Bou Khalil has been involved in scientific research where he has authored around 90 publications in international scientific journals and has been assigned different roles on 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 of the Asian Journal of Psychiatry. Dr Bou Khalil graduated from the medical school at Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, and got his diploma in general psychiatry from the same university.
• Neurosciences of eating disorders
• Neurosciences
• Psychiatry
• Medecine
Medecine and Health
Eating disorders Psycho-oncology Neuroscience of mental disorders Mood disorders
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 and 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 and 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
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