Mai Seif ElDin Abdeen

Qualified psychiatrist with solid background in psychiatry education and clinical research. Successfully mentored graduate students and contributed to peer-reviewed publications. Demonstrated expertise in psychotherapy and collaborative interdisciplinary research.

• 2015, Obsessive- compulsive symptoms and obsessive-compulsive disorders in an Egyptian sample of substance use disorder patients, Middle East Current Psychiatry, http://journals.lww.com/mecpsychiatry/Fulltext/2015/07000/Obsessive_compulsive_symptoms_and.3.aspx
• 2019, Psychiatric manifestations in Egyptian Gaucher patients on enzyme replacement therapy, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399919300418
• 2019, Characteristics of the schizophrenia suicide attempts in comparison with the suicide attempts with other diagnosed psychiatric disorders: An Egyptian study, International Journal of Social Psychiatry, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0020764019852654
• 2019, Sexual dysfunction in tramadol hydrochloride use disorder male patients: a case-control study, International Clinical Psychopharmacology, https://journals.lww.com/intclinpsychopharm/Abstract/2020/01000/Sexual_dysfunction_in_tramadol_hydrochloride_use.6.aspx
• 2020, Cognitive decline and depressive symptoms: early non-motor presentations of parkinsonism among Egyptian Gaucher patients, Neurogenetics, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32215803/
• 2020, Impulsivity, hostility and suicidality in patients diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder, International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13651501.2020.1773503?journalCode=ijpc20
• 2020, Obesity and diabetic control as predictors for depression in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus, Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17450128.2020.1822568
• 2020, Vitamin D serum level in major depressive disorder and schizophrenia, Middle East Current Psychiatry, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43045-020-00043-y
• 2020, Ganglion Cell Complex Thinning in Young Gaucher Patients: Relation to Prodromal Parkinsonian Markers, Movement Disorders, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mds.28256
• 2020, Social cognition correlation to white matter integrity alteration in mirror neurons of schizophrenic patients: DTI study, Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0941950020301445
• 2020, Cognitive impairment in patients diagnosed with tramadol dependence compared to healthy controls, International Clinical Psychopharmacology, https://journals.lww.com/intclinpsychopharm/Abstract/9000/Cognitive_impairment_in_patients_diagnosed_with.99452.aspx
• 2021, Relation of medication adherence to cognitive functions in Egyptian patients with bipolar I disorder, International Clinical Psychopharmacology, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33724253/
• 2021, Restless Legs Syndrome among patients receiving antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs, Human psychopharmacology: clinical and experimental, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hup.2817?af=R
• 2022, Traumatic stress in Egyptian doctors during COVID-19 pandemic, Psychology, health & medicine, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13548506.2022.2059096
• 2022, Disordered eating behaviour in adolescents with type 1 diabetes on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion; relation to body image, depression and glycemic control, Journal of Eating Disorders, https://jeatdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40337-022-00571-4
• 2022, Psychosocial aspects of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion in children with type 1 diabetes in Egypt; a limited resources country perspective, Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13098-022-00853-6
• 2022, Metabolism and Memory: α-synuclein level in children with obesity and children with type 1 diabetes; relation to glucotoxicity, lipotoxicity and executive functions, International Journal of Obesity, doi: 10.1038/s41366-022-01222-z
• 2023, Parentsʼ self-reporting of Child Physical Maltreatment (CPM) in a low-middle-income country, BMC psychiatry, doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-04947-x
• 2023, Synthetic cannabinoids impact on cognitive functions, The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, https://doi.org/10.1186/s41983-023-00756-x

• 2017, WPA XVII WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY, Berlin, Mental disorders and suicidal attempts: a study of suicide attempters presented at Ain Shams University hospital, psychiatry department, Cairo
• 2020, The 3rd International Conference on Group Therapy and Work, International Society of Neurobiology and Psychopharmacology, The WEB-IN-Mental Health-AR 'Getting started with major psychoses', June 27th, 2020
• 2020, Summer 2020 MSc webinar, Mental health in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: An international perspective, July 25th, 2020
• 2020, Abu Dhabi International Mental Health Conference, Mental health and COVID-19
• 2020, 18th WCIRDC, Worry Perception of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
• 2021, 2nd online meeting of traumatic stress network ECNP 'HOT TOPICS', March 2021
• 2022, 22nd WPA WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY, Bangkok, ECP fellowship for WPA 22nd World Congress of Psychiatry, Bangkok, Parentsʼ self-reporting of child physical maltreatment (CPM) in Egypt during the COVID-19 Pandemic, α synuclein level in obesity and type 1 diabetes and its relation to executive functions; a paediatric perspective, Innovative QUIZ sessions (presenter)
• Training and Capacity Building of Nurses working in the treatment of Addiction, General Secretariat of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, 2019, (Supported by the Pompidou Group)

• Egyptian Psychiatric Association (EPA)
• World Psychiatric Association (WPA)- Early career section
• American Psychological Association
• American Psychiatric Association

• Date of Birth: 02/19/85
• Gender: Female
• Nationality: Egyptian
• Driving License: Valid
• Marital Status: Married
• Place of Birth: Cairo