OBJECTIVE To find the common behavioral problems in youth, their co-morbidity, treatment, and other variables in Oman. METHODS All patients who attended the child psychiatric clinic in Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH), Muscat, (the only child psychiatry clinic in Sultanate of Oman) for a 3-month period were investigated for behavioral problems, particularly hyperactivity (by Conners' ...

MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL ✮ VOLUME 58, NO. 2, SPRING 2004 Dhufar, the southern region of the Sultanate of Oman, displays a tremendous diversity in its social structure, rather surprising for an area so small. While the people of the coastal plain and the inland Najd are Arabic-speaking, the mountain highlands of the region are home to various non-Arabic speaking communities. Brief descriptions of the...

The Sultanate of Oman has a relatively young national health care system that could demonstrate its high performance at an international level. Emergency medicine as a specialty has developed rapidly in the country over the last decade. This has involved the parallel development of local emergency residency training, prehospital emergency care, and emergency nursing programs. This article revie...

Transit station or destination? Attendance patterns, movements, and abundance estimate of 1 humpback whales off west South Africa from photographic and genotypic matching 2 J. Barendse, P.B. Best, M. Thornton, S.H. Elwen, H.C. Rosenbaum , I. Carvalho 3, , C. Pomilla , T.J.Q. 3 Collins , M. Meÿer, R. Leeney. 4 Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, c/o Iziko South African Museum, P.O...

During the past four decades, Oman has undergone a rapid socioe-conomic and epidemiological transition leading to a substantial reduction in the prevalence of various communicable diseases, including vaccine-preventable diseases. Health care planning together with the commitment of policy makers has been a critical factor in this reduction. However, with rapid social and economic growth, lifest...