Publication & Research Projects:

1. Waqas A, Zubair M, Ghulam H, Ullah MW, Tariq MZ. Public stigma associated with mental illnesses in Pakistani university students: a   cross sectional survey. PeerJ. 2014 Dec 16;2:e698.

2. Waqas A, Raza N, Lodhi HW, Muhammad Z, Jamal M, Rehman A. Psychosocial factors of antenatal anxiety and depression in pakistan: is social support a mediator?. PloS one. 2015 Jan 28;10(1):e0116510..

3. Waqas A, Khan S, Sharif W, Khalid U, Ali A. Association of academic   stress with sleeping difficulties in medical Students of a Pakistani   medical school: a cross sectional survey. PeerJ. 2015 Mar 12;3:e840.

4. Waqas A, Ahmad W, Haddad M, Taggart FM, Muhammad Z, Bukhari   MH, Sami SA, Batool SM, Najeeb F, Hanif A, Rizvi ZA. Measuring the   well-being of health care professionals in the Punjab: a psychometric   evaluation of the Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale in a   Pakistani population. PeerJ. 2015 Oct 1;3:e1264.

5. Ahmad W, Taggart F, Shafique MS, Muzafar Y, Abidi S, Ghani N, Malik Z, Zahid T, Waqas A, Ghaffar N. Diet, exercise and mental-wellbeing of healthcare professionals (doctors, dentists and nurses) in Pakistan. PeerJ. 2015 Sep 17;3:e1250.

6. Rathore FA, Waqas A, Zia AM, Mavrinac M, Farooq F. Exploring the attitudes of medical faculty members and students in Pakistan towards plagiarism: a cross sectional survey. PeerJ. 2015 Jun 18;3:e1031.

7. Ahmad W, Krupat E, Asma Y, Attique R, Mahmood U, Waqas A. Attitudes of medical students in Lahore, Pakistan towards the doctor–patient relationship. PeerJ. 2015 Jun 30;3:e1050.

8. Rai AB, Lima E, Munir F, Faisal Khan A, Waqas A, Bughio S, Attique HB, Rahman ZU. Speckle Tracking Echocardiography of the Right Atrium: The Neglected Chamber. Clinical cardiology. 2015 Nov 1;38(11):692-7.

9. Raza N, Waqas A, Jamal M. Post-operative anxiety, depression and psychiatric support in patients undergoing hysterectomy: A cross sectional survey. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2015 Apr;65(4):443-5.

10. Waqas A, Rehman A, Malik A, Muhammad U, Khan S, Mahmood N. Association of Ego Defense Mechanisms with Academic Performance, Anxiety and Depression in Medical Students: A Mixed Methods Study. Cureus. 2015 Sep;7(9).

11. Waqas A, Noor F, Lodhi HW et al. Association of attitudes towards Euthanasia with emotional Empathy and religiosity. Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society. 2015;12(1)

12. Waqas A, Bukhari H, Ghazanfar A et al. Editorial: Psychiatric research in Pakistan: Past, Present & Future Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society. 2015;12(1)

13. Khan S, Jamal M, Waqas A et al. Pattern of ECT administration in a Government Hospital of Lahore. Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society. 2015;12(2).

14. Waqas A, Bukhari H. Editorial: Selection of medical students in Pakistan. Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society. 2015;12

15. Waqas A, Rehman A, Sohail A et al. Association of religious orthodoxy and empathy in medical Students. Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society. 2015;12(2)

16. Nisar MU, Asad A, Waqas A, Ali N, Nisar A, Qayyum MA, Maryam H, Javaid M, Jamil M. Association of Diabetic Neuropathy with Duration of Type 2 Diabetes and Glycemic Control. Cureus. 2015 Aug;7(8).

17. Waqas A, Farooq F, Bhatti A, Javed S, Ghumman ME, Raza M, Khan S, Ahmad W. Exploring the psychometric properties of the English version of the Internet Addiction Test in the Pakistani population: a cross-sectional survey. PeerJ PrePrints; 2015 Nov 24

18. Waqas, A and Bukhari H. Editorial: Autism in Pakistan: myths, challenges & remedies. Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society. 2015;12(4)

19. Muzafar Y, Khan HH, Ashraf H, Hussain W, Sajid H, Tahir M, Rehman A, Sohail A, Waqas A, Ahmad W. Burnout and its Associated Factors in Medical Students of Lahore, Pakistan. Cureus. 2015 Nov;7(11)..

20. Ahmad W, Waqas A, Yasin U et al. A brief report on research trends in Pakistani medical students. Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society. 2015;12(4)

21. Nisar MU, ul Haq MM, Tariq S, Anwar M, Khawar A, Waqas A, Nisar A. Feeding Patterns and Predictors of Malnutrition in Infants from Poor Socioeconomic Areas in Pakistan: A Cross-sectional Survey. Cureus. 2016 Jan;8(1).)

22. Waqas A. How I made my own opportunities. Science. 2016 Mar 18;351(6279):1358

23. Khubaib M U, Rathore F A, Waqas A, et al. Knowledge Regarding Basic Facts of Stroke Among Final Year MBBS Students and House Officers: A Cross-Sectional Survey of 708 Respondents from Pakistan. Cureus. 2016;8(3): e539.

24. Waqas A, Rehman A, Malik A . Exploring the association of ego defense mechanisms with problematic internet use in medical and dental students of a Pakistani medical school. Psychiatry Research. 2016; 243:463-8

25. Haddad M, Waqas A, Qayyum W, Shams M, Malik S. The attitudes and beliefs of Pakistani medical practitioners about Depression: a cross-sectional study in Lahore using the Revised Depression Attitude Questionnaire (R-DAQ). BMC Psychiatry. 2016; 16(349)

26. Waqas A, Naveed S, Bhuiyan M M, et al. Social Support and Resilience Among Patients with Burn Injury in Lahore, Pakistan. Cureus. 2016; 8(11): e867. doi:10.7759/cureus.867

27. Rathore FA, Waqas A, Zia AM. A thirteen year audit of manuscripts related to medical education published in leading medical journals of Pakistan. The Journal of Pakistan Medical Association. 2016;66(4)

28. Waqas A, Naveed S. Bashing psychiatry: Personal experience of a medical student and an aspiring psychiatrist from Pakistan. The British Journal Of Psychiatry. 2017; 190 (1), 81.2.e-Letters

29. Majeed MH, Naveed S, Waqas A. Mandatory Prescribers’ Education of Pain, End-Of-Life Care And Addiction Pakistan. The British Journal Of Psychiatry. 2017; 190 (1), 81.2.e-Letters

30. Haddad M, Waqas A, Qayyum W, Bashir A. The psychometric characteristics of the revised depression attitude questionnaire (R-DAQ) in Pakistani medical practitioners: a cross-sectional study of doctors in Lahore. BMC Research Notes 2017;10(1):333. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-2652-3.

31. Waqas A et al. Child Psychiatry: a scientometric analysis from 1980-2016. F1000. 2017, 6:1293 doi: 12688/f1000research.12069.1

32. Waqas, A et al. Perceived social support amon patients with burn injury: a perspective from the developing world. Burns. pii: S0305-4179(17)30372-8. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2017.06.014

33. Waqas A, et al. Predictors of Post-traumatic stress disorder among burn patients in Pakistan: the role of reconstructive surgery in post burn psychosocial adjustment. Burns. (Accepted)

34. AR Memon, Waqas A. Publons joins Clarivate analytics: What would be the future? Science Editing: 2017;4(2): 95-97.

35. Waqas A, Naveed S, Majeed MH. Adolescent suicide and media: an epidemic of adolescent suicide and celebrity Idealism. The British Journal Of Psychiatry. 2017; 190 (1), 81.2.e-Letters

36. Waqas A, et al. Validation of the Internet Addiction Test in Students at a Pakistani Medical and Dental School. Psychiatric Quarterly. 2017 Aug 17. doi: 10.1007/s11126-017-9528-5.

37. Sheikh MH, Waqas A, Naveed S et al. Association of cognitive difficulties with anxiety, depression and sleeping difficulties among Pakistani physicians. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2017 (In Press)

38. Naveed S, Qadir T, Afzaal T, et al. Suicide and Its Legal Implications in Pakistan: A Literature Review. Cureus. 2017; 9(9): e1665. doi:10.7759/cureus.1665

39. AR Memon, Waqas A. Indexing by bibliographic databases of journals published in the developing world. Science and Engineering Ethics. 2017; 20(1):5

Under Review:

1. Waqas A, et al. Social support as a predictor of planned pregnancy in Pakistani women. 2017. (JOG)

2. Naveed S, Sheikh MH, Motiwala FB, Waqas A, Majeed S, Jahan N, Khosa F.

3. Neurological imaging of Schizophrenia: A bibliometric analysis. 2017. (F1000)

4. Waqas, A et al. Association of maternal depression and risk of diarrhea in infants: A systematic review and meta-Analysis. 2017 (General Hospital Psychiatry)

5. Zeshan M, Waqas A, Naveed S et al. Factors affecting length of stay among children and adolescents admitted in a hospital in US. 2017 (JCACAP)

6. Waqas A et al. Dietary behavior, exercise and prenatal stress: perspectives from a developing country. 2017

7. Memon AR, Waqas A. Improving Physical activity and psychological health using accelerometer based smartphone apps among Pakistani female medical students: A RCT (BMC Res Notes)

8. Waqas A et al, Association of birth by C-section and development of autism among children. (To be submitted)

9. Singla DR, Waqas A, et al. Life skills in adolescent health program in lower and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2017 (JAMA Pediatrics)

*These manuscripts can be presented on request.     

Registered Protocols:

1. NT Huy, Waqas A et al. Association of maternal depression and increased risk of infant diarrhea: a systemic review and meta-analysis. PROSPERO 2015:CRD42015027721

2. NT Huy, Waqas A, Elhady M et al. Association between maternal depression and infant malnutrition: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PROSPERO 2015:CRD42015027718

3. NT Huy, Waqas A, Linh LK et al. Risk of autism in offspring delivered by cesarean section: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PROSPERO 2016:CRD42016035871.

4. Waqas A, Naveed S, Tahir M et al. Implementation and effectiveness of non-specialist delivered interventions for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. PROSPERO 2017:CRD42017066009

5. Singla DR, Waqas A, Hamdani SU eta l. Life skills in adolescent health programs in lower and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PROSPERO 2016:CRD42016043448

Conference Presentations:

1. Proceedings of the Association of excellence in medical education. 2014, March; Lahore, Pakistan. Waqas, Ahmed, et al. Knowledge and attitudes of University students and faculty towards plagiarism: a cross sectional survey

2. Proceedings of the International students’ congress of (bio) medical sciences 2014, June; Groningen, Netherlands. Waqas, Ahmed, et al. Public stigma associated with mental illnesses in Pakistan University Students: A cross sectional survey.

3. Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Professions Education, 2014, June; Lahore, Pakistan. Waqas, Ahmed, et al. A 13 year audit of medical education related articles in Pakistani journals

4. Proceedings of the Pakistan Medical Association 31^st Biennial Medical Conference. 2014, November; Lahore, Pakistan. Waqas, Ahmed, et al. Public stigma associated with mental illnesses in Pakistani University Students: A cross sectional survey

4. Proceedings of the Association of excellence in medical education. 2015, March; Islamabad, Pakistan. Waqas, Ahmed, et al. Association of ego defense Mechanisms with Anxiety, depression and academic performance in medical students.

6. Proceedings of the Association of excellence in medical education. 2015, March; Islamabad, Pakistan. Waqas, Ahmed, et al. Association of academic stressor with stress and sleeping difficulties in medical students.

7. Proceedings of the 11^th national Neuropsycon. 2015, December; Lahore, Pakistan. Waqas, A et al. Psychosocial factors of antenatal depression in Pakistan.

8. Proceedings of the International Congress 2015, June; Birmingham, UK. Waqas, Ahmed, et al. Association of ego defense mechanisms with Anxiety, depression and academic performance in medical students: a mixed methods study

9. Proceedings of the International Congress 2015, June; Birmingham, UK. Waqas, Ahmed, et al. Psychosocial factors of antenatal depression in Pakistan.

10. Grand rounds, Albert J. Solnit Center, North Campus. USA. 2015, Aug; Stigma Towards mental illnesses in Pakistani university students and HCPs.

11. Annual proceedings of National Conference On children’s exposure to environmental Hazards: health impacts and safeguards. Lahore, 2015. Waqas et al, Predictors of severe malnutrition among Pakistani infants belonging to poor socioeconomic areas.

12. Proceedings of 39th Annual APPNA Summer Convention, Washington DC, USA. 2016. Waqas et al, Risk factors of Post-traumatic stress disorder and its relationship with social support and ego resilience in Acid burnt Victims.

13.  Proceedings of 72^nd Annual Conference and Meeting of the Oregon Public Health Association, Corvallis, Oregon. Oct 2016. Waqas et al, Association between maternal depression and risk of diarrheal illness  in infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

14. Proceedings of 72^nd Annual Conference and Meeting of the Oregon Public Health Association, Corvallis, Oregon. Oct 2016. Waqas et al, Psychosocial factors of antenatal anxiety and depression in Pakistan: Is social support a mediator?

15. Proceedings of 72^nd Annual Conference and Meeting of the Oregon Public Health Association, Corvallis, Oregon. Oct 2016. Waqas et al, Diet, exercise and mental-wellbeing of healthcare professionals (doctors, dentists and nurses) in Pakistan

16. Proceedings of 72^nd Annual Conference and Meeting of the Oregon Public Health Association, Corvallis, Oregon. Oct 2016. Waqas et al, Diet, exercise and mental-wellbeing of healthcare professionals (doctors, dentists and nurses) in Pakistan

17. Proceedings of 63^rd Annual Meeting of The American Academy of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists, New York. Nov 2016. Naveed et al, Evolution of child and adolescent Psychiatry: a bibliometric analysis of the Top seven journals of child and Adolescent psychiatry.

18. Proceedings of 63^rd Annual Meeting of The American Academy of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists, New York. Nov 2016. Waqas et al, Association of maternal depression and increased risk of infant diarrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

19. Proceedings of 63^rd Annual Meeting of The American Academy of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists, New York. Nov 2016. Waqas et al, The attitudes and beliefs of Pakistani medical practitioners about depression: a Cross-sectional study in Lahore.

Published Abstracts:

1. Naveed S et al, Evolution of child and adolescent Psychiatry: A bibliometric analysis of the top seven journals of child and Adolescent psychiatry. Journal of The American Academy of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists. Oct 2016. 55 (10s)

2. Waqas A et al, Association of maternal depression and increased risk of infant diarrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of The American Academy of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists. Oct 2016. 55 (10s)

3. Waqas A et al, The attitudes and beliefs of Pakistani medical practitioners about depression: A cross-sectional study in Lahore. Journal of The American Academy of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists. Oct 2016. 55 (10s)

4. Naveed S, Ghozy S, Waqas A et al. Breastfeeding status is not associated with risk for autism spectrum disorder A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of The American Academy of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist (In Press)

Invited Reviewer:

Psychiatry research, Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society, American Journal of perinatology, Cureus, International Journal of Culture and Mental Health, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, PloSOne, Journal of obstetrics and gynecology, Mental health, Religion & Culture, Health Science Reports, Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

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