Academic work
Research & Academic Work
Research areas
Areas of research interest
Addiction & substance use
National emergency-department data on alcohol and substance misuse, and outcomes in addiction rehabilitation.
Mental-health services
Service development and access to psychiatric care for under-served groups.
Migrant mental health
Designing mental-health services for lower-skilled migrant workers.
Healthcare-worker wellbeing
Stress, PTSD symptoms and wellbeing among frontline and ICU staff during COVID-19.
Psychiatric treatment
Clinical case reporting on pharmacological management in secure rehabilitation settings.
Mental health in Qatar
Population and service-level research carried out within Qatar's national health system.
Publications
Selected peer-reviewed publications
- AddictionJournal article · 2026
Examining the Correlation Between Out-On-Pass Privileges and Post-Discharge Urine Drug Test Outcomes in an Addiction Rehabilitation Center in Qatar
Substance Use & Addiction Journal
Ikhlef FW, Chandrappa NS, Osman M, Al-Abdulla M, Yousuf S, Alater A, Smidi W
- AddictionCase report · 2025
Low-Dose Clozapine Reduces Aggression in Violent Substance Use Disorder Patients at a Secure Rehabilitation Center
Case Reports in Psychiatry
Yousuf SM, Eldous AZK, Ikhlef FW, Chandrappa NSK, Abdulla MAYAA
A case report describing individual patients. It does not establish that this treatment is generally effective.
- Healthcare-worker wellbeingJournal article · 2022
Strategies deemed important by frontline healthcare providers for their mental wellbeing during first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
Discover Psychology
Alabdulla M, Wadoo O, Iqbal Y, Chandrappa NSK, Chandra P, Masoodi NA, Al-Maslamani MARS, Latoo J
- AddictionJournal article · 2021
Emergency department presentations of alcohol and other substance misuse: first cross-sectional national study in Qatar
BMJ Open
Alabdulla M, Reagu S, Elhassan NM, Shinith D, Shiekh ST, Abbas MO, Chandrappa NSK
- Healthcare-worker wellbeingJournal article · 2021
Perceived stress and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among intensive care unit staff caring for severely ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients during the pandemic: a national study
Annals of General Psychiatry
Kader N, Elhusein B, Chandrappa NSK, Nashwan AJ, Chandra P, Khan AW, Alabdulla M
- Mental-health servicesReview · 2021
Development of mental health services for lower-skilled migrant workers in Qatar
Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Latoo J, Wadoo O, Iqbal Y, Chandrappa NSK, Tulley I, Alabdulla M
- Healthcare-worker wellbeingLetter · 2021
Mental wellbeing of frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar
Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Wadoo O, Latoo J, Iqbal Y, Chandrappa NSK, Chandra P, Masoodi NA, Al-Maslamani MARS, Alabdulla M
- Healthcare-worker wellbeingJournal article · 2020
Mental wellbeing of healthcare workers working in quarantine centers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar
Qatar Medical Journal
Wadoo O, Latoo J, Iqbal Y, Kudlur Chandrappa NS, Chandra P, Masoodi NA, Rahman S Al-Maslamani MA, Alabdulla M
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