Background: Bullying is a widespread issue in schools all around the world. Students with disabilities as deafness or dumbness are overrepresented in bullying prevalence both perpetration and victimization. Aim: To assess the deaf and dumb students' experience regarding bullying at Assiut city. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive design was used. Setting: The study was conducted in two preparatory schools for deaf and dumb at Assiut city. Sample: A purposive sample of 270 students (120 males and 150 females) was included in the study. Tools: two tools were used. Tool (1): A structure interview questionnaire sheet included two parts. Part (1): Personal characteristics of studied deaf and dumb students. Part (2) studied students' history of exposure to different types of bullying. Tool (2): A modified child adolescent bullying scale contains 20 items. Results: It was found that 91.1% of studied students exposed to bullying, the most common type was verbal bullying and males were exposed more than females by 66.7%, 59.5% respectively, there were statistical significance relation between deaf and dumb students' total mean score of bullying scale and their gender, failure in school and days of absenteeism. Conclusion: the majority of studied deaf and dumb students had bullying experience; nearly about half of them exposed to bullying in their classes, and more than one-third of them are exposed to bullying by their classmate students which affected their desire to go to school. Recommendation: A bullying prevention committee should be formed at school to explore various factors associated with bullying.

Background: A high degree of mental health literacy, which involves sufficient knowledge and supportive attitudes toward psychological illnesses in school-aged children, will increase the likelihood of early detection and effective intervention in these conditions, as well as a better outcome of illnesses. The aim: Measure levels of literacy about depression, suicide and internet addiction among university students, Assess both positive and negative outcomes of awareness educational program for university students. Research Design: This study was conducted using a quasi-experimental research design. Subjects: the study comprised of 100 student , 50 student from the faculty of science and 50 student from the faculty of commerce who accept to participate in the study and give an informed oral and written consent. The studied sample consisted of 64 Males and 36 Females from the two faculties. During 3 month period from 1 st November 2020 to 30 th January 2021. Tools: students were assessed through Depression Literacy Questionnaire (D-Lit), Literacy of suicide scale (LOSS) and Internet Addiction Literacy Scale (IALS) in addition to Socio Economic assessment scale. Results: The highest percentage of subjects were males, resided in urban areas, first academic year, with middle socio economic state, and there was highly statistical significant difference of the level of mental health literacy about depression, suicide and internet addiction after application of the educational program for the students from the theoretical and clinical faculty Conclusion and Recommendation: There is widespread misunderstanding of the nature of depression, suicide and internet addiction and its causes, risk factors and attitudes towards treatment are negative. The need for psycho-educational programs is necessary which include awareness of mental health and illnesses, particularly depression and the risk of suicide associated with depression, internet addiction, and the development of positive attitudes toward mental illnesses for the benefit of the community.

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Background: Drug abuse in Egypt, is the most dangerous problem threaten the young adults and worry the government. One of the most essential groups for drug abusers are those dealing with the transportation and driving on the road because substance abuse increases the possibility of death after road accidents. The Aim: Explore percentage of drug abuse between minibus drivers, investigate psychological aspects of substance abuse among drivers and determine the predicting factors for the risky driving behavior. Study design: A descriptive design was used. Setting: The study was conducted in Assiut city. Subjects: Total coverage of 300 minibus drivers. Tools: four tools were used in this study; they are Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST), Coping style Questionnaire, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress scale (DASS) in addition to socioeconomic scale. The Results: The age group ranged 18-62 years old. 74.7% of studied sample were drug abusers for more than one substance, 58.5% unable to cope with life stressors and 24.6% of them have extremely severe level of depression. There was positive correlation between drug abuse and the socioeconomic level, depression, anxiety and stress and there was a negative correlation between coping and drug abuse. Conclusion: About three-quarters of the participated drivers were drug abusers which increase with high socioeconomic level. Substance abuse associated with depression, anxiety, stress, inability to cope with life stressors. Recommendation: Health education program about the hazards of drug abuse should be designed for drivers; substance-screening test should be added for all drivers applying driving license.

Dyslexia is a failure to read at expected level. The sociodemographic characteristics of dyslexic children is suggested to affect their perceptual function. Nurses have an important role in assessing children for any reading disability and help them to cope normally with any psychological distress. The aim of the study: identifying the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics of dyslexic children and their perceptual function Subjects and method: The study subjects were composed of 50 children (30 boys and 20 girls). The study was conducted at child outpatient clinic of Psychiatric Mental Health Hospital and psychiatric outpatient clinic of Assiut University Hospital during one year duration from 30 th November 2012 until 30 th November 2013. Childern were assessed through visual and auditory memory tests, in addition to Socio economic assessment scale. Results: there was a significant difference as regard sex in which females outperform males but there was no significant difference as regard the age, residence, and socioeconomic levels in relation to visual and auditory memory results. Conclusion and Recommendation: Only sex has a relation to the cognitive function of dyslexic children in which girls outperform boys. Intensive attention should be given to male dyslexic children to improve their cognitive function.