Farran, Dina
Haj, Mahatab El
Zarzour, Myriam
Chamoun, Yara
Kazazian, Bedros
Posbic, Perrine
Zeinoun, Pia
Hazimeh, Maya
Nahas, Ziad
Atoui, Mia
El Chammay, Rabih
Article History
Received: 26 August 2025
Accepted: 3 November 2025
First Online: 28 November 2025
Declarations
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: Approval for this study was granted by the National Institute of Public Health, Clinical Epidemiology, and Toxicology (INSPECT-LB) research ethics committee.
: For research and quality assurance purposes, all calls to the Lifeline are routinely recorded. An automated message at the beginning of each call informs callers that their call may be recorded for these purposes. Unless callers indicate their wish to opt out, informed consent to participate is assumed, and all participants included in this study provided informed consent. All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. This study received ethical approval from the Research Ethics Committee of the Institut National de Santé Publique, d’Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie - Liban (INSPECT-LB) at the Lebanese University, as well as ethical clearance from the National Mental Health Program (NMHP) at the Ministry of Public Health.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.