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Days out of role due to common physical and mental conditions: results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys
(2011)
Days out of role because of health problems are a major source of lost human capital. We examined the relative importance of commonly occurring physical and mental disorders in accounting for days out of role in 24 countries ...
Including information about co-morbidity in estimates of disease burden: results from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys
(2011)
Background. The methodology commonly used to estimate disease burden, featuring ratings of severity of individual conditions, has been criticized for ignoring co-morbidity. A methodology that addresses this problem is ...
Implications of modifying the duration requirement of generalized anxiety disorder in developed and developing countries
(2009)
Background. A number of western studies have suggested that the 6-month duration requirement of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) does not represent a critical threshold in terms of onset, course, or risk factors of the ...
Association of perceived stigma and mood and anxiety disorders: results from the World Mental Health Surveys
(2008)
Objective: We assessed the prevalence of perceived stigma among persons with mental disorders and chronic physical conditions in an international study. Method: Perceived stigma (reporting health-related embarrassment and ...
Age patterns in the prevalence of DSM-IV depressive/anxiety disorders with and without physical co-morbidity
(2008)
Background. Physical morbidity is a potent risk factor for depression onset and clearly increases with age, yet prior research has often found depressive disorders to decrease with age. This study tests the possibility ...