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Use of mental health services for anxiety, mood, and substance disorders in 17 countries in the WHO world mental health surveys
(2007)
Background Mental disorders are major causes of disability worldwide, including in the low-income and middle-income countries least able to bear such burdens. We describe mental health care in 17 countries participating ...
Childhood Adversity, Early-Onset Depressive/Anxiety Disorders, and Adult-Onset Asthma
(2008)
Objectives: To investigate a) whether childhood adversity predicts adult-onset asthma; b) whether early-onset depressive/anxiety disorders predict adult-onset asthma; and c) whether childhood adversity and early-onset ...
Childhood adversities as risk factors for onset and persistence of suicidal behaviour
(2010)
Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, but the precise effect of childhood adversities as risk factors for the onset and persistence of suicidal behaviour (suicide ideation, plans and attempts) are not ...
Twelve-Month Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys
(2010)
Objective: Although suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, clinicians and researchers lack a data-driven method to assess the risk of suicide attempts. This study reports the results of an analysis of a large ...
Cross-national prevalence and risk factors for suicidal ideation, plans and attempts
(2008)
Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide; however, the prevalence and risk factors for the immediate precursors to suicide - suicidal ideation, plans and attempts - are not well-known, especially in low- ...
Smoking estimates from around the world: data from the first 17 participating countries in the World Mental Health Survey Consortium
(2010)
Objective To contribute new multinational findings on basic descriptive features of smoking and cessation, based upon standardised community surveys of adults residing in seven low-income and middle-income countries and ...
Childhood psychosocial stressors and adult onset arthritis: Broad spectrum risk factors and allostatic load
(2009)
Neural, endocrine, and immune stress mediators are hypothesized to increase risks of diverse chronic diseases, including arthritis. Retrospective data from the World Mental Health Surveys (N = 18,309) were employed to ...