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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 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 ...
Prevalence and Correlates of Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative
(2011)
Context: There is limited information on the prevalence and correlates of bipolar spectrum disorder in international population-based studies using common methods. Objectives: To describe the prevalence, impact, patterns ...
Subtyping social anxiety disorder in developed and developing countries
(2010)
SAD and numerous outcomes (age-of-onset, persistence, severity, comorbidity, treatment) were examined. Additional analyses examined associations with number of performance fears Versus number of interactional fears. Results: ...
Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
(2010)
Background: Although significant associations of childhood adversities with adult mental disorders are widely documented, most studies focus on single childhood adversities predicting single disorders. Aims: To examine ...
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 ...
Cross-National Associations Between Gender and Mental Disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys
(2009)
Context: Gender differences in mental disorders, including more anxiety and mood disorders among women and more externalizing disorders among men, are found consistently in epidemiological surveys. The gender roles hypothesis ...
Childhood Predictors of Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Results from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey Initiative
(2009)
Background: Although it is known that childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often persists into adulthood, childhood predictors of this persistence have not been widely studied. Methods: Childhood history ...