The World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview
National Comorbidity Survey
Health and Work Performance Questionaire
The World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) Initiative
The first volume in our Cambridge University Press World Mental Health Surveys book series. To see more or to order the book, click the cover below.
The WHO World Mental Health Surveys
The second volume in our Cambridge University Press World Mental Health Surveys book series. To see more or to order the book, click the cover below.
Global Perspectives on Mental-Physical Comorbidity
The third volume in our Cambridge University Press World Mental Health Surveys book series. To see more or to order the book, click the cover below.
Suicide: 
		Global Perspectives from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
The fourth volume in our Cambridge University Press World Mental Health Surveys book series. To see more or to order the book, click the cover below.
The Burdens of Mental Disorders:
		Global Perspectives from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
The fifth volume in our Cambridge University Press World Mental Health Surveys book series. To see more or to order the book, click the cover below.
Mental Disorders around the World:
		Facts and Figures from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
The sixth volume in our Cambridge University Press World Mental Health Surveys book series. To see more or to order the book, click the cover below.
Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder:
		Global Perspectives from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
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WMH Participating Collaborators
North America
United States Ronald C. Kessler, PhD - Director- WMH Survey initiative
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Current Collaborators
Randy P. Auerbach, PhD
Columbia University
William G. Axinn, PhD
University of Michigan
Robert Bossarte, PhD
University of South Florida
Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH
Boston University
Meyer Glantz, PhD
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)(to 2022)
Alan E. Kazdin, PhD
Yale University
Kenneth S. Kendler, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University
Karestan C. Koenen, PhD
Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
Matthew K. Nock, PhD
Harvard University
Stephanie Pinder-Amaker, PhD
McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Anthony J. Rosellini, PhD
Boston University
Ayelet Meron Ruscio, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Victoria Shahly, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Jordan Smoller, ScD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH
University of California San Diego
Michelle Williams, ScD
Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
Daniel V. Vigo, MD, DrPH
Harvard Medical School and University of British Columbia
Alan Zaslavsky, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Former Collaborators
Jaimie Abelson, MSW
Somnath Chatterji, MD (Former co-director WMH)
WHO, Geneva
Lisa Colpe, PhD
Josh Breslau, PhD, ScD
Anne Gaderman, PhD
Laura Germine, PhD
Stephen Gilman, PhD
Jennifer G. Green, PhD
Margaret Guyer, PhD
Mary (Molly) Howes, PhD
Katie McLaughlin, PhD
Silvia Martins, MD, PhD
Kathleen Merikangas, PhD
Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD
Paul Stang, PhD
Amy Street, PhD
Michael Von Korff, ScD
Philip Wang, MD, DrPH
Marsha Wilcox, EdD, ScD
WMH Data Collection Coordination Center, University of Michigan
Stephanie Chardoul
Director
WMH Data Analysis Coordination Center, Harvard Medical School
Project Management
Nancy Sampson
Director
Jerry Garcia
Manager
Teresa Gorman
Coordinator
Audrey Kalmus
Manager
Anne Kessler
Programmer
Biostatisticians
Maria Petukhova, PhD
Senior Team Leader
Wai Tat Chiu, AM
Training Team Leader
Irving Hwang, MS
Andrew King, MS
Sue Lee, MA
Marrena Lindberg, ScM
Howard Liu, PhD
Latin America
Regional Coordinator

Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD
Centre for Reducing Health Disparities
University of California, Davis

Argentina Alfredo Cia, MD - Principal Investigator
Anxiety Disorders Center, Buenos Aires
Juan Carlos Stagnaro, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Brazil - São Paulo Megacity Laura Helena Andrade, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
University of São Paulo
Maria Carmen Viana, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Department of Social Medicine
Federal University of Espírito Santo(UFES), Vitoria/ES
Current Collaborators
Wang Yuan Pang
Camila Magalhães Silveira
Erica R. Siu
João Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia, MD
University of São Paulo
Geilson Santana
Bruno Mendonça Coelho
James Anthony, PhD
Evandro Coutinho, MD,PhD
UFES/Vitoria and National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio/RJ
Flavia Garcia Pereira
UFES/Vitoria
Former Collaborators
Clovis Alexandrino Silva
Angela Maria Campanha
Mariane Henriques França
UFES/Vitoria
Maria Cristina Alochio de Paiva, MD, MSc
UFES/Vitoria
Ana Paula Araújo Faria
UFES/Vitoria
Project Management
Marlene Galativicis Teixeira
Indaiá de Santana Bassani
Fidel Beraldi
Beatriz Adler
Raphael Mishimura - Data analyst
Solange Andreoni - Biostatistician
Colombia Colombia - National Survey

Jose Posada-Villa, MD - Principal Investigator
Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca University
Colombia - Medellin

Yolanda Torres, MPH, Dra.HC - Principal Investigator
Centro de Excelencia en Investigación en Salud Mental
Universidad CES
Roberto Mejía Montoya, PhD (consultant)
Laney Graduate School
Emory University
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD
Center for Reducing Health Disparities
University of California, Davis
Mexico Maria Elena Medina-Mora, PhD - Principal Investigator
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Guilherme Borges, DrSc
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Corina Benjet, PhD
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Carmen Lara, MD, PhD
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Ricardo Orozco, MSc
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Clara Fleiz, PhD
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Jerónimo Blanco, Master in Engineering
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Jorge Villatoro, Psychologist
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Enrique Méndez Ríos, MSc
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Peru Marina Piazza Ferrand, DSc, MPH -Principal Investigator
National Institute of Health, Lima
Africa
Regional Coordinator

Oye Gureje, MD, DSc, FRCPsych
University of Ibadan
Nigeria

Nigeria Oye Gureje, MD, DSc, FRCPsych - Principal Investigator
University of Ibadan
Collaborators
Olusola Adeyemi, MD
Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kaduna
Olusola Ephraim-Oluwanuga, MD
National Hospital, Abuja
Oluyomi Esan, MD
University of Ibadan
Victor Lasebikan, PhD
University of Ibadan
Victor Makanjuola, MD
University of Ibadan
Bibilola Oladeji, MD
University of Ibadan
Owoidoho Udofia, MD
University of Ibadan
Richard Uwakwe, MD
University of Ibadan
Abba Wakil, MD
University of Ibadan
Project Manager
Dr. Lola Kola
University of Ibadan
Biostatisticians
Taiwo Abiona, MSc
University of Ibadan
Toyin Bello, MSc
University of Ibadan
South Africa David Williams, MPH, PhD - Principal Investigator
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States
Dan J. Stein, FRCPC, PhD - Principal Investigator
University of Cape Town
Lukoye Atwoli, MD, PhD
Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
Asia Pacific
Regional Coordinator

Kate Scott, PhD
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Australia
Harvey Whiteford, MBBSPhD - Principal Investigator
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research
School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
John McGrath, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Louisa Degenhardt, PhD - Principal Investigator
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Current Collaborators
Meredith Harris, PhD
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research
School of Population Health, The University of Queensland
Tim Slade, PhD
The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
Former Collaborators
Derrick Silove, MD
Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, University of New South Wales
Biostatisticians
Carmen Lim, PhD
Chrianna Bharat, PhD
Luise Lago, PhD (2015-2016)
China (PRC)-Shenzhen
Chiyi Hu, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Shenzhen Institute of Mental Health & Shenzhen Kangning Hospital
Jize Hu, MD
Department of Psychology, Shenzhen University
Weidong Duan, MD
Shenzhen Institute of Mental Health & Shenzhen Kangning Hospital
Japan
Daisuke Nishi, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Norito Kawakami, MD, DMSc (former PI to 2023)
Department of Digital Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Toshiaki Furukawa, MD
Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya
Yukihiro Hata, MD
Oshima Hospital, Kagoshima
Noboru Iwata, PhD
Hiroshima International University, Higashi-Hiroshima
Hideyuki Nakane, MD
Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki
Yasubumi Nakane, MD
Nagasaki International University Graduate School, Nagasaki
Yutaka Ono, MD
Keio University Health Care Center, Tokyo
Hisateru Tachimori, PhD
National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Ichikawa
Tadashi Takeshima, MD
National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Ichikawa
Hidenori Uda, MD
Sensatsu Public Health Center, Kagoshima
Nepal
William G. Axinn, PhD - Principal Investigator
University of Michigan
Dirgha Ghimire, PhD - Principal Investigator
University of Michigan
New Zealand Kate Scott, PhD - Principal Investigator
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
J. Elisabeth Wells, PhD
Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Otago
Christchurch, New Zealand
Mark Oakley-Browne, MB ChB PhD FRANZCP
Victoria Department of Health
Melbourne Victoria, Australia
Annette Beautrais, PhD
Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences
The Philippines
Maria Lourdes (Marissa) de Guzman, MD, MS Epi, FPPA - Principal Investigator
University of the Philippines, Manila
Europe
Regional Coordinator

Jordi Alonso, MD, PhD
IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona

Belgium Koen Demyttenaere, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (UPC-KUL)
Ronny Bruffaerts, PhD - Principal Investigator
Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (UPC-KUL)
Bulgaria Hristo Hinkov, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
National Centre for Public Health and Analyses, Sofia, Bulgaria
France Viviane Kovess-Masfety, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Paris Descartes University, EHESP
Jean-Pierre Lepine, MD - Principal Investigator
Hôpital Lariboisière-Fernand Widal, Paris
Current Collaborators
Saena Arbabzadeh Bouchez, MD
Florence Vorspan, MD, PhD
Former Collaborators
Isabelle Gasquet, MD, PhD
Laurence Negre Pages, PhD
Germany Herbert Matschinger, PhD - Principal Investigator
University of Leipzig
David D. Ebert, PhD
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Israel Yuval Ziv, MA
Ministry of Health
Former Collaborators
Daphna Levinson, PhD
Ministry of Health
Itzhak Levav, MD
World Health Organization
Italy Giovanni de Girolamo, MD - Principal Investigator
IRCCS Saint John of God Clinical Research Centre, Brescia, Italy
Netherlands Peter de Jonge, PhD - Principal Investigator
University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands
Margreet ten Have, PhD - Principal Investigator
Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (Trimbos Institute)
Pim Cuijpers, PhD
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Former Collaborators
Johan Ormel, PhD
University of Groningen, Netherlands
Ron de Graaf, PhD
Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (Trimbos Institute)
Northern Ireland Brendan Bunting, PhD - Principal Investigator
Ulster University
Siobhan O'Neill, PhD
Ulster University
Former Collaborators
Sam Murphy, DrPh
Poland Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw

Jacek Moskalewicz, PhD - Principal Investigator
Jacek Wciórka, MD, PhD - Co-Principal Investigator, Poland 2 survey, 2018-19
Current Collaborators
Grażyna Świątkiewicz, PhD
Piotr Świtaj, MD
Marta Werbel, MA
Former Collaborators
Marta Janczewska, MD
Ludmiła Boguszewska, MA
Anna Chrostek,MD
Joanna Mikulska, MD
Anita Młodożeniec, MD
Justyna Waszkiewicz MA
National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw
Bogdan J. Wojtyniak, ScD - Principal Investigator
Current Collaborators
Daniel Rabczenko, PhD
Jakub Stokwiszewski
Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw
Andrzej Kiejna, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Current Collaborators
Tomasz Adamowski, MD, PhD
Patryk Piotrowski, MD, PhD
Former Collaborators
Monika Kantorska-Janiec, MD, PhD
Marta Zagdańska, PhD
Maja Kasprzak, PhD
Jozef Zajac, MA
Portugal José Miguel Caldas de Almeida, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Miguel Xavier, MD, PhD
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Graça Cardoso, MD, PhD
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Romania Cristian Vladescu, MD, PhD, MPH - Principal Investigator
National Institute for Health Services Management, Bucharest
Georgeta Popovici, MD, MSc
National Institute for Health Services Management, Bucharest
Former Collaborators
Silvia Florescu, MD, PhD (former PI to 2022)
National Institute for Health Services Management, Bucharest
Spain Spain - National Survey

Jordi Alonso, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona
Josep María Haro, MD, MPH, PhD* - Principal Investigator
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
Gemma Vilagut, MSc
Institute of Municipal d'Investigacio Medica (IMIM)
Spain - Murcia Survey

Fernando Navarro-Mateu, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
UDIF-SM, Subdirección General de Planificación, Innovación y Cronicidad, Servicio Murciano de Salud.
IMIB-Arrixaca. CIBERESP-Murcia.
Ukraine Evelyn J. Bromet, PhD - Principal Investigator
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Victoria Zakhozha
Kiev International Institute of Sociology
Vladimir Paniotto, PhD
Founder and Director, Kiev International Institute of Sociology
Semyon Gluzman, MD
Founder and Director, Ukrainian Psychiatric Asssociation and Center for Survivors of Torture and War
*ESEMeD consists of the 6 Western European countries including Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain
Middle East
Regional Coordinator

Elie G. Karam, MD
Institute for Development, Research and Applied Care
Beirut, Lebanon

Lebanon Elie G. Karam, MD - Principal Investigator
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Josleen Al Barathie, MPH
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Hani Dimasi, PhD
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
John Fayyad, MD (deceased, October 2018)
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Aimee Nasser Karam, PhD
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Georges Karam, MD
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Zeina Mneimneh, PhD
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Former Collaborators
Claudia Farhat, MS
Lynn Itani, MS
Soumana Nasser, PhD
Dahlia Saab, MPH
Mariana Salamoun, MS
Iraq Ali Al-Hamzawi, MBChB, FICMS - Principal Investigator
Al-Qadisiya University, Diwaniya governorate
Naeema Al-Gasser, PhD
Srinivasa Murthy, MD
Mohammad Salih Khalaf Al-Kaisy, MD
Ibn Seena Teaching Hospital, Iraq
Nezar Ismet Taib, MBCh.B
Qatar Salma Khaled, PhD - Principal Investigator
Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI), Qatar University, Doha
Peter Woodruff, MBBS, PhD, FRCPsych - Principal Investigator
School of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Saudi Arabia Dr. Yasmin Altwaijri - Principal Investigator
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh
Dr. Abdullah Alsubaie - Co-PI
Dr. Abdulhamid Alhabib - Co-PI


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