The World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview
National Comorbidity Survey
World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionaire
The International Consortium in Psychiatric Epidemiology
The first volume in our Cambridge University Press WHO 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 WHO 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 WHO 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
Download a copy of the WMH presentation to the IFPE Congress Vienna, Austria April 18, 2009.
WMH Participating Collaborators
WHO Region: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Coordinator

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

Brazil
Laura Andrade, MD, PhD*
University of Sao Paulo
Maria Carmen Viana, MD, PhD*
Psiquiatria scola de Medicina da Santa Casa de Misericordia de Vitoria (EMESCAM)
Colombia
Jose Posada-Villa, MD, MS*
Ministry of Social Protection
Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca University
Costa Rica

Gary Arce Arenales, MD*
Department of Mental Health

Andrea Mesen-Fainardi, MD*
Department of Mental Health
Mexico
Maria Elena Medina-Mora, PhD*
National Institute of Psychiatry
Guilherme Borges, DrSc
National Institute of Psychiatry
Carmen Lara, MD, PhD
National Institute of Psychiatry
Corina Benjet, PhD
National Institute of Psychiatry
Peru
Ariela Luna Florez
Directora General, Dirección General de Promoción de la Salud Ministerio de Salud del Perú
United States
Ronald Kessler, PhD*
Harvard University School of Medicine
Kathleen Merikangas, PhD*
National Institute of Mental Health
James Anthony, PhD
Michigan State University
Meyer Glantz, PhD
National Institute of Drug Abuse

Matthew K. Nock, PhD
Harvard University

Ayelet Ruscio, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Michael Von Korff, ScD
Group Health Cooperative, Puget Sound
Kathleen Saunders
Group Health Cooperative, Puget Sound

WHO Region: African Regional Office (AFRO)
Nigeria

Oye Gureje, MD, PhD*
University College Hospital
Regional Coordinator

South Africa
David Williams, MPH, PhD*
University of Michigan, United States
Dan Stein, MD
University of Stellenbosch,Tygerberg

WHO Region: Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO)
Lebanon

Elie Karam, MD*
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Regional Coordinator

John Fayyad, MD
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Aimee Nasser Karam, PhD
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Zeina Mneimneh, MPH
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Iraq

Dr. Naeema Al-Gasser, PhD
WHO Office, Baghdad, Iraq

Ali Al-Hamzawi, MBChB, MD
Al-Qadisia University, Iraq

WHO Region: European Regional Office (EURO)
Belgium
Koen Demyttenaere, MD, PhD*
University Hospital Gasthuisburg, Leuven, Belgium
Ronny Bruffaerts, MA, PhD
Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (UPC-KUL), campus Gasthuisberg
Bulgaria
Hristo Hinkov*
National Centre of Public Health Protection, Sofia, Bulgaria

Toma Tomav, MA, PhD*
Alexandrovska Hospital

France
Jean-Pierre Lepine, MD, HDR*
Hôpital Fernand Nidal
Isabelle Gasquet, MD*
Hôpital Paul Brosse
Vivianne Kovess, MD, PhD*
University Paris 5
Germany
Matthias Angermeyer, MD*
University of Leipzig
Herbert Matschinger
University of Leipzig
Israel
Daphna Levinson, PhD*
Ministry of Health
Itzhak Levav, MD
World Health Organization
Italy
Giovanni de Girolamo, MD*
IRCCS Saint John of God Clinical Research Centre, Brescia, Italy
Netherlands
Ron de Graaf, PhD*
Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (Trimbos Institute)
J. Hans Ormel, PhD*
University of Groningem, Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Brendan Bunting, MD*
University of Ulster
Siobhan McCann
University of Ulster
Sam Murphy, PhD
University of Ulster
Portugal

José Miguel Caldas de Almeida, MD, PhD*
Universidade Nove de Lisboa

Romania

Silvia Florescu, MD, PhD*
National School of Public Health Management & Professional Development, Bucharest, Romania

  Georgeta Popovici, MD, MSc
National School of Public Health Management & Professional Development, Bucharest, Romania
Spain

Jordi Alonso, MD, MPH, PhD*
Institute of Municipal d'Investigacio Medica (IMIM), Spain

Josep Maria Haro, MD, MPH, PhD*
Sant Joan de Déu-SSM
Jaume Autonell
Institute of Municipal d'Investigacio Medica (IMIM)
Gemma Vilagut
Institute of Municipal d'Investigacio Medica (IMIM)
Turkey
Kultegin Ogel, MD*
UMATEM
Ahmed Tamer Aker, MD
Kocaeli University
Ukraine Evelyn Bromet, PhD*
State University of New York, Stony Brook
  Victoria Zakhozha
Kiev International Institute of Sociology
ESEMeD
Regional Coordinator*
Jordi Alonso, MD, MPH, PhD
Institute of Municipal d'Investigacio Medica (IMIM), Spain
ESEMeD
Regional Coordinator*
Terry Brugha, MD, PhD
University of Leicester, United Kingdom
*ESEMeD consists of the 6 Western European countries including Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain

WHO Region: Southeast Asia Regional Office (SEARO)
India

Dr. Jagdish Prasad, M.S., M.Ch., FIACS*
Director General of Health Services, Government of India

Somnath Chatterji, MD
World Health Organization

WHO Region: Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO)
Regional Coordinator Sing Lee, MB*
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Australia

Harvey Whiteford, PhD
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research
School of Population Health, The University of Queensland

 

John McGrath, PhD
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research

 

Louisa Degenhardt, PhD
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
University of New South Wales, Syndey

 

Tim Slade, PhD
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
University of New South Wales, Syndey

China Beijing
Yucun Shen, MD*
Institute of Mental Health, Peking University
  Yueqin Huang, MD, MPH, PhD
Institute of Mental Health, Peking University
  Zhaorui Liu, MD
Institute of Mental Health, Peking University
  Yuanbo Yuan, MD
Institute of Mental Health, Peking University
  Adley Tsang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
China Shanghai
Mingyuan Zhang, MD*
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Yanling He
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Min Zhao
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Japan
Takehiko Kikkawa, MD*
National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Ichikawa
Norito Kawakami, MD*
Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama
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
New Zealand

Mark Oakley-Browne, MB ChB PhD FRANZCP*
The Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, the University of Tasmania, Australia
Statewide and Mental Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania, Australia

J. Elisabeth Wells, PhD*
Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Annette Beautrais, PhD
Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Kate Scott
Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago

III. WMH Data Collection Coordination Centre - University of Michigan

 

Steve Heeringa, PhD*
Beth-Ellen Pennell, MA*
Stephanie Chardoul - Senior WMHCIDI Trainer
Nancy Gebler - Senior WMHCIDI Trainer
Nancy Bylica
Ashanti Harris

IV. WMH Data Analysis Coordination Centre - Harvard University School of Medicine

Ronald Kessler, PhD*
Alan Zaslavsky, PhD
Nancy Sampson - Senior Project Director
Edward Chiu, MA - Data manager, Bistatistician
Michael J. Gruber, MS - Biostatistician
Masha Petukhova, PhD - Biostatistician
Irving Hwang, MS - Biostatistician
Mark McKnight - Programmer
Colleen Bouzan - Research Assistant

V. World Health Organization Coordinators

Somnath Chatterji, MD

*Principal Investigator (includes Co-PIs)


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