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Benjet, C., Medina-Mora, M.E., Borges, G., Zambrano, J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S. (in press). Youth mental health in a populous city of the developing world: Results from the Mexican Adolescent Mental Health Survey. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Benjet, C., Borges, G., Medina-Mora, M.E. (in press). DSM-IV personality disorders in Mexico. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatría.

Borges, G, Benjet, C, Medina-Mora, ME, Orozco-Zavala, R, Molnar, BE, Nock, MK (in press). Negative life events and suicide related outcomes among Mexico City Adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Bruffaerts R, Bonnewyn A, Van Oyen H, Demarest S, Demyttenaere K. (in press). Van prevalentie tot preventie van mentale stoornissen. Reflecties vanuit twee bevolkingsstudies. [From prevalence to prevention of mental disorders. Reflections from two population studies] In: M De Hert et al. (Eds.), Preventie in de geestelijke gezondheidszorg. Mechelen: Kluwer.

Bruffaerts R, Bonnewyn A, Demyttenaere K. (in press). Lifetime treatment for mental disorders in the Belgian general population. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

Bruffaerts R, Bonnewyn A, Demyttenaere K. (in press). Mood disorders in Belgium. Impact on health and costs. Acta Psychiatrica Belgica (suppl).

Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Demyttenaere, K. (in press)Het voorkomen van depressie in België. Stand van zaken en een aantal reflecties voor de toekomst [The epidemiology of depression in Belgium. State of the art and some reflections for the future]. Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie.

Bruffaerts, R., Demyttenaere, K., Vilagut, G., Martinez, M., Bonnewyn, A., De Graaf, R., Brugha, T.S., Bernert, S., Angermeyer, M.C., Roick, C., Alonso, J. (in press) The relationship between Body Mass Index, mental health, and functional disability. A European population perspective. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

Buist-Bouwman MA, Ormel J, De Graaf R, Vilagut G, Alonso J, Van Sonderen E, Vollebergh WAM, and the ESEMeD / MHEDEA 2000 investigators (in press). Psychometric properties of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule used in the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res.

De Ridder, T, Bruffaerts, R, Bonnewyn, A, Danckaerts, M, Demyttenaere, K (in press). ADHD in de Belgische volwassen bevolking. Een epidemiologische exploratieve studie. Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie.

Degenhardt, L, Chiu, WT, Sampson, N, Kessler, RC, Anthony, JC, Angermeyer, M, Bruffaerts, R, de Girolamo, G, Gureje, O, Huang, Y, Karam, A, Kostyuchenko, S, Lepine, JP, Medina Mora, ME, Neumark, Y, Ormel, J, Pinto-Meza, A, Posada-Villa, J, Stein, DJ, Takeshima, T, Wells, JE (in press). Toward a global view of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and cocaine use: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. PLoS Medicine.

Demyttenaere, K., Bonnewyn, A., Bruffaerts, R., Brugha, T., De Graaf, R., Alonso, J. (in press) Comorbid painful physical symptoms and anxiety disorders: prevalence, work loss, and help seeking. Journal of Affective Disorders.

Demyttenaere, K., Bonnewyn, A., Bruffaerts, R., de Girolamo, G., Gasquet, I., Kovess, V., Haro, J.M., Alonso, J. (in press) Clinical factors influencing the prescription of antidepressants and benzodiazepines. Results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD). Journal of Affective Disorders.

Furukawa, T. A., Kawakami, N., Saitoh, M., Ono, Y., Nakane, Y., Nakamura, Y., Tachimori, H., Iwata, N., Uda, H., Nakane, H., Watanabe, M., Naganuma, Y., Hata, Y., Kobayashi, M. & Miyake, Y. (in press). The performance of the Japanese version of the K6 and K10 in the World Mental Health Survey Japan. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research.

Gal, G., Kaplan, G., Gross, R., Levav, I. (in press). Status Inconsistency and Common Mental Disorders in the Israel-based World Mental Health Survey. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

Joe, S, Stain, DJ, Seedat, S, Herman, A, Williams, DR (in press). Non-fatal suicidal behavior among South Africans: Results from the South Africa Stress and Health Study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

Karam, EG, Mneimneh, Z, Dimassi, H, Fayyad, JA, Karam, AN, Nasser SC, Chatterji, S, Kessler, RC (in press). Lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in Lebanon: first onset, treatment and exposure to war. PLoS Medicine.

Kessler, R.C., Adler, L., Barkley, R., Biederman, J., Conners, C.K., Greenhill, L.L., Spencer, T. (in press). The prevalence and correlates of adult ADHD. In J.K. Buitelaar, C. Kan, & P. Asherson (Eds.), ADHD in Adulthood. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

Medina-Mora, M.A., Borges, G., Benjet, C., Lara, C., Berglund, P.A. (in press). Psychiatric disorders in Mexico: Lifetime prevalence in a nationally representative sample. British Journal of Psychiatry.

Misky, J, Kohn, R, Levav, I, Grinshpoon, A, Ponizovsky, AM (in press). Psychological distress and common mental disorders among immigrants: Results from the Israel-based component of the World Mental Health Survey. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Nock, MK, Borges, G, Bromet, EJ, Cha, CB, Kessler, RC, Lee, S (in press). The epidemiology of suicide and suicidal behaviors. Epidemiologic Reviews.

Ochoa, S, Haro, JM, Torres, JV, Pinto-Meza, A, Palacin, C, Bernal, M, Brugha, T, Prat, B, Usall, J, Alonso, J, Autonell, J (in press). What is the relative importance of self reported psychotic symptoms in epidemiological studies? Results from the ESEMeD-Catalonia Study. Schizophrenia Research

Ono Y, Kawakami N, Nakane Y, Nakamura Y, Tachimori H, Iwata N, Uda H, Nakane H, Watanabe M, Naganuma Y, Furukawa TA, Hata Y, Kobayashi M, Miyake Y, Tajima M, Takeshima T, Kikkawa T. (in press). Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Suicide-Related Outcomes in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys Japan. Psychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience .

Scott, K.M., Von Korff, M., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M.C., Bromet, E., Fayyad, J., de Girolamo, G., Demyttenaere, K., Gasquet, I., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., He, Y. Kessler, R.C., Levinson, D., Medina-Mora, M.E., Oakley, Browne, M. Ormel, J., Posada-Villa, J., Watanabe, M., Williams, D. (in press) Mental-physical comorbidity and its relationship with disability: results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychological Medicine

Scott, KM, Von Korff, M, Alonso, J, Angermeyer, MC, Benjet, C, Bruffaerts, R, de Girolamo, G, Haro, JM, Kessler, RC, Kovess, V, Ono, Y, Ormel, J, Posada-Villa, J (in press). Childhood adversity, early-onset depressive/anxiety disorders and adult-onset asthma. Psychosomatic Medicine.

Takasaki Y, Kawakami N, Tsuchiya M, Ono Y, Nakane Y, Nakamura Y, Tachimori H, Iwata N, Udah H, Nakane Y, Watanabe M, Naganuma Y, Furukawa T, Hata Y, Kobayashi M, Miyake Y, Takeshima T, Kikkawa T. (in press) Heart Disease, Other Circulatory Diseases, and Onset of Major Depression among Community Residents in Japan: Results of the World Mental Health Survey Japan 2002-2004. Acta Med Okayama

Tsuchiya, M, Kawakami, N, ono, Y, Nakane, Y, Nakamura, Y, Tachimori, H, Iwata, N, Uda, H, Nakane, H, Watanabe, M, Naganuma, Y, Furukawa, T, Hata, Y, Kobayashi, K, Miyake, Y, Takeshima, T, Kikkawa, T, Kessler, RC (in press). Lifetime comorbidities between phobic disorders and major depression in Japan: Results from the World Mental Health Japan 2002-2004 Survey. Depression and Anxiety.

Wells, JE, McGee, MA, Baxter, J, Agnew, F, Kokaua, J (in press). Onset and lifetijme use of drugs in New Zealand: Results from Te Rau Hinengaro: the New Zealand Mental Health Survey 2003-2004. Drug and Alcohol Review.

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Borges, G., Angst, J., Nock, M.K., Ruscio, A.M., Walters, E.E., Kessler, R.C. (2008 epublished ahead of print). A risk index for 12-month suicide attempts in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Psychological Medicine. PubMed Abstract

Borges, G., Angst, J., Nock, M.K., Ruscio, A.M., Kessler, R.C. (2008). Risk factors for the incidence and persistence of suicide-related outcomes: A 10-year follow-up study using the National Comorbidity Surveys. Journal of Affective Disorders 105(1-3), 25-33. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables

Borges, G., Benjet, C., Medina-Mora, M.E., Orozco, R., Nock, M.K. (2008). Suicide ideation, plan and attempt in the Mexican Adolescent Mental Health Survey. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 47(1), 41-52. PubMed Abstract

Borges, G, Benjet, C, Medina-Mora, ME, Orozco, R, Molnar, BE, Nock, MK (2008 epublished ahead of print). Traumatic events and suicide-related outcomes among Mexico City adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. PubMed Abstract

Breslau, J, Lane, M, Sampson, N, Kessler, RC (2008 epublished ahead of print). Mental disorders and subsequent educational attainment in a US National sample. Journal of Psychiatric Research. PubMed Abstract

Breslau, J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Borges, G., Castilla-Puentes, R.C., Kendler, K.S., Medina-Mora, M.-E., Su, M., Kessler, R.C. (2008). Mental disorders among English-speaking Mexican immigrants to the US compared to a national sample of Mexicans. Psychiatry Research. 151(1-2), 115-22. PubMed Abstract

Degenhardt, L., Chiu, W. T., Dierker, L., Glantz, M., Kalaydjian, A., Merikangas, K., Sampson, N., Swendsen, J., & Kessler, R. C. (epub ahead of print). Does the “gateway” matter? Associations between the order of drug use initiation and the development of drug dependence in the National Comorbidity Study Replication. Psychological Medicine. PubMed Abstract

de Graaf, R., Kessler, R.C., Fayyad, J., ten Have, M., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Borges, G., Demyttenaere, K., Gasquet, I., de Girolamo, G., Haro, J.M., Jin, R., Karam, E.G., Ormel, J., Posada-Villa, J. (2008). The prevalence and effects of Adult Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on the performance of workers: Results from the WHO World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Epublished ahead of print.

Druss BG, Hwang I, Petukhova M, Sampson NA, Wang PS, Kessler RC. (2008 epublished ahead of print). Impairment in role functioning in mental and chronic medical disorders in the United States: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Molecular Psychiatry. PubMed Abstract

He, Y., M. Zhang, E. H. B. Lin, R. Bruffaerts, J. Posada-Villa, M. C. Angermeyer, D. Levinson, G. de Girolamo, H. Uda, Z. Mneimneh, C. Benjet1, R. de Graaf1, K. M. Scott1, O. Gureje, S. Seedat14, J. M. Haro1, E. J. Bromet1, J. Alonso7, M. von Korff and R. Kessler. (2008) Mental disorders among persons with arthritis: results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychological Medicine, 38, 1–12. PubMed Abstract

Heider, D, Matschinger H, Bernert S, Alonso J, Brugha T, Bruffaerts R, Dietrich S, Angermeyer M. (2008 epublished ahead of print). Adverse parenting as a risk factor in the occurrence of anxiety disorders: A study in six European countries. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. PubMed Abstract

Gureje, O., Von Korff, M., Kola, l., Demyttenaere, K., He, Y., Posada-Villa, J., Lepine, J.-P., Angermeyer, M., Levinson, D., de Girolamo, G., Iwata, N., Karam, A., Borges, G., de Graaf, R., Oakley Browne, M., Stein, D., Bromet, E., Kessler, R.C., Alonso, J. (2008). The relation between multiple pains and mental disorders: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Pain, 135, 82-91. PubMed Abstract

Joe, S, Stein, DJ, Seedat, S, Herman, A, Williams, DR (2008). Prevalence and correlates of non-fatal suicidal behaviour among South Africans. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 192, 310-311. PubMed Abstract

Karam, EG, Mneimneh, ZN, Dimassi, H, Fayyad, JA, Karam, AN, Nasser, SC, Chatterji, S, Kessler, RC. (2008). Lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in Lebanon: First onset, treatment, and exposure to war. PLoS Medicine, 5(4), e61 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050061. Full text

Kessler, R.C., Gruber, M., Hettema, J.M., Hwang, I., Sampson, N., Yonkers, K.A. (2008). Co-morbid major depression and generalized anxiety disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey follow-up. Psychological Medicine, 38(3), 365-374. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Heeringa, S., Lakoma, M.D., Petukhova, M., Rupp, A.E., Schoenbaum, M., Wang, P.S., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2008). The individual-level and societal-level effects of mental disorders on earnings in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. American Journal of Psychiatry, 165(6), 703-711. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, RC, Merikangas, KR & Wang, PS (2008). The prevalence and correlates of workplace depression in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 50(4), 381-390. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, RC & Wang PS (2008). The descriptive epidemiology of commonly occurring mental disorders in the United States. Annual Review of Public Health, 29, 115-129. PubMed Abstract

Levinson, D., Karger, C.J., Haklai, Z. (2008). Chronic physical conditions and use of health services among persons with mental disorders – results from the Israel National Health Survey. General Hospital Psychiatry, 30, 226-232.

Loganovsky, K, Havenaar, JM, Tintle, NL, Guey, LT, Kotov, R, Bromet, EJ (2008). The Mental Health of Clean-Up Workers 18 years after the Chernobyl Accident. Psychological Medicine, 38(4), 481-8. PubMed Abstract

Nock, M.K., Borges, G., Bromet, E.J., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Beautrais, A., Bruffaerts, R., Chiu, W.T., de Girolamo, G., Gluzman, S., de Graaf, R., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Huang, Y., Karam, E., Kessler, R.C., Lepine, J.P., Levinson, D., Medina-Mora, M.E., Ono, Y., Posada-Villa, J., Williams, D. (2008). Cross-national prevalence and risk factors for suicidal ideation, plans and attempts. British Journal of Psychiatry, 192: 98-105. PubMed Abstract

O’Leary, KD, Tintle, N, Bromet, EJ, Gluzman, SF (2008 epublished ahead of print). Descriptive epidemiology of intimate partner aggression in Ukraine. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. PubMed Abstract

Ormel, J, Petukhova, M, Chatterji, S, Aguilar-Gaxiola, S, Alonso, J, Angermeyer, MC, Bromet, EJ, Burger, H, Demyttenaere, K, de Girolamo, G, Haro, JM, Hwang, I, Karam, EG, Kawakami, N, Lepine, JP, Medina-Mora, ME, Posada-Villa, J, Sampson, N, Scott, K, Ustun, TB, Von Korff, M, Williams, D, Zhang, M, Kessler, RC (2008). Disability and treatment of specific mental and physical disorders across the world: Results form the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. British Journal of Psychiatry, 192, 368-375. PubMed Abstract

Ruscio, A.M., Brown, T.A., Chiu, W.T., Sareen, J., Stein, M.B., Kessler, R.C. (2008). Social fears and social phobia in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Psychological Medicine, 38(1):15-28. PubMed Abstract

Saunders, K., Merikangas, K., Low, N.C., Von Korff, M., Kessler, R.C. (2008). Impact of comorbidity on headache-related disability. Neurology 7: 538-47. PubMed Abstract

Scocco, P., de Girolamo, G., Vilagut, G., Alonso, J. (2008). Prevalence of suicide ideation, plans, attempts and related risk factors in Italy: Results from the ESEMeD-Italy study. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 49(1), 13-21. PubMed Abstract

Scott, KM; McGee, MA; Wells, JE; Oakley Browne, MA. Obesity and mental disorders in the adult general population (2008). Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 64(1), 97-105. PubMed Abstract

Scott, KM; McGee, MA; Schaaf, D; Baxter, J. Mental-physical comorbidity in an ethnically diverse population (2008). Social Science and Medicine, 66(5), 1165-73. PubMed Abstract

Scott, K.M., Bruffaerts, R., Simon, G.E., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., de Girolamo, G., Demyttenaere, K., Gasquet, I., Haro, J.M., Karam, E.G., Kessler, R.C., Levinson, D., Medina-Mora, M.E., Oakley Browne, M.A., Ormel, J., Villa, J.P., Uda, H., Von Korff, M. (2008). Obesity and mental disorders in the general population: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys. International Journal of Obesity, 32(1), 192-200. PubMed Abstract

Scott KM; Von Korff M; Alonso J; Angermeyer MC; Bromet E; Bruffaerts R; de Girolamo G; de Graaf R; Fernandez A; Gureje O; He Y; Kessler RC; Kovess V; Levinson D; Medina-Mora ME; Mneimneh Z; Oakley Browne MA; Posada-Villa J; Tachimori H; Williams D. Age patterns in the prevalence of depressive/anxiety disorders with and without physical comorbidity (2008). Psychological Medicine. epublished ahead of print

Stein, D.J., Seedat, S., Herman, A., Moomal, H., Heeringa, S.G., Kessler, R.C., Williams, D.R. (2008) Lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders in South Africa. British Journal of Psychiatry. 192: 112-7. PubMed Abstract

Storr, C, Cheng, H, Posada-Villa, J, Aguilar-Gaxiola, S, Anthony, JC (2008). Adult smokers in Colombia: who isn’t giving it up? Addictive Behaviors, 33(3), 412-21. PubMed Abstract

Williams, DR, Herman, A, Stein, DJ, Heeringa, SG, Jackson, PB, Moomal, H, Kessler, RC (2008). Twelve Month Mental Disorders in South Africa: Prevalence, Service Use, and Demographic Correlates in the Population-Based South African Stress and Health Study. Psychological Medicine, 38(2), 211-20. PubMed Abstract

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Demyttenaere, K., Bruffaerts, R., Lee, S., Posada-Villa, J., Kovess, V., Angermeyer, M.C., Levinson, D., de Girolamo, G., Nakane, H., Mneimneh, Z., Lara, C., de Graaf, R., Scott, K.M., Gureje, O., Stein, D.J., Haro, J.M., Bromet, E.J., Kessler, R.C., Alonso, J., Von Korff, M. (2007). Mental disorders among persons with chronic back or neck pain: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Pain, 129(3), 332-342. PubMed Abstract

Druss, B.G., Wang, P.S., Sampson, N.A., Olfson, M., Pincus, H.A., Wells, K.B., Kessler, R.C. (2007). Understanding mental health treatment in persons without mental diagnoses: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Archives of General Psychiatry: 64(10), 1196-1203. PubMed Abstract

Fayyad, J., de Graaf, R., Kessler, R.C., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Demyttenaere, K., de Girolamo, G., Haro, J.M., Jin, R., Karam, E.G., Lara, C., Lepine, J.P., Ormel, J., Posada-Villa, J., Zaslavsky, A. (2007). The cross national prevalence and correlates of ADHD: Results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 190, 402-409. PubMed Abstract

Fernández, A., Haro, J.M., Martinez Alonso, M., Demyttenaere, K., Brugha, T.S., Autonell, J., de Girolamo, G., Bernert, S., Lepine, J.P., Alonso, J. (2007). Treatment adequacy for anxiety and depressive disorders in six European countries. British Journal of Psychiatry, 190, 172-173. PubMed Abstract

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Grinshpoon, A, Marom, E, Weizman, A, Ponizovsky, AM (2007). Psychotropic Drug Use in Israel: results from the National Health Survey. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry; 9:356-363. PubMed Abstract

Günther, O.H., Friemel, S., Bernert, S., Matschinger, H., Angermeyer, M.C., König, H.H. (2007). The burden of depressive disorders in Germany. Results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD). Psychiatrische Praxis. 34(6), 292-301. (in German) PubMed Abstract

Gureje, O., Makanjuola, V.A., Kola, L. (2007). Insomnia and role impairment in the community: Results from the Nigerian Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 42(6), 495-501 PubMed Abstract

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Hudson, J.I., Hiripi, E., Pope, H.G., Jr., Kessler, R.C. (2007). The prevalence and correlates of DSM-IV eating disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Biological Psychiatry, 61(3), 348-358. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables, Erratum
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Kessler, R.C., Fayyad, J., Karam, E.G., Alonso, J., Demyttenaere, K., Haro, J.M., Lara, C., Lépine, J.-P., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2007). Authors’ reply [to Berg]. British Journal of Psychiatry; 191:457-458. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Merikangas, K.R. (2007). Drug use disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey: Have we come a long way?—reply. [A response letter to Cottler]. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64(3), 381-382.

Kessler, R.C., Merikangas, K.R., Wang, P.S. (2007). Prevalence, comorbidity, and service utilization for mood disorders in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century. In S. Nolen-Hoeksema, T. Cannon, & T. Widiger (Eds.), Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Volume 3 (pp. 137-158). Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews.

Kessler, R.C., Berglund, P.A., Borges, G.L.G., Castilla-Puentes, R.C., Glantz, M.D., Jaeger, S.A., Merikangas, K.R., Nock, M.K., Russo, L.J., Stang, P.E. (2007). Smoking and suicidal behaviors in the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication.  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 195(5), 369-377. PubMed Abstract

Kovess-Masféty, V., Alonso, J., Brugha, T.S., Angermeyer, M.C., Haro, J.M., Sevilla-Dedieu, C., the ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 Investigators (2007). Differences in lifetime use of services for mental health problems in six European countries. Psychiatric Services, 58, 213-220. PubMed Abstract

Lee, S., Fung, C.S., Tsang, A., Huang, Y.-Q., He, Y.-L., Zhang, M.-Y., Shen, Y.-C., Nock, M.K., Kessler, R.C. (2007). Lifetime prevalence of suicide ideation, plan and attempt in metropolitan China. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinaivca; 116:429-437. PubMed Abstract

Lee, S., Tsang, A., Huang, Y.-Q., Zhang, M.-Y., Liu, Z.-R., He, Y.-L., Von Korff, M., Kessler, R.C. (2007). Arthritis and physical-mental comorbidity in metropolitan China. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 63(1), 1-7. PubMed Abstract

Lee, S., Tsang, A., Zhang, M.-Y., Huang, Y.-Q., He, Y.-L., Liu, Z.-R., Shen, Y.-C., Kessler, R.C. (2007). Lifetime prevalence and inter-cohort variation in DSM-IV disorders in metropolitan China. Psychological Medicine, 37(1), 61-71. PubMed Abstract

Lee, S., Zhang, M.Y., Shen, Y.C., Huang, Y.Q., Fung, S.C., Tsang, A., He, Y.L., Lui, Z.R., Kessler, R.C. (2007). Delay in initial treatment contact after first onset of mental disorders in metropolitan China. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 37(1), 61-71. PubMed Abstract

Lenzenweger, M.F., Lane, M.C., Loranger, A.W., Kessler, R.C. (2007). DSM-IV personality disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Biological Psychiatry 62(6), 553-564. PubMed Abstract

Levav, I., Al-Krenawi, A., Ifrah, A., Geralsy, N., Grinshpoon, A., Khwaled, R., Levinson, D. (2007). Common Mental Disorders among Arab-Israelis: Findings from the Israel National Health Survey. Israel Journal of Psychiatry: 44(2); 104-113. PubMed Abstract

Levav, I., Levinson, D., Radomislensky, I., Shemesh, A.A., Kohn, R. (2007). Psychopathology and Other Health Dimensions among offspring of Holocaust Survivors: Results from the Israel National Health Survey. Israel Journal of Psychiatry: 44(2); 144-151. PubMed Abstract

Levinson, D., Levav, I., Bin Nun, G., Polakiewicz, J. (2007). Editorial: Israel National Health Survey: New Data for Planners, Clinicians, Researchers and the Public at Large. Israel Journal of Psychiatry: 44(2); 79-80. PubMed Abstract

Levinson, D., Paltiel, A., Nir, M., Makovki, T. (2007). The Israel National Health Survey: Issues and Methods. Israel Journal of Psychiatry: 44(2); 85-93. PubMed Abstract

Levinson, D., Zilber, N., Lerner, Y., Grinshpoon, A., Levav, I. (2007). Prevalence of Mood and Anxiety Disorders in the Community: Results from the Israel National Health Survey. Israel Journal of Psychiatry: 44(2); 94-103. PubMed Abstract

Levinson, D., Lerner, Y., Zilber, N., Grinshpoon, A., Levav, I. (2007). Twelve-month Service Utilization Rates for Mental Health Reasons: Data from the Israel National Health Survey. Israel Journal of Psychiatry: 44(2); 114-125. PubMed Abstract

Levinson, D., Haklai, Z., Stein, N., Polakiewicz, J. (2007). Suicide Ideation, Planning and Attempts: Results from the Israel National Health Survey. Israel Journal of Psychiatry: 44(2); 136-143. PubMed Abstract

López-Ibor JJ, Alonso J, Haro JM (2007). Estudio Europeo de la Epidemiología de los Trastornos Mentales(ESEMeD): aportaciones para la salud mental en España. (Spanish). Actas Esp Psiquiat, 35(suppl 2):1-3.

Medina-Mora , M.A., Borges, G., Benjet, C., Lara, C., Berglund, P.A. (2007). Psychiatric disorders in Mexico: Lifetime prevalence in a nationally representative sample. British Journal of Psychiatry, 190, 521-528. PubMed Abstract

Merikangas, K.R., Akiskal, H.S., Angst, J., Greenberg, P.E., Hirschfeld, R.M.A., Petukhova, M., Kessler, R.C. (2007). Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of bipolar spectrum disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64(5), 543-552. PubMed Abstract

Merikangas, K.R., Ames, M., Cui, L., Stang, P.E., Ustun, T.B., Von Korff, M., Kessler, R.C. (2007). The impact of comorbidity of mental and physical conditions on role disability in the US adult household population. Archives of General Psychiatry: 64(10), 1180-1188. PubMed Abstract

Neumark, Y.D., Lopez-Quintero, C., Grinshpoon, A., Levinson, D. (2007). Alcohol Drinking Patterns and Prevalence of Alcohol-Abuse and Dependence in the Israel National Health Survey. Israel Journal of Psychiatry: 44(2); 126-135. PubMed Abstract

Nock, M.K., Kazdin, A.E., Hiripi, E., Kessler, R.C. (2007). Lifetime prevalence, correlates, and persistence of oppositional defiant disorder: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(7), 703-713. PubMed Abstract

Nutt, D.J., Kessler, R.C., Alonso, J., Benbow, A., Lecrubier, Y.,  Lépine, J.-P., Mechanic, D., Tylee, A. (2007).  Consensus statement on the benefit to the community of ESEMeD (European Study of Epidemiology of Mental Disorders) survey data on depression and anxiety.  Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 68(suppl 2), 42-48. PubMed Abstract

Ormel, J., Von Korff, M., Burger, H., Scott, K., Demyttenaere, K., Huang, Y.Q., Posada-Villa, J., Pierre Lepine, J., Angermeyer, M.C., Levinson, D., de Girolamo, G., Kawakami, N., Karam, E., Medina-Mora, M.E., Gureje, O., Williams, D., Haro, J.M., Bromet, E.J., Alonso, J., Kessler, R. (2007). Mental disorders among persons with heart disease - results from World Mental Health surveys. General Hospital Psychiatry, 29(4), 325-334. PubMed Abstract

Pinto-Meza A, Haro JM, Palacín C, Torres JV, Ochoa S, Vilagut G, Martínez-Alonso M, Codony M, Alonso J (2007). Impacto de los trastornos del ánimo, de ansiedad y de las enfermedades físicas crónicas en la calidad de vida de la población general de España. Resultados del estudio ESEMeD-España. [The impact of mood and anxiety disorders, and physical chronic conditions in the quality of life of the general population of Spain. Results from the ESEMeD-Spain study.]. (Spanish). Actas Esp Psiquiatr, 35(suppl 2):12-20.

Ruscio, A.M., Chiu, W.T., Roy-Byrne, P., Stang, P.E., Stein, D.J., Wittchen, H.-U., Kessler, R.C. (2007). Broadening the definition of generalized anxiety disorder: Effects on prevalence and associations with other disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21(5), 662-676. PubMed Abstract

Scott, K.M., Bruffaerts, R., Tsang, A., Ormel, J., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M.C., Benjet, C., Bromet, E., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Gasquet, I., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., He, Y., Kessler, R.C., Levinso,n D., Mneimneh, Z.N., Oakley, Browne, M.A., Posada-Villa, J., Stein, D.J., Takeshima, T., Von Korff, M. (2007). Depression-anxiety relationships with chronic physical conditions: results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Journal of Affective Disorders. 103: 113-120. PubMed Abstract

Scott, K.M., Von Korff, M., Ormel, J., Zhang, M.Y., Bruffaerts, R., Alonso, J., Kessler, R.C., Tachimori, H., Karam, E., Levinson, D., Bromet, E.J., Posada-Villa, J., Gasquet, I., Angermeyer, M.C., Borges, G., de Girolamo, G., Herman, A., Haro, J.M. (2007). Mental disorders among adults with asthma: Results from the World Mental Health Survey. General Hospital Psychiatry, 29(2), 123-133. PubMed Abstract

Wang, P.S., Aguilar-Gaxiola, E., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M.A., Borges, G., Bromet, E.J., Bruffaerts, R., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Karam, E.G., Kessler, R.C., Kovess, V., Lane, M.C., Lee, S., Levinson, D., Ono, Y., Petukhova, M., Posada-Villa, J., Seedat, S., Wells, J.E. (2007). Worldwide use of mental health services for anxiety, mood, and substance disorders: Results from 17 countries in the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. The Lancet: 370(9590): 841-850. PubMed Abstract . Appendix tables

Wang, P.S., Angermeyer, M., Borges, G., Bruffaerts, R., Chiu, W.T., de Girolamo, G., Fayyad, J., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Huang, Y-Q., Kessler, R.C., Kovess, V., Levinson, D., Nakane, Y., Oakley Browne, M.A., Ormel, J., Posada-Villa, J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Lee, S., Heeringa, S., Pennell, B-E., Chatterji, S., Ustun, T.B. (2007). Delay and failure in treatment seeking after first onset of mental disorders in the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative. World Psychiatry: 6; 177-185. Appendix Figures 1-3
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Webb, C.P.M., Bromet, E.J., Tintle, N.L., Schwartz, J.E., Gluzman, S.F., Kostyuchenko, S., Havenaar, J.M. (2007). Smoking initiation and nicotine dependence symptoms in Ukraine: Findings from the Ukraine World Mental Health survey. Public Health, 121, 663-672. PubMed Abstract

Wells, JE, Baxter, J, Schaaf, D (Eds). (2007). Substance use disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Wellington: Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand.
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Williams, SL, Williams, DR, Stein, DJ, Seedat, S, Jackson, PB, Moomal, H (2007). Multiple Traumatic Events and Psychological Distress: The South Africa Stress and Health Study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20(5), 845-855. PubMed Abstract

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2006 WMH Publications

Adler, L.A., Spencer, T., Faraone, S.V., Kessler, R.C., Howes, M., Biederman, J., Secnik, K. (2006). Validity of pilot Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) to rate adult ADHD symptoms. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 18(3), 145-148. PubMed Abstract

Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Medina-Mora, M.-E., Magana, C.G., Vega, W.A., Alejo-Garcia, C., Quintanar, T. R., Vazquez, L., Ballestros, P.D., Ibarra, J., Rosales, H. (2006). Illicit drug use in Latin America: Epidemiology, service use, and HIV. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 84(suppl 1), S85-93. PubMed Abstract

Baxter, J., Kingi, T.K., Tapsell, R., Durie, M., McGee, M.A., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team (2006). Prevalence of mental disorders among Maori in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 914-923. PubMed Abstract

Baxter, J., Kokaua, J., Wells, J.E., McGee, M.A., Oakley Browne, M.A., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team (2006). Ethnic comparisons of the 12-month prevalence of mental disorders and treatment contact in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40(10), 905-913. PubMed Abstract

Bernal, M., Haro, J.M., Bernert, S., Brugha, T., de Graaf, R., Bruffaerts, R., Lépine, J.P., de Girolamo, G., Vilagut, G., Gasquet, I., Torres, J.V., Kovess, V., Kessler, R.C., Alonso, J. and the ESEMED/MHEDEA Investigators (2006). Risk factors for suicidality in Europe: Results from the ESEMED study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 101(1-3), 27-34. PubMed Abstract

Bertrem C, Bruffaerts R, Bonnewyn A, Van Oyen H, Demarest S, Demyttenaere K. (2006). Mental and pain comorbidity of chronic somatic disorders in the general population of Belgium. Archives of Public Health, 64: 199-214. Full text

Beautrais, A.L., Wells, J.E., McGee, M.A., Oakley Browne, M.A., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team (2006). Suicidal behaviour in the Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 896-904. PubMed Abstract

Borges, G., Angst, J., Nock, M.K., Ruscio, A.M., Walters, E.E., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Risk factors for twelve-month suicide attempts in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Psychological Medicine, 36(12), 1747-1758. PubMed Abstract

Borges, G., Medina-Mora, M.-E., Zambrano, J., Garrido, G. (2006). Epidemiología de la conducta suicida en México  (Epidemiology of suicidal behavior in Mexico), en: Informe Nacional sobre la Violencia y la Salud en México, DF: SSA; noviembre 2006, pp. 205-236 [Epidemiology of suicidal behavior in Mexico, Chap. VII , Nacional Report on Violence and Health]

Borges, G., Medina-Mora, M.-E., Wang, P.S., Lara, C.,  Berglund, P., Walters, E. (2006) Treatment and adequacy of treatment for mental disorders in the Mexico National Mental Health Survey. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163(8), 1371-1378. PubMed Abstract

Breslau, J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Kendler, K.S., Su, M., Williams, D., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Specifying race-ethnic differences in risk of psychiatric disorders. Psychological Medicine, 36(1), 57-68. PubMed Abstract

Bruffaerts R, Bonnewyn A, Demyttenaere K (2006). Epidemiologische ontwikkelingen op het vlak van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg in België: situatieschets en aandachtspunten voor de toekomst. [Epidemiological changes in mental health care in Belgium. State of the art and some reflections for the future] Acta Hospitalia, 46: 7-23. Abstract

Buist-Bouwman, M.A., de Graaf, R., Volleberg, W.M., Alonso, J., Bruffaerts, R., Ormel, J., and the ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 investigators (2006). Functional disability of mental disorders and comparison with physical disorders: A study among the general population of six European countries. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 113, 492-500. PubMed Abstract

de Girolamo, G., Alonso, J., Vilagut, G. (2006). The ESEMeD-WMH project: Strengthening epidemiological research in Europe through the study of variation in prevalence rates. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, 15(3), 167-173. PubMed Abstract

de Girolamo, G., Polidori, G., Morosini, G., Scarpino, V., Reda, V., Serra, G., Mazzi, F., Alonso, J., Villagut, G., Visonà, G., Falsirollo, F., Rossi, A., Warner, R. (2006). Prevalence of common mental disorders in Italy: Results from the European Study of Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD). Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 41(11), 853-861. PubMed Abstract

Demyttenaere, K., Bonnewyn, A., Bruffaerts, R., Brugha, T., De Graaf, R., Alonso, J. (2006). Comorbid painful physical symptoms and depression: Prevalence, work loss, and help seeking. Journal of Affective Disorders, 92(2-3), 185-193. PubMed Abstract

Fernández, A., Haro, J.M., Codony, M., Vilagut, G., Martínez-Alonso, M., Autonell, J., Salvador-Carulla, L., Ayuso-Mateo, J.L., Fullana, M.A., Alonso, J. (2006). Treatment adequecy of anxiety and depressive disorders: primary versus specialized care in Spain. Journal of Affective Disorders, 96(1-2), 9-20. PubMed Abstract

Foliaki, S.A., Kokaua, J., Schaaf, D., Tukuitonga, C., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team (2006). Twelve-month and lifetime prevalences of mental disorders and treatment contact among Pacific people in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 924-934. PubMed Abstract

Gureje, O., Lasebikan, V.O., Kola, L., Makanjuola, V.A. (2006).  Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of mental disorders in the Nigerian Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being.  British Journal of Psychiatry, 188, 465-471. PubMed Abstract

Haro, J.M., Palacin, C., Vilagut, G., Martinez, M., Bernal, M., Luque, I., Codony, M., Dolz, M., Alonso, J., and the Grupo ESEMeD-Espana (2006). Prevalence and associated factors of mental disorders in Spain: Results from the ESEMED-Spain Study. Medicina Clinica (Barcelona), 126(12), 445-451. PubMed Abstract

Haro, J.M., Arbabzadeh-Bouchez, S., Brugha, T.S., de Girolamo, G., Guyer, M.E., Jin, R., Lepine, J-P., Mazzi, F., Reneses, B., Vilagut, G., Sampson, N.A., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Concordance of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview Version 3.0 (CIDI 3.0) with standardized clinical assessments in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 15(4), 167-180.  PubMed Abstract

Heider, D., Matschinger, H., Bernert, S., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M.C., ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 investigators (2006). Relationship between parental bonding and mood disorder in six European countries. Psychiatry Research, 143(1), 89-98. PubMed Abstract

Honjo, K., Kawakami, N., Takeshima, T., Tachimori, H., Ono, Y., Uda, H., Hata, Y., Nakane, Y., Nakane, H., Iwata, N., Furukawa, T.A., Watanabe, M., Nakamura, Y., Kikkawa, T. (2006). Social class inequalities in self-rated health and their gender and age group differences in Japan. Journal of Epidemiology, 16(6), 223-232. PubMed Abstract

Karam, E.G., Mneimneh, Z.N., Karam, A.N., Fayyad, J.A., Nasser, S.C., Chatterji, S., Kessler, R.C. (2006). 12-Month prevalence and treatment of mental disorders in Lebanon: A National epidemiologic survey. The Lancet, 367(9515), 1000-1006. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (2006). Comments on the initial papers from Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 823-826. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (2006). The epidemiology of depression among women. In C. Keyes, & S. Goodman (Eds.), A Handbook for the Social, Behavioral, and Biomedical Sciences: Women and Depression (pp. 22-37). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Kessler, R.C., Adler, L., Barkley, R., Biederman, J., Connors, C.K., Demler, O., Faraone, S.V., Greenhill, L.L., Howes, M.J., Secnik, K., Spencer, T., Ustun, T.B., Walters, E.E., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2006). The prevalence and correlates of adult ADHD in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163(4), 716-723. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables

Kessler, R.C., Akiskal, H.S., Ames, M., Birnbaum, H., Greenberg, P., Hirschfeld, R.M., Jin, R., Merikangas, K.R., Wang, P.S. (2006). The prevalence and effects of mood disorders on work performance in a nationally representative sample of US workers. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 1561-1568. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Aksikal, H.S., Angst, J., Guyer, M., Hirschfeld, R.M.A., Merikangas, K.R., Stang, P.E. (2006). Validity of the assessment of bipolar spectrum disorders in the WHO CIDI 3.0. Journal of Affective Disorders, 96(3), 259-269. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables

Kessler, R.C., Chiu, W.T., Colpe, L., Demler, O., Merikangas, K.R., Walters, E.E., Wang, P.S. (2006). The prevalence and correlates of serious mental illness (SMI) in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). In R.W. Manderscheid, & J.T. Berry (Eds.). Mental Health, United States, 2004 (pp. 134-148). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Full text of this chapter can be read at: http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA06-4195/Chapter15.asp

Kessler, R.C., Chiu, W.T., Jin, R., Ruscio, A.M., Shear, K., Walters, E.E. (2006). The epidemiology of panic attacks, panic disorder, and agoraphobia in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63(4), 415-424. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Coccaro, E.F., Fava, M., Jaeger, S., Jin, R., Walters, E.E. (2006). The prevalence and correlates of DSM-IV intermittent explosive disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63(6), 669-678. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Haro, J.M., Heeringa, S.G., Pennell, B.-E., Ustun, T.B. (2006). The World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, 15(3), 161-166. PubMed Abstract

Medina-Mora M.E., Borges, G., Fleiz, C., Benjet, C., Rojas, E., Zambrano, J., Villatoro, J., Aguilar- Gaxiola, S. (2006). Prevalence and correlates of drug use disorders in Mexico. The Pan American Journal of Public Health, 19(4), 265-276. PubMed Abstract

Naganuma, Y., Tachimori, H., Kawakami, N., Takeshima, T., Ono, Y., Uda, H., Hata, Y., Nakane, Y., Nakane, H., Iwata, N., Furukawa, T.A., Kikkawa, T. (2006). Twelve-month use of mental health services in four areas in Japan: Findings from the World Mental Health Japan Survey 2002-2003. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 60(2), 240-248. PubMed Abstract

Neuville O, Marinus W, Bruffaerts R, Bonnewyn A, Demyttenaere K. (2006). Prévalence de la dépression majeure associée à un trouble anxieux dans la population belge. [ Prevalence of anxiety-depression comorbidity in the general population of Belgium]. Neuron, 11: 368-372.

Nock, M.K., Kazdin, A.E., Hiripi, E., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Prevalence, subtypes, and correlates of DSM-IV conduct disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Psychological Medicine, 36(5), 699-710. PubMed Abstract

Nock, M.K., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Prevalence of and risk factors for suicide attempts versus suicide gestures: Analysis of the National Comorbidity Survey. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115(3), 616-623. PubMed Abstract

Oakley Browne, M.A., Wells, J.E., Scott, K.M., (Eds.) (2006). Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Wellington: Ministry of Health. Full text

Oakley Browne, M.A., Wells, J.E., Scott, K.M., McGee, M.A., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team (2006). Lifetime prevalence and projected lifetime risk of DSM-IV disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 865-874. PubMed Abstract

Oakley Browne, M.A., Wells, J.E., McGee, M.A., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team (2006). Twelve-month and lifetime health service use in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 855-864. PubMed Abstract

Pinto-Meza, A., Serrano-Blanco, A., Vilagut, G., Muñoz, P.E., Von Korff, M., Alonso, J.,  Haro, J.M. (2006). Prevalencia y comorbilidad física y mental del dolor dorsal y del dolor cervical crónicos en España: Resultados del estudio ESEMED.[Prevalence and mental-physical comorbidity of chronic back and neck pain in Spain: Results from the ESEMeD Study]. Medicina Clinica (Barc.), 127(9), 325-330. PubMed Abstract

Posada-Villa, J., Rodriguez, M., Cardenas, S. (2006). Violencia, psyque  y capital social: Un aporte desde el Estudio nacional de salud mental, Colombia 2003. In G. Sánchez Medina & C. Gómez Restrepo (Comp.), Una puerta hacia la paz. Paz y salud Mental en Colombia. (pp.83-96). Bogotá D.C.: Kimpres.

Roth, T., Jaeger, S., Jin, R., Krishnan, A.A., Stang, P.E., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Sleep problems, comorbid mental disorders, and role functioning in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R).  Biological Psychiatry, 60(12), 1364-1371. PubMed Abstract

Scott, K.M., McGee, M.A., Oakley Browne, M.A., Wells, J.E., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team (2006). Mental disorder comorbidity in Te Rau Hinengaro: New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry,40, 875-881. PubMed Abstract

Scott, K.M., Oakley Browne, M.A., McGee, M.A., Wells, J.E., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team (2006). Mental-physical comorbidity in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 882-888. PubMed Abstract

Scott, K.M., McGee, M.A., Wells, J.E., Oakley Browne, M.A., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team (2006). Disability in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 889-895. PubMed Abstract

Shear, K., Jin, R., Ruscio, A.M., Walters, E.E., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Prevalence and correlates of estimated DSM-IV child and adult separation anxiety disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163(6), 1074-1083. PubMed Abstract

Shen, Y.-C., Zhang, M.-Y., Huang, Y.-Q., He, Y.-L., Liu, Z.-R., Cheng, H., Tsang, A., Lee, S., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Twelve month prevalence, severity, and unmet need for treatment of mental disorders in metropolitan China. Psychological Medicine, 36(2), 257-267. PubMed Abstract

Simon, G.E., Von Korff, M., Saunders, K., Miglioretti, D.L., Crane, P.K., van Belle, G., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Association between obesity and psychiatric disorders in the US adult population. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63(7), 824-830. PubMed Abstract

Stang, P., Brandenburg, N., Lane, M., Merikangas, K.R., Von Korff, M., Kessler, R. (2006). Mental and physical comorbid conditions and days in role among persons with arthritis. Psychosomatic Medicine, 68(1), 152-158. PubMed Abstract

Uebelacker, L.A., Wang, P.S., Berglund, P., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Clinical differences among patients treated for mental health problems in general medical and specialty mental health settings in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. General Hospital Psychiatry, 28, 387-395. PubMed Abstract

Wang, P.S., Demler, O., Olfson, M., Pincus, H.A., Wells, K.B., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Changing profiles of service sectors used for mental health care in the United States. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163(7), 1187-1198. PubMed Abstract

Wang, P.S., Lane, M., Olfson, M., Pincus, H.A., Schwenk, T.L., Wells, K.B., Kessler, R.C. (2006). The primary care of mental disorders in the United States. In R.W. Manderscheid, & J.T. Berry (Eds.), Mental Health, United States, 2004 (pp. 117-133). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Full text of this chapter can be read at:
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA06-4195/chapter14.asp

Wells, J.E., Oakley Browne, M.A., Scott, K.M., McGee, M.A., Baxter, J., Kokaua, J., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team (2006). Prevalence, interference with life and severity of 12-month DSM-IV disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 845-854. PubMed Abstract

Wells, J.E., Oakley Browne, M.A., Scott, K.M., McGee, M.A., Baxter, J., Kokaua, J., for the New Zealand Mental Health Survey Research Team (2006). Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS): Overview of methods and findings. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40, 835-844. PubMed Abstract

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2005 WMH Publications

Borges, G., Mondragón, L., Medina-Mora, M.-E., Orozco, R., Zambrano, J., Cherpitel, C. (2005). A case-control study of alcohol and substance use disorders as risk factors for non-fatal injury. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 40(4), 257-262. PubMed Abstract

Borges, G., Wilcox, H.C., Medina-Mora, M.-E., Zambrano-Ruiz, J., Blanco, J., Walters, E.E. (2005). Suicidal behavior in the Mexico National Comorbidity Survey (M-NCS): Lifetime and 12-month prevalence, psychiatric factors and service utilization. Salud Mental, 28(2), 40-47.

Breslau, J., Kendler, K.S., Su, M., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Kessler, R.C. (2005). Lifetime risk and persistence of psychiatric disorders across ethnic groups in the United States. Psychological Medicine, 35, 317-327. PubMed Abstract

Bromet, E.J., Gluzman, S., Paniotto, V., Webb C.P.M., Tintle, N.L., Zakhozha, V., Havenaar, J.M., Gutkovich, Z., Kostyuchenko, S., Schwartz, J.E. (2005). Epidemiology of psychiatric and alcohol disorders in Ukraine: Findings from the Ukraine Mental Health Survey. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 40(9), 681-690. PubMed Abstract

Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Van Oyen, H., Demarest, S., Demyttenaere, K. (2005). [Psychotropic drug use in the Belgian non-institutionalized population] Consommation de medicaments psychotropes dans la population belge. Résultats de l'European Study on Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD). Revue Medicale de Liège, 60, 181-188. PubMed Abstract
Also published in:
Louvain Médical (2005), 124, 145-152. (in French)
Acta Psychiatrica Belgica (2005), 105, 15-22. (in French)
Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. In press. (in Dutch)

Bonnewyn, A., Bruffaerts, R., Van Oyen, H., Demarest, S., Demyttenaere, K. (2005). [The impact of mental disorders on daily living of the non-institutionalized Belgian population] Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde 2005; 61: 1102-1109. (in Dutch)
Also published in:
Revue Medicale de Liège (2005) 60(11), 849-854. (French) Abstract in english

de Girolamo, G., Polidori, G., Morosini, G., Scarpino, V., Reda, V., Serra, G., Mazzi, F., Visonà, G., Falsirollo, F., Rossi, A. (2005). Prevalenza dei disturbi mentali in Italia, fattori di rischio, stato di salute ed uso dei servizi sanitari: Il progetto ESEMeD-WMH. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, Supplemento 8. PubMed Abstract

Friemel, S., Bernert, S., Angermeyer, M.C., Konig, H.H. (2005). [The direct costs of depressive disorders in Germany]. Psychiatrische Praxis, 32, 113-121. (in German) PubMed Abstract

Fryers, T., Melzer, D., Jenkins, R., Brugha, T. (2005). The distribution of the common mental disorders: Social inequalities in Europe. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, 1, 14. PubMed Abstract

Gasquet, I., Nègre-Pages, L., Fourrier, V., El-Hasnaoui, A., Kovess, V., Lépine, J.-P. (2005) Usage des psychotropes et troubles psychiatriques en France: Résultats de l'étude épidémiologique ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000/ (ESEMeD) en population générale. Encephale, 30, 195-206. (in French) PubMed Abstract

Heider, D., Matschinger, H., Bernert, S., Vilagut, G., Martinez-Alonso, M., Dietrich, S. et al. (2005). Empirical evidence for an invariant three-factor structure of the Parental Bonding Instrument in six European countries. Psychiatry Research, 135, 237-247. PubMed Abstract

Kawakami, N., Takeshima, T., Ono, Y., Uda, H., Hata, Y., Nakane, Y., Nakane, H., Iwata, N., Furukawa, T., Kikkawa, T. (2005). Twelve-month prevalence, severity, and treatment of common mental disorders in communities in Japan: Preliminary finding from the World Mental Health Japan Survey 2002-2003. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 59, 441-452. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Adler, L., Ames, M., Barkley, R.A., Birnbaum, H.G., Greenberg, P.E., Johnston, J.A., Spencer, T., Ustun, T.B. (2005).  The prevalence and effects of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder on work performance in a nationally representative sample of workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 47(6), 565-572. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Adler, L., Ames, M., Demler, O., Faraone, S., Hiripi, E., Howes, M.J., Jin, R., Secnik, K., Spencer, T., Ustun, T.B., Walters, E.E. (2005).  The World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS).  Psychological Medicine, 35(2), 245-256. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Adler, L.A., Barkley, R., Biederman, J., Conners, C.K., Faraone, S.V., Greenhill, L.L., Jaeger, S., Secnik, K., Spencer, T., Ustun, T.B., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2005). Patterns and predictors of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder persistence into adulthood: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Biological Psychiatry, 57(11), 1442-1451. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Berglund, P.A., Borges, G., Nock, M., Wang, P.S. (2005). Trends in suicide ideation, plans, gestures, and attempts in the United States 1990-92 to 2001-03. Journal of the American Medical Association, 293(20), 2487-2495. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Berglund, P.A., Demler, O., Jin, R., Walters, E.E. (2005). Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Archives of General Psychiatry, 62(6), 593-602. PubMed Abstract, Lifetime prevalence of DSM-IV disorders by sex and cohort Table 1

Kessler, R.C., Birnbaum, H., Demler, O., Falloon, I.R.H., Gagnon, E., Guyer, M., Howes, M.J., Kendler, K.S., Shi, L., Walters, E., Wu, E.Q. (2005). The prevalence and correlates of nonaffective psychosis in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Biological Psychiatry, 58(8), 668-676. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Brandenburg, N., Lane, M., Roy-Byrne, P., Stang, P.D., Stein, D.J., Wittchen, H.-U. (2005). Rethinking the duration requirement for generalized anxiety disorder: Evidence from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Psychological Medicine, 35(7), 1073-1082. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Chiu, W.T., Demler, O., Walters, E.E. (2005). Prevalence, severity, and comorbidity of twelve-month DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Archives of General Psychiatry, 62(6), 617-627. PubMed Abstract, Erratum, 12 month prevalence of DSM-IV disorders by sex and cohort Table 2

Kessler, R.C., Demler, O., Frank, R.G., Olfson, M., Pincus, H.A., Walters, E.E., Wang, P.S., Wells, K.B., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2005).  Prevalence and treatment of mental disorders, 1990 to 2003. New England Journal of Medicine, 352(24), 2515-2523. PubMed Abstract

Konig, H.H., Bernert, S., Angermeyer, M.C. (2005). [Measuring preferences for depressive health states]. Psychiatrische Praxis, 32, 122-131. (in German) PubMed Abstract

Konig, H.H., Bernert, S., Angermeyer, M.C. (2005). [Health status of the German population: Results of a representative survey using the EuroQol questionnaire]. Gesundheitswesen, 67, 173-182. (in German) PubMed Abstract

Kovess-Masfety, V., Alonso, J., de Graaf, R., Demyttenaere, K. (2005). A European approach to rural-urban differences in mental health: The ESEMeD 2000 comparative study. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 50(14), 926-936. PubMed Abstract

Lépine, J.-P., Gasquet, I., Kovess, V., Arbabzadeh-Bouchez, S., Nègre-Pages, L., Nachbaur, G., Gaudin, A.F. (2005). Prévalence et comorbidité des troubles psychiatriques dans la population générale française: Résultats de l'étude épidémiologique ESEMeD/MEDHEA2000/(ESEMeD) Encephale, 30, 182-194. (in French) PubMed Abstract

Medina-Mora, M.-E., Borges, G., Fleiz, C., Lara, C., Zambrano-Ruiz, J., Ramos, L. (2005) Prevalencia de sucesos violentos y trastorno por estrés postraumático en la población mexicana. Salud Publica de México, 47(1), 8-22. (in Spanish)

Medina-Mora, M.E., Borges, G., Lara, C., Benjet, C. (2005). La salud mental en México y los retos para su atención. Resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Epidemiología Psiquiátrica. Asociación Psiquiátrica Mexicana: Manual de los Trastornos Mentales Edición 2005. México, 2005, pp. 13-24.

Medina-Mora, M.-E., Borges, G., Lara, C., Benjet, C., Blanco, J., Fleiz, C., Villatoro, J., Rojas, E., Zambrano, J. (2005). Prevalence, service use, and demographic correlates of 12-month DSM-IV psychiatric disorders in Mexico: Results from the Mexican National Comorbidity Survey. Psychological Medicine, 35(12), 1773-1783. PubMed Abstract

Ministerio de la Protección Social. Lineamientos de Política de Salud Mental para Colombia; 2005.

Ministerio de la Protección Social. Estudio Nacional de Salud Mental Colombia 2003; 2005.

Paykel, E.S., Brugha, T., Fryers, T. (2005). Size and burden of depressive disorders in Europe. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 15(4), 411-423. PubMed Abstract

Ruscio, A.M., Lane, M., Roy-Byrne, P., Stang, P.E., Stein, D.J., Wittchen, H.-U., Kessler, R.C. (2005). Should excessive worry be required for a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder? Results from the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Psychological Medicine, 35(12), 1761-1772. PubMed Abstract

Taub, N.A., Morgan, Z., Brugha, T.S., Lambert, P.C., Bebbington, P.E., Jenkins, R., Kessler, R.C., Zaslavsky, A.M., Hotz, T. (2005).  Recalibration methods to enhance information on prevalence rates from large mental health surveys.  International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 14(1), 3-13. PubMed Abstract

Von Korff, M., Crane, P., Lane, M., Miglioretti, D., Simon, G., Saunders, K., Stang, P., Brandenburg, N., Kessler, R.C. (2005).  Chronic spinal pain and physical-mental comorbidity in the United States:  Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Pain, 113(3), 331-339. PubMed Abstract

Wang, P.S., Berglund, P.A., Kessler, R.C., Olfson, M., Pincus, H.A., Wells, K.B. (2005). Failure and delay in initial treatment contact after first onset of mental disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Archives of General Psychiatry, 62(6), 603-613. PubMed Abstract

Wang, P.S., Lane, M., Kessler, R.C., Olfson, M., Pincus, H.A., Wells, K.B. (2005). Twelve-month use of mental health services in the U.S.: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Archives of General Psychiatry, 62(6), 629-640. PubMed Abstract

Wang, P.S., Kessler, R.C. (2005). Global burden of mood disorders. In D. Stein, D. Kupfer, & A. Schatzberg (Eds.), Textbook of Mood Disorders (pp. 55-67). Washington DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

Wang, P.S., Lane, M., Olfson, M., Pincus, H.A., Schwenk, T.L., Wells, K.B., Kessler, R.C. (2006). The primary care of mental disorders in the United States. In R.W. Manderscheid, & J.T. Berry (Eds.), Mental Health, United States, 2004 (pp. 117-133). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Full text of this chapter can be read at:
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA06-4195/chapter14.asp

Webb, C.P.M., Bromet, E.J., Gluzman, S., Tintle, N.L., Schwartz, J.E., Kostyuchenko, S., Havenaar, J.M. (2005). Epidemiology of heavy alcohol use in Ukraine: Findings from the World Mental Health Survey. Alcohol & Alcoholism, 40(4), 327-335. PubMed Abstract

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2004 WMH Publications

Alonso J, Angermeyer MC, Lepine JP. (2004). The European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) project: an epidemiological basis for informing mental health policies in Europe. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 109(suppl 420), 5-7.

Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Bernert, S., Bruffaerts, R., Brugha, T.S., Bryson, H., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Demyttenaere, K., Gasquet, I., Haro, J.M., Katz, S., Kessler, R.C., Kovess, V., Lépine, J.P., Ormel, J., Polidori, G., Vilagut, G. (2004). Sampling and methods of the European Study of Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) Project. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 109(suppl 420), 8-20.  PubMed Abstract

Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Bernert, S., Bruffaerts, R., Brugha, T.S., Bryson, H., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Demyttenaere, K., Gasquet, I., Haro, J.M., Katz, S., Kessler, R.C., Kovess, V., Lépine, J.P., Ormel, J., Polidori, G., Vilagut, G. (2004). Prevalence of mental disorders in Europe: Results from the European Study of Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) Project. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 109(suppl 420), 21-27.  PubMed Abstract

Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Bernert, S., Bruffaerts, R., Brugha, T.S., Bryson, H., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Demyttenaere, K., Gasquet, I., Haro, J.M., Katz, S., Kessler, R.C., Kovess, V., Lépine, J.P., Ormel, J., Polidori, G, Vilagut, G. (2004). 12-month comorbidity patterns and associated factors in Europe: Results from the European Study on Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) Project. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 109(suppl 420), 28-37.  PubMed Abstract

Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Bernert, S., Bruffaerts, R., Brugha, T.S., Bryson, H., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Demyttenaere, K., Gasquet, I., Haro, J.M., Katz, S., Kessler, R.C., Kovess, V., Lépine, J.P., Ormel, J., Polidori, G., Vilagut, G. (2004). Disability and quality of life impact of mental disorders in Europe: Results from the European Study on Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) Project. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 109(suppl 420), 38-46. PubMed Abstract

Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Bernert, S., Bruffaerts, R., Brugha, T.S., Bryson, H., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Demyttenaere, K., Gasquet, I., Haro, J.M., Katz, S., Kessler, R.C., Kovess, V., Lépine, J.P., Ormel, J., Polidori, G., Vilagut, G. (2004). Use of mental health services in Europe: Results from the European Study on Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) Project. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 109(suppl 420), 47-54.   PubMed Abstract

Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Bernert, S., Bruffaerts, R., Brugha, T.S., Bryson, H