In Press

Asaf, S., Levav, I., Jenny, B., Shemesh, A.A., Kohn, R. (in press). A community study of psychiatric disorders and other health dimensions among Holocaust survivors six decades later. British Journal of Psychiatry.

Birnbaum, H.G., Kessler, R.C., Kelley, D., Ben-Hamadi, R., Joish, V., Greenberg, P.E. (epub 2009). Employer burden of mild, moderate, and severe major depressive disorder: mental health services utilization and costs, and work performace. Depression and Anxiety. PubMed Abstract

Borges, G., Benjet, C., Medina-Mora, M.E., Orozco, R., Itziar Familiar, Nock, M.K., Wang, P.S. (epub 2009). Service use among Mexico City adolescents with suicidality. Journal of Affective disorders. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

Borges, G., Nock, M.K., Haro, J.M., Hwang, I., Sampson, N.A., Alonso, J., Andrade, L.H., Angermeyer, M.C., Beautrais, A., Bromet, E., Bruffaerts, R., Girolamo, G., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Hu, C., , Karam, E.G., Kovess-Masfety, V., Lee, S., Levinson, D., Medina-Mora, M.E., Ormel, J., Posada-Villa, J., Sagar, R., Tomov, T., Uda, H., Williams, D.R., Kessler, R.C. (in press). Twelve Month Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Borges, G., Nock, M.K., Medina-Mora, M.E., Hwang, I., Kessler, R.C. (in press). Psychiatric disorders, comorbidity, and suicidality in Mexico. Journal of Affective Disorders.

Fava, M., Hwang, I., Rush, A.J., Sampson, N., Walters, E.E., Kessler, R.C. (epub 2009). The importance of irritability as a symptom of major depressive disorder: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Molecular Psychiatry. [epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

Green, J.G., Berglund, P.A., Gruber, M.J., McLaughlin, K.A., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M., Kessler, R.C. (epub 2009). Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) I: Associations with first onset of DSM-IV disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry.

Gabilondo, A., Rojas-Farreras, S., Vilagut, G., Haro, J.M., Fernández, A., Pinto-Meza, A., Alonso, J. (epub 2009). Epidemiology of Major Depressive Episode in a Southern European Country: Results from the ESEMeD-Spain Study. Journal of Affective Disorders. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

Gureje, O., Uwakwe, R., Oladeji, B., Makanjuola, V.O., Esan, O. (epub 2009). Depression in adult Nigerians: results from the Nigerian Survey of Mental Health and Well-being. Journal of Affective Disorders. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

Gureje, O., Olowosegun, O., Adebayo, K., Stein, D.J. (in press). The prevalence and profile of non-affective psychosis in the Nigerian Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. World Psychiatry.

ten Have, M., de Graaf, R., Ormel, J., Vilagut, G., Kovess, V., Alonso, J., and the ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 Investigators. (epub 2009). Are attitudes towards mental health help-seeking associated with service use? Results from the European Study of Epidemiology of Mental Disorders(ESEMeD). Social Psychiatry Psychiatric Epidemiology. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Birnbaum, H., Bromet, E., Hwang, I., Sampson, N., Shahly, V. (epub 2009). Age differences in major depression: results from the National Comorbidity Surveys Replication (NCS-R). Psychological Medicine. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Borges, G., Sampson, N., Miller, M., Nock, M.K. (epub 2009). The association between smoking and subsequent suicide-related outcomes in the National Comorbidity Survey panel sample. Molecular Psychiatry. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

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.

Kessler, R.C., Birnbaum, H., Shahly, V., Bromet, E., Hwang, I., McLaughlin, K.A., Sampson, N., Andrade, L.H., de Girolamo, G., Demyttenaere, K., Haro, J.M., Karam, A.N., Kostyuchenko, S., Kovess, V., Lara, C., Levinson, D., Matschinger, H., Nakane, Y., Oakley Browne, M., Ormel, J., Posada-Villa, J., Sagar, R., Stein, D.J. (in press). Age differences in the prevalence and comorbidity of DSM-IV major depressive episodes: Results from the WHO World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Depression & Anxiety.

Kovess-Masfety, V., Dezetter, A., de Graaf, R., Haro, J.M., Bruffaerts, R., Briffault, X., Gilbert, F., Codony, M., Alonso, J., and the ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 Investigators (epub 2009). Religious advisors’ role in mental health care in the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) survey. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. PubMed Abstract

Koyama, A., Miyake, Y., Kawakami, N., Tsuchiya, M., Tahcimori, H., Takeshima, T., WMH-J 2002-2006 Survey Group. (in press). Lifetime prevalence, psychiatric comorbidity and demographic correlates of “Hikikomori” in a community population in Japan. Psychiatry Research.

Lee, S., Tsang, A., Kessler, R.C., Jin, R., Sampson, N., Andrade, L., Karam, E.G., Medina Mora, M.E., Merikangas, K., Nakane, Y., Popovici, D.G., Posada-Vlla, J., Sagar, R., Wells, J.E., Zarkov, Z. (in press). A cross national community study of rapid cycling bipolar disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry.

Levinson, D., Ifrah, A. (epub 2009). The robustness of the gender effect on help seeking for mental health needs in three subcultures in Israel. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

Makanjuola, V., Oladeji, B., Gureje, O. (in press). The gateway hypothesis of substance abuse: an examination of its applicability in the Nigerian general population. Substance Use and Misuse.

McLaughlin, K.A., Green, J.G., Gruber, M.J., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M., Kessler, R.C. (epub 2009). Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) II: Associations with persistence of DSM-IV disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry. PubMed Abstract

Nierenberg, A., Akiskal, H.S., Angst, J., Hirschfeld, R.M., Merikangas, K.R., Petukhova, M., Kessler, R.C. (epub 2009). Bipolar Disorder with frequent mood episodes in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Molecular Psychiatry. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

Nock, M.K., Hwang, I., Sampson, N.A., Kessler, R.C. (epub 2009). Mental disorders, comorbidity and suicidal behavior: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Molecular Psychiatry. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

Pecora, P., Roller White, C., Murdock, L.A., O’Brien, K., Kessler, R.C., Sampson, N., Hwang, I. (in press). Rates of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders among alumni of family foster care in the United States: The Casey National Alumni Study. In E. Fernandez and R. Barth (Eds.). Does foster care work? International evidence on outcomes. London, Jessica Kingsley.

Ruscio, A. M., Chiu, W. T., Stein, D. J., Kessler, R. C. (epub 2009). The epidemiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Molecular Psychiatry. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

Saito, M., Iwata, N., Kawakami, N., Matsuyama, Y., World Mental Health Japan 2002-2003 Collaborators. (in press). Evaluation of the DSM-IV and ICD-10 Criteria for Depressive Disorders in a Community Population in Japan Using Item Response Theory. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research.

Scott, K.M., Wells, J.E., Angermeyer, M., Brugha, T.S., Bromet, E., Demyttenaere, K., de Girolamo, G., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Jin, R., Karam, A.N., Kovess, V., Lara, C., Levinson, D., Ormel, J., Posada-Villa, F., Sampson, N., Takeshima, T., Zhang, M., Kessler, R.C. (in press). Gender and the relationship between marital status and first onset of mood, anxiety and substance use disorders. Psychological Medicine.

Stegmann, M.E., Ormel, J., de Graaf, R., Haro, J.M., de Girolamo, G., Demyttenaere, K., Kovess, V., Matschinger, H., Vilagut, G., Alonso, J., Burger, H. and the ESEMeD/MHEDEA Investigators (in press). Functional disability as an explanation of the associations between chrocni physical conditions and 12-month major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders.

Stein, D.J., Scott, K., Haro Abad, J.M., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Demytteneare, K., de Girolamo, G., Iwata, N., Posada-Villa, J., Kovess, V., Lara, C., Ormel, J., Kessler, R.C., Von Korff, M. (in press). Early childhood adversity and later hypertension: Data from the World Mental Health Survey. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry.

Stein, D.J., Ruscio, A.M., Lee, S., Petukhova, M., Alonso, J., Andrade, L.H., Benjet, C., Bromet, E., Demyttenaere, K., Florescu, S., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Gureje, O., He, Y., Hinkov, H., Hu, C-Y., Iwata, N., Karam, E.G., Lepine, J.P., Matschinger, H., Oakley Browne, M., Posada-Villa, J., Sagar, R., Williams, D.R., Kessler, R.C. (in press). Subtyping social anxiety disorder in developed and developing countries. Depression & Anxiety.

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2009 WMH Publications

Aguilar-Gaxiola, S.A. & Debb-Sossa, N. (2009). La investigación en epidemiologia psiquiátrica y la Encuesta Mundial de Salud mental de la Organización Mundial de la Salud en America Latina y el Caribe. In J. Rodríguez, R. Kohn, S.A. Aguilar-Gaxiola (eds.). Epidemiología de los trastornos mentales en América Latina y el Caribe. Washington, DC: PAHO, 35-53.

Alhasnawi, S., Sadik, S., Rasheed, M., Baban, A., Al-Alak, M.M., Othman, A.Y., Othman, Y., Ismet, N., Shawani, O., Murthy, S., Aljadiry, M., Chatterji, S., Al-Gasseer, N., Streel, E., Naidoo, N., Mahomoud Ali, M., Gruber, M.J., Petukhova, M., Sampson, N.A., Kessler, R.C.; on behalf of the Iraq Mental Health Survey Study Group. (2009). The prevalence and correlates of DSM-IV disorders in the Iraq Mental Health Survey (IMHS). World Psychiatry, 8(2), 97-109. PubMed Abstract Full Text

Alonso, J., Buron, A., Bruffaerts, R., He, Y., Posada-Villa, J., Lepine, J.P., Angermeyer, M., Levinson, D., de Girolamo, G., Tachimori, H., Mneimneh, Z., Medina Mora, M.E., Ormel, J., Scott, K.M., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Gluzman, S., Lee, S., Vilagut, G., Kessler, R.C., Von Korff, M. (2009). Association of perceived stigma and mood and anxiety disorders: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 118(4), 305-314. PubMed Abstract

Alonso, J., Buron, A., Rojas-Farreras, S., de Graaf, R., Haro, J.M., de Girolamo, G., Bruffaerts, R., Kovess, V., Matschinger, H., Vilagut, G and for the ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 Investigators. (2009). Perceived stigma among individuals with common mental disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders, 118, 180-186. PubMed Abstract

Andrade, L.H. & Viana, M.C. (2009). La Encuesta de Salud mental São Paulo Megacity, Brasil. In J. Rodríguez, R. Kohn, S.A. Aguilar-Gaxiola (eds.). Epidemiología de los trastornos mentales en América Latina y el Caribe. Washington, DC: PAHO, 54 - 63.

Benjet, C., Borges, G., Medina-Mora, M.E., Méndez, E., Fleiz, C., Rojas, E., Cruz, C.(2009). Diferencias de sexo en la prevalencia y severidad de trastornos psiquiátricos en adolescentes de la ciudad de México [Sex differences in the prevalence and severity of psychiatric disorders in Mexico City adolescents]. Salud Mental, 32(2), 155-163. Online Abstract

Benjet, C., Medina-Mora, M.E., Borges, G., Zambrano, J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S. (2009). 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, 50 (4), 386-395.
PubMed Abstract

Benjet, C., Borges, G., Medina-Mora, M.E., Blanco, J., Rojas, E., Fleiz, C., Méndez, E., Zambrano, J., & Aguilar-Gaxiola, S.A., (2009). La Encuesta de Salud Mental en Adolescentes de México. In J. Rodríguez, R. Kohn, S.A. Aguilar-Gaxiola (eds.). Epidemiología de los trastornos mentales en América Latina y el Caribe. Washington, DC: PAHO, 90-100.

Benjet, C., Borges, G., Medina-Mora, M.E., Zambrano, J., Cruz, C., Méndez, E. (2009).
Descriptive epidemiology of chronic childhood adversity in Mexican adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 45(5), 483-489. PubMed Abstract

Bernert, S., Matschinger, H., Alonso, J., Haro, J.M., Brugha, T.S., Angermeyer, M.C., the ESEMeD / MHEDEA 2000 investigators. Is it always the same? Variability of depressive symptoms across six European countries. Psychiatry Res 2009; 168(2): 137-144. PubMed Abstract

Bernert, S., Fernández, A., Haro, J.M., König, H.H., Alonso, J., Vilagut, G., Sevilla-Dedieu, C., de Graaf, R., Matschinger, H., Heider, D., Angermeyer, M.C., the ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 Investigators (2009). Comparison of Different Valuation Methods for Population Health Status Measured by the EQ-5D in Three European Countries. Value Health. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed Abstract

Bonnewyn, A., Katona, C., Bruffaerts, R., Haro, J.M., de Graaf, R., Alonso, J., Demyttenaere, K. (2009). Pain and depression in older people: Comorbidity and patterns of help seeking. Journal of Affective Disorders, 117(3), 193-196. PubMed Abstract

Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Demyttenaere, K. (2009). The individual and societal effects of non-psychotic serious mental disorders on earnings in Belgium. European Psychiatry, 24, 207-213. PubMed Abstract

Codony, M., Alonso, J., Almansua, J., Angermeyer, M.C., Bernert, S., Demyttenaere, K., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Haro, J.M., Kovess, V., Vilagut, G., Kessler, R.C., and the ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 Investigators. (2009). Perceived need for mental health care and service use among adults in Western Europe: Results of the ESEMeD Project. Psychiatric Services, 60(8), 1051-1058. PubMed Abstract

Degenhardt, L., Chiu, W. T., Dierker, L., Glantz, M., Kalaydjian, A., Merikangas, K., Sampson, N., Swendsen, J., & Kessler, R. C. (2009). 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, 39(1), 157-168. PubMed Abstract.

Druss B.G., Hwang I., Petukhova M., Sampson N.A., Wang P.S., Kessler R.C. (2009). Impairment in role functioning in mental and chronic medical disorders in the United States: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Molecular Psychiatry, 14(7), 728-737. PubMed Abstract

Fincham, D., Grimsrud, A., Corrigall, J., Williams, D.R., Seedat, S., Stein, D.J., Myer, L. (2009). Intermittent Explosive Disorder in South Africa,: Prevalence, Correlates and the Role of Traumatic Exposures. Psychopathology, 42, 92-98. PubMed Abstract

Florescu, S., Ciutan, M., Popovici, G., Galaon, M., Ladea, M., Petukhova, M. (2009). The Romanian Mental Health Study: main aspects of lifetime prevalence and service use of DSM-IV disorders [Romanian]. Management in Health, 3, 22-30.

Glantz, M, Anthony, J.C., Berglund, P.A., Degenhardt, L., Dierker, L., Kalaydjian, A., Merikangas, K.R., Ruscio, A.M., Swendsen, J., Kessler, R.C. (2009). Mental disorders as risk factors for later substance dependence: estimates of optimal prevention and treatment benefits. Psychological Medicine, 39(8), 1365-1378.PubMed Abstract

Guo, W-J., Hu, C-Y., & Zhao X-D. (2009). Structured versus semistructured diagnostic methods in psychiatric epidemiology. Correspondence letter. The Lancet, 374, 1064-1065.

Herman, A.A., Stein, D.J., Seedat, S., Heeringa, S.G., Moomal, H., Williams, D.R. (2009). TheSouth African Stress and Health (SASH) study: 12-month and lifetime prevalence of common mental disorders. South African Medical Journal, 99(5), 339-344. Online Abstract

Huang, Y., Kotov, R., de Girolamo, G., Preti, A., Angermeyer, M., Benjet, C., Demyttenaere, K., de Graaf, R., Gureje, O., Karam, A.N., Lee, S., Lepine, J-P., Matschinger, H., Posada-Villa, J., Suliman, S., Vilagut, G., Kessler, R.C. (2009). DSM-IV Personality disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. British Journal of Psychiatry, 195(1), 46-53. PubMed Abstract

Kalaydjian, A., Swendsen, J., Chiu, W.T., Dierker, L., Degenhardt, L., Glantz, M., Merikangas, K.R., Sampson, N., Kessler, R.C. (2009). Sociodemographic predictors of transitions across stages of alcohol use, disorders and remission in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 50(4), 299-306. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Chatterji, S., Lee, S., Ormel, J., Ustun, T.B., Wang, P.S. (2009). The global burden of mental disorders: an update from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, 18 (1), 23-33. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Chatterji, S., Lee, S., Üstun, T.B. (2009). The WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. Die Psychiatrie, 6(1), 5-9.

Kessler R.C., Avenevoli, S, Costello, E.J., Green, J., Gruber, M.J., Heeringa, S., Merikangas, K.R., Pennell, B.-E., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2009). Design and field procedures in the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 18(2), 69-83. PubMed Abstract

König, H.H., Bernert, S., Angermeyer, M.C., Matschinger, H., Martínez-Alonso, M., Vilagut, G., Haro, J.M., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Kovess-Masféty, V., Alonso, J., the ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 Investigators. (2009). Comparison of Population Health Status in Six European Countries: Results of a Representative Survey Using the EQ-5D Questionnaire. Med Care, 47(2), 255-261. PubMed Abstract

Lara, C, Fayyad, J, de Graaf, R., Kessler, R.C., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Angermeyer, M., Demyttenaere, K., de Girolamo, G., Haro, J.M., Jin, R., Karam, E.G., Lepine, J.P., Medina-Mora, M.E., Ormel, J., Posada-Villa, J., Sampson, N. (2009). Childhood predictors of adult ADHD: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative. Biological Psychiatry, 65, 46-54. PubMed Abstract

Lee, S. (2009). Mental illness in China. Correspondence letter. The Lancet, 374, 1063-1064.

Lee, S., Tsang, A., Von Korff, M., de Graaf, R., Benjet, C., Haro, J.M., Angermeyer, M., Demytteneare, K., de Girolamo, G., Gasquet, I., Merikangas, K., Posada-Villa, J., Takeshima, T. (2009). A cross-national study of the association of headache with childhood adversity and mental disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry, 194(2). PubMed Abstract

Lee, S., Tsang, A., Huang, Y.Q., He, Y.L., Liu, Z.R., Zhang, M.Y., Shen, Y.C., Kessler, R.C. (2009). The epidemiology of depression in metropolitan China. Psychological Medicine, 39(5), 735-747. PubMed Abstract

Lee, S., Tsang, A., Ruscio, A.M., Haro, J.M., Stein, D., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Bromet, E.,
Demyttenaere, K., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Gureje, O., Iwata, N., Karam, E.G., Lepine, J.P., Levinson, D., Medina-Mora, M.E., Browne, M.O., Posada-Villa, J., and Kessler, R.C. (2009). Implications of modifying the duration requirement of generalized anxiety disorder in developed and developing countries. Psychological Medicine 39(7), 1163-1176. PubMed Abstract

Lee, S., Tsang, A., Breslau, J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Angermeyer, M., Borges, G., Bromet, E.,Bruffaerts, R., de Girolamo, G., Fayyad, J., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Kawakami, N., Levinson, D., Oakley Browne, M.A., Ormel, J., Posada-Villa, J., Williams, D.R., Kessler, R.C. (2009). Mental disorders and termination of education in high-income and middle-income countries: epidemiological study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 194, 411-417. PubMed Abstract

Lee, S., Guo, W., Tsang, A., Huang, Y-Q., He, Y., Kessler, R.C. (2009). Prevalence and correlates of active and ever-smokers in metropolitan China. Addictive Behaviors, 34(11), 969-972. PubMed Abstract

Lee, S., Guo, W-J., Tsang, A., He, Y., Huang, Y-Q., Liu, Z-R., Zhang, M-Y., Shen, Y-C., Kessler, R.C. (2009). Impaired role functioning and treatment rates for mental disorders and chronic physical conditions in Metropolitan China. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 886-893. PubMed Abstract

Lee, S., Guo, W., Tsang, A., Zhang, M., He, Y., Shen, Y., Huang, Y., Liu, Z., Kessler, R.C. (2009). Associations of cohort and socio-demographic correlates with transitions from alcohol use to disorders and remission in metropolitan China. Addiction, 34, 969-972. PubMed Abstract

Levav, I. (Ed.) (2009). Psychiatric and Behavioral Disorders in Israel: From Epidemiology to Mental Health Action. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House.

Levinson, D. & Lerner, Y. (2009 epub). Employment among persons with past and current mood and anxiety disorders in the Israel National Health Survey. Psychiatric Services, 60(5). Online Abstract

Levinson, D. Lerner, Y., Zilber, N. (2009). Estimating the changes in demand for public mental health services following changes in eligibility: analysis of national survey data. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 12, 19-25. PubMed Abstract

Marquant, T., Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Demyttenaere, K. (2009). Mentale en somatische comorbiditeit van hypertensie in de Belgische algemene populatie. [Somatic and mental comorbidity of hypertension in the Belgian general population]Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 65, 334-342.

Medina-Mora, M.E., Borges, G., Benjet, C., Lara, C., Rojas, E., Fleiz, C., Zambrano, J., Villatoro, J., Blanco, J., & Aguilar-Gaxiola, S.A., (2009). Estudio de los trastornos mentales en México: resultados de la Encuesta Mundial de Salud Mental. In J. Rodríguez, R. Kohn, S.A. Aguilar-Gaxiola (eds.). Epidemiología de los trastornos mentales en América Latina y el Caribe. Washington, DC: PAHO, 79 - 89.

Moomal, H., Jackson, P.B., Stein, D.J., Herman, A.A., Myer, L., Seedat, S., Madela-Mntla, E., Williams, D.R. (2009). Perceived discrimination and mental health disorders: The South Africa Stress and Health Study. South African Medical Journal, 99(4), 379-385. PubMed Abstract

Myer, L., Seedat, S., Stein, D.J., Moomal, H., Williams, D.R. (2009). The mental health impact of AIDS-related mortality in South Africa: a national study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 63, 293-298. PubMed Abstract

Myer, L., Stein, D.J., Grimsrud, A.T., Herman, A.A., Seedat, S., Moomal, H., Williams, D.R. (2009). DSM-IV-defined common mental disorders: Association with HIV testing, HIV-related fears, perceived risk and preventive behaviours among South African adults. South African Medical Journal, 99(4), 392-400. PubMed Abstract

Myer, L. Stein, D.J., Jackson, P.B., Herman, A.A., Seedat, S., Williams, D.R. (2009). Impact of common mental disorders during childhood and adolescence on secondary school education. South African Medical Journal, 99(4), 352-354. PubMed Abstract

Nock, M.K., Hwang, I., Sampson, N., Kessler, R.C., Angermeyer, M., Beautrais, A., Borges, G., Bromet, E., Bruffaerts, R., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Hu, C., Huang, Y., Karam, E.G., Kawakami, N., Kovess, V., Levinson, D., Posada-Villa, J., Sagar, R., Tomov, T., Viana, M.C., Williams, D.R. (2009). Cross-National Analysis of the Associations among Mental Disorders and Suicidal Behavior: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. PLoS Medicine, 6 (8):e1000123. Full Text

Olfson, M., Mojatabi, R. Sampson, N.A., Hwang, I., Druss, B., Wang, P.S., Wells, K.B., Pincus, H.A., Kessler, R.C. (2009). Dropout from outpatient mental health care in the United States. Psychiatric Services 60(7): 898-907. PubMed Abstract

Ponizovsky, A.M., & Grinshpoon, A. (2009). Mood and anxiety disorders and the use of services and psychotropic medication in an immigrant population: Findings from the Israel National Health Survey. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 54(6), 409-419. PubMed Abstract

Ponizovsky, A.M., Radomislensky, I., Grinshpoon, A. (2009). Psychological distress and its demographic associations in an immigrant population: findings from the Israeli National Health Survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 43(1), 68-75. PubMed Abstract

Posada Villa, J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S.A. & Debb-Sossa, N. (2009). La patologia psiquiatrica en Colombia: Resultados del Estudio Nacional de Salud Mental , Colombia 2002. In J. Rodríguez, R. Kohn, S.A. Aguilar-Gaxiola (eds.). Epidemiología de los trastornos mentales en América Latina y el Caribe. Washington, DC: PAHO, 64 -78.

Preti, A., de Girolamo, G., Vilagut, G., Alonso, J., de Graaf, R., Bruffaerts, R., Demyttenaere, K., Pinto-Meza, A., Haro, J.M., Morosini, P., and the ESEMeD-WMH Investigators. (2009). The epidemiology of eating disorders in six European countries: Results of the ESEMeD-WMH Project. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 43, 1125-1132. PubMed Abstract

Roy-Byrne, P., Joesch, J.M., Wang, P.S., Kessler, R.C. (2009). Low socioeconomic status and mental health care use among respondents with anxiety and depression in the NCS-R. Psychiatric Services, 60(9), 1190-1197. PubMed Abstract

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. (2009). Mental-physical comorbidity and its relationship with disability: results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychological Medicine, 39(1), 33-43. PubMed Abstract

Seedat, S., Scott, K.M., Angermeyer, M.C., Berglund, P., Bromet, E.J., Brugha, T.S., Demyttenaere, K., de Girolamo, G., Haro, J.M., Jin, R., Karam, E.G., Kovess-Masfety, V., Levinson, D., Medina Mora, M.E., Ono, Y., Ormel, J., Pennell, B.E., Posada-Villa, J., Sampson, N.A., Williams, D., Kessler, R.C. (2009). Cross-National Associations Between Gender and Mental Disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. Archives of General Psychiatry, 66(7), 785-95. PubMed Abstract

Seedat, S., Stein, D.J., Jackson, P.B., Heeringa, S.G., Williams, D.R., Myer, L. (2009). Life stress and mental disorders in the South African Stress and Health study. South African Medical Journal,99(4), 371-378. Online Abstract

Seedat, S., Williams, D.R., Herman, A.A., Moomal, H., Williams, S.L., Jackson, P.B., Myer, L., Stein, D.J. (2009). Mental health service use among South Africans for mood, anxiety and substance use disorders. South African Medical Journal, 99(4), 335-351. Online Abstract

Sharon, A., Levav, I., Brodsky, J., Shemesh, A.A., Kohn, R. (2009). Psychiatric disorders and other health dimensions among Holocaust survivors 6 decades later. British Journal of Psychiatry, 195(4), 331-335. PubMed Abstract

Sorsdahl, K., Stein, D., Grimsrud, A., Seedat, S., Flisher, A., Williams, D.R., Myer, L. (2009). Traditional healers in the treatment of common mental disorders in South Africa. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197(6), 434-441. PubMed Abstract

Stein, D.J., Williams, S.L., Jackson, P.B., Seedat, S., Myer, L., Herman, A.A., Williams, D.R. (2009). Perpetration of gross human rights violations in South Africa: Association with psychiatric disorders. South African Medical Journal, 99(4), 386-391. Online Abstract

Stein, D.J., Williams, D.R. & Kessler, R.C. (2009). The South African Stress and Health (SASH) Survey: A scientific base for mental health policy. South African Medical Journal, 99(4), 225. Online Abstract

Swendsen, J., Degenhardt, L., Dierker, L., Glantz, M., Jin, R., Merikangas, K.R., Sampson, N., Kessler, R.C. (2009). Sociodemographic risk factors for alcohol and drug dependence: the 10-year follow-up of the National Comorbidity Survey. Addiction, 104(8), 1346-1355. PubMed Abstract

Tomlinson, M., Grimsrud, A.T., Stein, D.J., Williams, D.R., Myer, L. (2009). The epidemiology of major depression in South Africa: Results from the South African Stress and Health Study. South African Medical Journal, 99(4), 365-370. PubMed Abstract

Tominaga, M., Kawakami, N., Ono, Y., Nakane, Y., Nakamura, Y., Tachimori, H., Iwata, N., Uda, H., Nakane, H., Watanabe, M., Naganuma, Y., Furukawa, T.A, Hata, Y., Kobayashi, M.,
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Tsang, A. (2009). Psychiatrist-administered SCID in Chinese psychiatric interviews. Correspondence letter. The Lancet, 374, 1064.

Tsuchiya, M., Kawakami, N., Ono, Y., Nakane, Y., Nakamura, Y., Tachimori, H., Iwata, N., Uda, H., Nakane, H., Watanabe, M., Naganuma, Y., Furukawa, T. A., Hata, Y., Kobayashi, M., Miyake, Y., Takeshima, T., Kikkawa, T., Kessler, R. C. (2009). Lifetime comorbidities between phobic disorders and major depression in Japan: Results from the World Mental Health Japan 2002-2004 Survey. Depression and Anxiety, 26(10), 949-955. PubMed Abstract

Usall, J., Pinto-Meza, A., Fernández, A., de Graaf, R., Demyttenaere, K., Alonso, J., de Girolamo, G., Lépine, J.P., Kovess-Masféty, V., Haro, J.M. Suicide ideation across reproductive life cycle of women. Results from a European epidemiological study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 116(1-2), 144-147. PubMed Abstract

Van Boven, B., Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Demyttenaere, K. (2009). Somatische en mentale comorbiditeit van chronische hoofdpijn in de Belgische algemene populatie. [Somatic and mental comorbidity of chronic headaches in the Belgian general population] Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 65, 398-406.

Van Heerden, M.S., Grimsrud, A.T., Seedat, S., Myer, L., Williams, D.R., Stein, D.J. (2009). Patterns of substance use in South Africa: Results from the South African Stress and Health Study. South African Medical Journal, 99(4), 355-364. PubMed Abstract

Von Korff, M., Alonso, J., Ormel, J., Angermeyer, M., Bruffaerts, R., Fleiz, C., de Girolamo, G., Kessler, R.C., Kovess-Masfety, V., Posada-Villa, J., Scott, K.M., Uda, H. (2009). Childhood Psychosocial Stressors and Adult Onset Arthritis: Broad Spectrum Risk Factors and Allostatic Load. Pain, 143(1-2), 76-83. PubMed Abstract

Wells, J.E., Degenhardt, L., Bohnert, M.A., Scott, K.M., Anthony, J.C. (2009) Geographical clustering of cannabis use: Results from the New Zealand Mental Health Survey, 2003-2004. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 99(1-3), 309-316. PubMed Abstact

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Wells, J.E., Kingi. T.K., McGee, M.A. (2009). Self-reported proficiency in Maori language among those of Maori descent in new Zealand. Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 4, 139-190.

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2008 WMH Publications

Alonso, J., Bruffaerts, R., Gabilondo, A., Haro, J.M., Kovess, V., Vilagut, G., et al. (2008). Depression. In: European Commission, Task Force on Major and Chronic Diseases of DG SANCO’s Health Information Strand. Major and Chronic Diseases. Report 2007. Luxembourg: European Commission, 101-116. Full Text

Alonso, J. & Kessler, R.C. Prevalence and Treatment of Mental Disorders in Germany: Results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) Survey. Chapter 15. Part II. Country-Specific Chapters. In: Ronald C. Kessler & T. Bedirhan Üstün, eds. The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. pp. 331-345.

Benjet, C., Borges, G., Medina-Mora, M.E. (2008). DSM-IV Personality disorders in Mexico: results from a general population survey. Revista Brasileira de Psiquitria, 30(3), 227-34. 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, M.E., Orozco-Zavala, R., Molnar, B.E., Nock, M.K. (2008). Traumatic life events and suicide related outcomes among Mexico City Adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49(6), 654-666. PubMed Abstract

Borges, G., Benjet, C., Medina-Mora, M.E., Orozco, R., Wang, P.S. (2008). Treatment of mental disorders for adolescents in Mexico City. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 86(10), 757- 764. PubMed Abstract

Breslau, J, Lane, M, Sampson, N, Kessler, RC (2008). Mental disorders and subsequent educational attainment in a US National sample. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 42(9), 708-716. 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

Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Demyttenaere, K. (2008). 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, 50, 655-665.

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. (2008). The relationship between Body Mass Index, mental health, and functional disability. A European population perspective. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 53 (9), 37-44. PubMed Abstract

Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Van Oyen, H., Demarest, S., Demyttenaere, K. Van prevalentie tot preventie van mentale stoornissen. Reflecties vanuit twee bevolkingsstudies [From prevalence to prevention of mental disorders. Reflections from two population surveys]. In: M De Hert et al. (Eds.), Geestelijke gezondheid en preventie. Bouwstenen voor beleid en praktijk, pp.47-81. Mechelen: Kluwer, 2008.

Buist-Bouwman, M.A., Ormel, J., de Graaf, R., Vilagut, G., Alonso, J., Van Sonderen, E., Vollebergh, W.A.M., and the ESEMeD / MHEDEA 2000 investigators (2008). Psychometric properties of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule used in the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 17(4): 185-197. PubMed Abstract

Buist-Bouwman, M.A, Ormel, J., de Graaf, R., de Jonge, P., van Sonderen, E., Alonso, J., Bruffaerts, R., Vollebergh, W.A.M., and the ESEMED/MHEDEA 2000 Investigators, (2008). Mediators of the association between depression and role functioning. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 118, 451-458. PubMed Abstract

Darves-Bornoz, J.M., Alonso, J., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Haro, J.M., Kovess-Masfety, V., Lépine, J.P., Nachbaur, G., Negre-Pages, L., Vilagut, G., Gasquet, I., ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 Investigators (2008). Main traumatic events in Europe: PTSD in the European study of the epidemiology of mental disorders survey. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 21(5), 455-462. PubMed Abstract


Degenhardt, L., Chiu, W.T., Sampson, N., Kessler, R.C., Anthony, J.C., Angermeyer, M., Bruffaerts, R., de Girolamo, G., Gureje, O., Huang, Y., Karam, A., Kostyuchenko, S., Lepine, J.P., Medina Mora, M.E., Neumark, Y., Ormel, J., Pinto-Meza, A., Posada-Villa, J., Stein, D.J., Takeshima, T., Wells, J..E (2008). Toward a global view of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and cocaine use: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. PLoS Medicine, 5(7), e141. Full Text
Appendix Tables

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, 65(12), 835-842. PubMed Abstract

Dierker, L., He, J., Kalaydjian, A., Swendson, J., Degenhardt, L., Glantz, M., Conway, K., Anthony, J., Chiu, W.T., Sampson, N., Kessler, R.C. Merikangas, K.R. (2008). The importance of timing of transitions for risk of regular smoking and nicotine dependence. Annals of Behavioral Medicine , 36(1), 87-92. PubMed Abstract

Demyttenaere, K., Bonnewyn, A., Bruffaerts, R., de Girolamo, G., Gasquet, I., Kovess, V., Haro, J.M., Alonso, J. (2008). 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, 110, 84-93. PubMed Abstract

De Ridder, T., Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Danckaerts, M., Demyttenaere, K. (2008). The prevalence of ADHD in the Belgian general adult population: an epidemiological explanatory study [in Dutch]. Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie, 50(8), 499-508. English Abstract

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. (2008). 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, 17(3), 152-158. PubMed Abstract

Gal, G., Kaplan, G., Gross, R., Levav, I. (2008). Status inconsistency and common mental disorders in the Israel-based World Mental Health Survey. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43, 999-1003. PubMed Abstract

Gupta, J., Silverman, J.G., Hemenway, D., Acevedo-Garcia, D., Stein, D.J., Williams, D.R. (2008). Physical violence against intimate partners and related exposures to violence among South African men. CMAJ, 179(6), 535-41. 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

Haro, J.M., Arbabzadeh-Bouchez, S.A., Brugha, T.S., de Girolamo, G., Guyer, M.E., Jin, R., Lépine, J.P., Mazzi, F., Reneses, B., Vilagut Saiz, G., Sampson, N.A., Kessler, R.C. Concordance of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview Version 3.0 (CIDI 3.0) with Standardized Clinical Assessments in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Chapter 6. Part I: Methods. In: Ronald C. Kessler & T. Bedirhan Üstün, eds. The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. pp. 114-127.

Haro, J.M., Alonso, J., Pinto-Meza, A., Vilagut Saiz, G., Fernández, F., Codony, M., Martínez, M., Domingo, A., Torres, J.V., Almansa, J., Ochoa, S., Autonell, J. The Epidemiology of Mental Disorders in the General Population of Spain. Chapter 19. Part II. Country-Specific Chapters. In: Ronald C. Kessler & T. Bedirhan Üstün, eds. The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. pp. 406-430.

Haro, J.M., Pinto-Meza, A., Fernández, A., Ochoa, S., Serrano, A., Autonell, J., Codony, M., Vilagut, G., Alonso, J. (2008). Necesidades de Atención en Salud Mental 1: Frecuencia y distribución. Trastornos mentales comunes en España. En: L. Salvador-Carulla y I. Montero (coord.). Monografías de Psiquiatría. Información para una planificación de salud mental basada en la evidencia. Madrid: Aula Médica Ediciones (Grupo Aula Médica, S.L.), 20(1), 15-21.

He, Y., Zhang, M., Lin, E. H. B., Bruffaerts, R., Posada-Villa, J., Angermeyer, M.C., Levinson, D., de Girolamo, G., Uda, H., Mneimneh, Z., Benjet, C., de Graaf, R., Scott, K. M.,Gureje, O., Seedat, S., Haro, J.M., Bromet, E.J., Alonso, J., von Korff, M., Kessler, R.C. (2008) Mental disorders among persons with arthritis: results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychological Medicine, 38(11), 1639–50. PubMed Abstract

Heider, D, Matschinger H, Bernert S, Alonso J, Brugha T, Bruffaerts R, Dietrich S, Angermeyer M. (2008). Adverse parenting as a risk factor in the occurrence of anxiety disorders: A study in six European countries. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43(4), 266-72. PubMed Abstract

Joe, S, Stein, DJ, Seedat, S, Herman, A, Williams, DR (2008). Non-fatal suicidal behavior among South Africans: Results from the South Africa Stress and Health Study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43:454-461. 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. 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, R.C., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M.C., Anthony, J.C., Brugha, T.S., Chatterji, S., de Girolamo, G., Demyttenaere, K., Gluzman, S.F., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Heeringa, S.G., Hwang, I., Karam, E.G., Kikkawa, T., Lee, S., Lépine, J.P., Medina-Mora, M.E., Merikangas, K.R., Ormel, .J, Pennell, B.E., Posada-Villa, J, Üstün, T.B., von Korff, M.R., Wang, P.S., Zaslavsky, A.M., Zhang, M. Prevalences and Severity of Mental Disorders in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Chapter 26. Part III. Cross-National Comparisons. In: Ronald C. Kessler & T. Bedirhan Üstün, eds. The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. pp. 534-540.

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

Kessler, R.C., Hwang, I., LaBrie, R., Petukhova, M., Sampson, N.A., Winters, K.C., Shaffer, H.J. (2008). DSM-IV pathological gambling in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Psychological Medicine, 38(9), 1351-1360. PubMed Abstract

Kessler RC, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Angermeyer MC, Anthony JC, Berglund PA, Chatterji S, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Demyttenaere K, Gasquet I, Gluzman SF, Gruber MJ, Gureje O, Haro JM, Heeringa SG, Karam AN, Kawakami N, Lee S, Levinson D, Medina-Mora ME, Oakley-Browne MA, Pennell BE, Petutkova M, Posada-Villa J, Ruscio A, Stein DJ, Tsang CHA, Üstün TB. Lifetime Prevalence and Age of Onset Distributions of Mental Disorders in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Chapter 24. Part III. Cross-National Comparisons. In: Ronald C. Kessler & T. Bedirhan Üstün, eds. The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. pp. 511-521.

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

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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. PubMed Abstract

Lin EH, Korff MV, Alonso J, Angermeyer MC, Anthony J, Bromet E, Bruffaerts R, Gasquet I, de Girolamo G, Gureje O, Haro JM, Karam E, Lara C, Lee S, Levinson D, Ormel JH, Posada-Villa J, Scott K, Watanabe M, Williams D. Mental disorders among persons with diabetes--results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Journal of Psychosomomatic Research, 65(6), 571-80. PubMed Abstract

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

Mirsky, J, Kohn, R, Levav, I, Grinshpoon, A, Ponizovsky, AM (2008). Psychological distress and common mental disorders among immigrants: Results from the Israel-based component of the World Mental Health Survey. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 69, 1715-1720. PubMed Abstract

Myer L, Stein DJ, Grimsrud A, Seedat S, Williams DR (2008). Social determinants of psychological distress in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults. Social Science and Medicine, 66, 1828-1840. 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

Nock, MK, Borges, G, Bromet, EJ, Cha, CB, Kessler, RC, Lee, S (2008). Suicide and suicidal behavior. Epidemiologic Reviews, 30, 133-154.
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Ochoa, S, Haro, JM, Torres, JV, Pinto-Meza, A, Palacin, C, Bernal, M, Brugha, T, Prat, B, Usall, J, Alonso, J, Autonell, J (2008). What is the relative importance of self reported psychotic symptoms in epidemiological studies? Results from the ESEMeD-Catalonia Study. Schizophrenia Research, 102 (1-3), 261-9. 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, 43(8), 619-626. PubMed Abstract

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. (2008). Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Suicide-Related Outcomes in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys Japan. Psychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience, 62(4), 442-449. 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 from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. British Journal of Psychiatry, 192, 368-375. PubMed Abstract

Pennell, B.E., Mneimneh, Z.N., Bowers, A., Chardoul, S., Wells, J.E., Viana, M.C., Dinkelmann, K., Gebler, N., Florescu, S., He, Y., Huang, Y., Tomov. T., Vilagut Saiz, G. (2008). Implementation of the World Mental Health Surveys. Chapter 3. Part I. Methods. In: Ronald C. Kessler & T. Bedirhan Üstün, eds. The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 33-57.

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

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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. (2008). Age patterns in the prevalence of depressive/anxiety disorders with and without physical comorbidity. Psychological Medicine, 38(11), 1659-1669. PubMed Abstract

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 (2008). Childhood adversity, early-onset depressive/anxiety disorders and adult-onset asthma. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70, 1035-1043. 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

Seedat, S., Stein, D.J., Herman, A., Kessler, R., Sonnega, J., Heeringa, S., Williams, S., Williams, D. (2008). Twelve-month Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders in the South African Stress and Health Survey (World Mental Health Survey Initiative). Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43(11), 889-897. PubMed Abstract

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

Stein, DJ, Seedat, S, Kaminer, D, Moomal, H, Herman, A, Sonnega, J, Williams, DR (2008). The impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on psychological distress and forgiveness in South Africa. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43, 462-468. 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

Swendsen, J., Anthony, J.C., Conway, K.P., Degenhardt, L., Dierker, L., Glantz, M., He, J., Kalaydjian, A., Kessler, R.C., Sampson, N., Merikangas, K.R. (2008). Improving targets for the prevention of drug use disorders: Sociodemographic, predictors of transitions across drug use stages in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Preventive Medicine, 47(6), 629-634. PubMed Abstract

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. (2008) 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 Medica Okayama, 62(4), 241-249. PubMed Abstract

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Tomov, T., Hinkov, H., Zarkov, Z., Mladenova, M., Vasilev, S., Okolyiski, M. (2008). National Representative Epidemiological Survey of Common Mental Illness in Bulgaria. Social Medicine, quarterly edition of Scientific Society for Social Medicine, Informatics and Healthcare management, 4, 16-21.

Von Korff, M., Crane, P.K., Alonso, J., Vilagut, G., Angermeyer, M.A., Bruffaerts, R., de Girolamo, G., Gureje, O., de Graaf, R., Huang, Y., Iwata, N., Karam, E.G., Kovess, V., Lara, C., Levinson, D., Posada-Villa, J., Scott, K.M., Ormel, J. (2008 epub ahead of print). Modified WHODAS-II provides valid measure of global disability but filter items increased skewness. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 61(11), 1132-1143. PubMed Abstract

Wang PS, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Angermeyer MC, Borges G, Bruffaerts R, Chatterji S, Chiu WT, de Girolamo G, Fayyad JA, Gureje O, Haro JM, Heeringa SG, Huang Y, Kessler RC, Kovess-Masfety V, Lee S, Levinson D, Nakane Y, Oakley-Browne MA, Ormel J, Pennell BE, Posada-Villa J, Üstün TB. Delay and Failure in Treatment Seeking after First Onset of Mental Disorders in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Chapter 25. Part III. Cross-National Comparisons. In: Ronald C. Kessler & T. Bedirhan Üstün, eds. The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. pp. 522-533.

Wang PS, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Angermeyer MC, Borges G, Bromet EJ, Bruffaerts R, Chatterji S, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Gureje O, Haro JM, Heeringa SG, Karam EG, Kessler RC, Kovess-Masfety V, Lane MC, Lee S, Levinson D, Ono Y, Pennell BE, Petukhova M, Posada-Villa J, Saunders K, Seedat S, Shen Y, Üstün TB, Wells JE. Recent Treatment of Mental Disorders in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Chapter 27. Part III. Cross-National Comparisons. In: Ronald C. Kessler & T. Bedirhan Üstün, eds. The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. pp. 541-552.

Wells, J.E. & McGee, M.A. (2008). Violations of the usual sequence of drug initiation: prevalence and associations with the development of dependence in the New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69, 789-795. PubMed Abstract

Williams, D.R., Gonzalez, H.M., Williams, S., Mohammed, S.A., Moomal, H., Stein, D.J. (2008). Perceived discrimination, race and health in South Africa. Social Science & Medicine, 67(3), 441-452. Online 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

Fleiz, C., Borges, G., Rojas, E., Benjet, C., Medina-Mora, M.E. (2007). Uso de alcohol, tabaco y drogas en población mexicana, un estudio de cohortes. Salud Mental, 30(5), 63-72. Online Abstract

Gabilondo A, Alonso J, Pinto-Meza A, Vilagut G, Fernández A, Serrano-Blanco A, et al (2007). [Prevalencia y factores de riesgo de las ideas, planes e intentos de suicidio en la población general española. Resultados del estudio ESEMeD.] [Prevalence and risk factors for suicide ideation, plans and attempts in the Spanish general population. Results from the ESEMeD study.]. (Spanish). Medicina Clinica (Barc), 129 (13): 494-500.

Grinshpoon, A, Marom, E, Weizman, A, Ponizovsky, AM (2007). Psychotropic Drug Use in Israel: results from the National Health Survey. Primary Care Companion Journal of Clinical 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

Gureje O., Kola, L., Uwakwe, R., Udofia, O., Wakil, A., Afolabi, E. (2007). The profile and risks of suicidal behaviours in the Nigerian Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being. Psychological Medicine, 37, 821-830. PubMed Abstract

Gureje, O. (2007). Psychiatric aspects of pain. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 20, 42-46. PubMed Abstract

Gureje, O., Akinpelu, A., Uwakwe, R., Udofia, O., Wakil, A. (2007). Comorbidity and impact of chronic spinal pain in Nigeria. Spine, 32(17), 495-500. PubMed Abstract

Gureje, O., Degenhardt, L., Olley, B., Uwakwe, R., Udofia, O., Wakil, A., Ekpo, M., Bohnert, K.M., Anthony, J.C. (2007). A descriptive epidemiology of substance use and substance use disorders in Nigeria during the early 21st century. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 91, 1-9. PubMed Abstract

Heider D, Bernert S, Matschinger H, Haro JM, Alonso J, Angermeyer MC and the ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 investigators (2007). Parental bonding and suicidality in adulthood. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41(1):66-73.

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

Ron Kessler, Professor of Healthcare Policy & Jim Hudson, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, discuss binge eating disorder and the link to obesity. This podcast accompanies their New Hot Paper commentary on the same topic (May 2008). Podcast added Sept. 1, 2008.
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Kawakami, N. (2007). [Epidemiology of depressive disorders in Japan and the world] Nippon Rinsho, 65(9), 1578-84. Japanese. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (2007). The global burden of anxiety and mood disorders: Putting the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) findings into perspective. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 68(suppl 2), 10-19. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., (2007). Editorial: The Israel National Health Survey: Initial Results and Future Directions. Israel Journal of Psychiatry: 44(2); 81-84. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (2007). Psychiatric epidemiology: Challenges and opportunities. International Review of Psychiatry, 19(5), 509-521. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Akiskal, H.S., Ames, M., Birnbaum, H., Greenberg, P.E., Hirschfeld, R.M., Wang, P.S. (2007). Considering the costs of bipolar depression. Behavioral Healthcare, 27(1), 45-47. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Amminger, G.P., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Lee, S., Ustun, T.B. (2007). Age of onset of mental disorders: A review of recent literature. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 20(4), 359-364. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Angermeyer, M., Anthony, J.C., de Graaf, R., Demyttenaere, K., Gasquet, I., de Girolamo, G., Gluzman, S., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Kawakami, N., Karam, A., Levinson, D., Medina Mora, M.E., Oakley Browne, M.A., Posada-Villa, J., Stein, D.J., Tsang, C.H.A., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Lee, S., Heeringa, S., Pennell, B-E., Berglund, P.A., Gruber, M., Petukhova, M., Chatterji, S., Ustun, T.B. (2007). Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of mental disorders in the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. World Psychiatry: 6; 168-176.
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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

Lara, C., Medina-Mora, M.E., Borges, G., Zambrano, J. (2007). Social cost of mental disorders: disability and work days lost. results from the mexican Survey of Psychiatric Epidemiology. Salud Mental, 30 (5), 4-11.

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 Españolas de Psiquiatría, 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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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.
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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., 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). Psychotropic drug utilization in Europe: Results from the European Study on Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) Project. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 109(suppl 420), 55-64. PubMed Abstract

Benjet, C., Borges G., Medina-Mora, M.-E., Fleiz-Bautista, C., Zambrano-Ruiz, J. (2004). La depresion con inicino temprano: Prevalencia, curso natural y latencia para buscar tratamiento. Salud Publica de México, 46, 417-424. Full text (SPA), Full text (ENG)

Borges, G., Medina-Mora, M.-E., López S . (2004) El papel de la epidemiología en la investigación de los trastornos mentales (The role of epidemiology in mental disorders research) Salud Publica de México, 46(5), 451-463.

Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Desmarets, S., Van Oyen, H., Demyttenaere, K. (2004). Prevalentie van mentale stoornissen in de Belgische bevolking. Resultaten van de European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD). Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 60, 75-85.

Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Desmarets, S., Van Oyen, H., Demyttenaere, K. Recours aux soins pour les troubles mentaux en Belgique. Résultats de la European Study on Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD). Revue Medicale de Liège, 59, 136-144. PubMed Abstract

Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Desmarets, S., Van Oyen, H., Demyttenaere, K. Le recours aux soins pour les troubles mentaux en Belgique. Résultats de la European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD). Louvain Médical, 123, 79-87.

Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Desmarets, S., Van Oyen, H., Demyttenaere, K. (2004). Zorggebruik voor  mentale stoornissen in België. Resultaten van de European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD). Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 60, 790-799.

Demyttenaere, K., Bruffaerts, R., Posada-Villa, J., Gasquet, I., Kovess, V., Lepine, J.-P., Angermeyer, M.C., Bernert, S., de Girolamo, G., Morosini, P., Polidori, G., Kikkawa, T., Kawakami, N., Ono, Y., Takeshima, T., Uda, H., Karam, E.G., Fayyad, J.A., Karam, A.N., Mneimneh, Z.N., Medina-Mora, M.-E., Borges, G., Lara, C., de Graaf, R., Ormel, J., Gureje, O., Shen, Y., Huang, Y., Zhang, M., Alonso, J., Haro, J.M., Vilagut, G., Bromet, E.J., Gluzman, S., Webb, C., Kessler, R.C., Merikangas, K.R., Anthony, J.C., Von Korff, M.R., Wang, P.S., Brugha, T.S., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Lee, S., Heeringa, S., Pennell, B.E., Zaslavsky, A.M., Chatterji, S., Ustun, T.B. (2004). Prevalence, severity and unmet need for treatment of mental disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. Journal of the American Medical Association, 291, 2581-2590. Full Text

Fryers, T., Brugha, T., Morgan, Z., Smith, J., Hill, T., Carta, M., Lehtinen, V., Kovess, V. (2004). Prevalence of psychiatric disorder in Europe: The potential and reality of meta-analysis. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 39(11), 899-905.

Kessler, R.C., & Merikangas, K.R. (2004). The National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R): Background and aims. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 13(2), 60-68.  Full Text

Kessler, R.C., Berglund, P., Chiu, W.T., Demler, O., Heeringa, S., Hiripi, E., Jin, R., Pennell, B.-P., Walters, E.E., Zaslavsky, A., Zheng, H. (2004). The US National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R): Design and field procedures.  International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 13(2), 69-92.  Full Text

Kessler, R.C., & Ustun, T.B. (2004). The World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative Version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI).  International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 13(2), 93-121.  Full Text

Kessler, R.C., Abelson, J., Demler, O., Escobar, J.I., Gibbon, M., Guyer, M.E., Howes, M.J., Jin, R., Vega, W.A., Walters, E.E., Wang, P., Zaslavsky, A., Zheng, H. (2004). Clinical Calibration of DSM-IV Diagnoses in the World Mental Health (WMH) Version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI).  International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 13(2), 122-139. Full Text

Kohn, R., Saxena, S., Levav, I., Saraceno, B. (2004). The treatement gap in mental health care. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 82(11), 858-866. Full text

Posada Villa, J.A., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Magaña, C.G., Gomez, L.C. (2004).  Prevalence of mental disorders and service use: Preliminary results from the National Mental Health Study Colombia, 2003. (In Spanish: Prevalencia de trastornos mentales y uso de servicios: Resultados preliminares del Estudio Nacional de Salud Mental Colombia, 2003), Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría, 33(3), 241-26.

Posada-Villa, J. & Trevisi, C. (2004). Prevalencia, severidad y necesidades no satisfechas del tratamiento de los trastornos de ansiedad, relacionados con sustancias, del estado de ánimo y del control de los impulsos en adultos según el Estudio Nacional de Salud Mental, Colombia 2003.  MedUNAB, 7(20), 65-72.

Williams DR, Herman A, Kessler RC, Sonnega J, Seedat S, Stein DJ, Moomal H, Wilson CM (2004). The South African Stress and Health Study: Rationale and design. Metabolic and Brain Disease, 19:135-147.
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2003 WMH Publications

Bijl, R.V., de Graaf. R., Hiripi, E., Kessler, R.C., Kohn, R., Offord, D.R., Ustun, T.B., Vicente, B., Vollegergh, W.A.M., Walters, E.E., Wittchen, H.-U. (2003). The prevalence of treated and untreated mental disorders in five countries. Health Affairs, 22, 122-133.  Full Text, PubMed Abstract

Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Desmarets, S., Van Oyen, H., Demyttenaere, K. (2003). Prévalence des troubles mentaux dans la population belge. Résultats de l’étude ESEMeD (European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders). Revue Medicale de Liège, 58, 741-750. PubMed Abstract

Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Desmarets, S., Van Oyen, H., Demyttenaere, K. (2003). Prévalence des troubles mentaux dans la population belge. Résultats de l’étude ESEMeD (European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders). Louvain Médical, 122, 321-334.  

Bruffaerts, R., Bonnewyn, A., Desmarets, S., Van Oyen, H., Demyttenaere, K. (2003). Prévalence des troubles mentaux dans la population belge. Résultats de l’European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD). Acta Psychiatrica Belgica, 103, 195-204.

Haro, J.M., Palacín, C., Vilagut, G., Romera, B., Codony, M., Autonell, J., Ferrer, M., Ramos, J., Kessler, R.C., Alonso, J. (2003). Epidemiology of mental disorders in Spain: Methods and participation in the ESEMeD-Spain project. Actas Españolas de Psiquiatría, 31(4), 182-191. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Berglund, P., Demler, O., Jin, R., Koretz, D., Merikangas, K.R., Rush, A.J., Walters, E.E., Wang, P.S. (2003). The epidemiology of major depressive disorder: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Journal of the American Medical Association, 289, 3095-3105.  PubMed Abstract

Medina-Mora, M.-E., Borges, G., Lara, C., Benjet, C., Balnco, J., Fleiz, C.,  Villatoro, J., Rojas, E., Zambrano, J., Casanova, L., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S. (2003). Prevalence of mental disorders and use of services: Results from the Mexican National Survey of Psychiatric Epidemiology. Salud Mental, 26, 1-16.  

Posada-Villa, J. & Aguilar-Gaxiola, S. (2003). Encuesta mundial sobre salud mental en Colombia. Fundacion Saldarriaga Concha.

2002 WMH Publications

Alonso, J., Ferrer, M., Romera, B., Vilagut, G., Anyermeyer, M., Bernert, S., Brugha, T., Taub, N., McColgen, Z., De Girolamo, G., Polidori, G., Mazzi, F., De Graaf, R., Vollebergh, W., Bowman, M.A., Demyttenaere, K., Gasquet, I., Haro, M.J., Palacin, C., Autonell, J., Katz, S.J., Kessler, R.C., Kovess, V., Lépine, J.P., Arbabzedeh-Bouchez, S., Ormel, J., Bruffaerts, R. (2002). The European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000) Project: Rationale and methods. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 11, 55-67. PubMed Abstract

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