The World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview
National Comorbidity Survey
Health and Work Performance Questionaire
The World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) Initiative
The first volume in our Cambridge University Press World Mental Health Surveys book series. To see more or to order the book, click the cover below.
The WHO World Mental Health Surveys
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Global Perspectives on Mental-Physical Comorbidity
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Suicide: 
		Global Perspectives from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
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The Burdens of Mental Disorders:
		Global Perspectives from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
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Mental Disorders around the World:
		Facts and Figures from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
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Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder:
		Global Perspectives from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
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WMH Cross National Sample
Country Survey1 Years Response Rate Sample Size
Argentina AMHES 2015 77.3% 3927
Australia NSMHWB 2007 60.0% 8841
Belgium ESEMeD 2001-2 50.6% 2419
Brazil Sao Paulo Megacity 2005-8 81.3% 5037
Bulgaria NSHS 2002-6 72.0% 5318
Bulgaria 2 NSHS - 2 2016-17 61.0% 1508
Colombia NSMH 2003 87.7% 4426
Colombia - Medellín MMHHS 2011-12 97.2% 3261
France ESEMeD 2001-2 45.9% 2894
Germany ESEMeD 2002-3 57.8% 3555
Iraq IMHS 2006-7 95.2% 4332
Israel NHS 2003-4 72.6% 4859
Italy ESEMeD 2001-2 71.3% 4712
Japan WMHJ - Region 1 2002-3 56.4% 1663
WMHJ - Region 2 2003-4 55.1% 1323
WMHJ - Regions 3- 5 2004-6 42.6% 1143
Lebanon LEBANON 2002-3 70.0% 2857
Mexico M-NCS 2001-2 76.6% 5782
Nepal Chitwan Valley Family Survey 2016-18 86% 9150
Netherlands ESEMeD 2002-3 56.4% 2372
New Zealand NZMHS 2004-5 73.3% 12992
Nigeria NSMHW 2002-4 79.3% 6752
Northern Ireland NIMHS 2005-8 68.4% 4340
Peru EMSMP 2004-5 90.2% 3930
The Philippines NSMHW 2021-22 76.7% 9857
Poland EZOP 2010-11 50.4% 10081
Poland 2 EZOP-2 2018-19 63.5% 11998
Portugal NMHS 2008-9 57.3% 3849
PRC2 Shenzhen Shenzhen-WMH 2005-7 80.0% 7134
Qatar WMHQ 2019-22 19.2% 5195
Romania RMHS 2005-6 70.9% 2357
Saudi Arabia SNMHS 2013-16 61.0% 4004
South Africa SASH 2002-4 87.1% 4351
Spain ESEMeD 2001-2 78.6% 5473
Spain - Murcia PEGASUS-Murcia 2010-12 67.4 % 2621
Ukraine CMDPSD 2002 78.3% 4725
United States NCS-R 2001-3 70.9% 9282

1 AMHES (Argentina Mental Health Epidemiologic Survey); NSMHWB (Australia - National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing); ESEMeD (The European Study Of The Epidemiology Of Mental Disorders); NSHS (Bulgaria National Survey of Health and Stress); NSMH (The Colombian National Study of Mental Health); MMHHS (Medellín Mental Health Household Study); IMHS (Iraq Mental Health Survey); NHS (Israel National Health Survey); WMHJ 2002-2003 (World Mental Health Japan Survey); LEBANON (Lebanese Evaluation of the Burden of Ailments and Needs Of the Nation); M-NCS (The Mexico National Comorbidity Survey); NZMHS (New Zealand Mental Health Survey); NSMHW (The Nigerian Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing); NIMHS (Northern Ireland Mental Health Survey); 1 AMHES (Argentina Mental Health Epidemiologic Survey); NSMHWB (Australia - National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing); ESEMeD (The European Study Of The Epidemiology Of Mental Disorders); NSHS (Bulgaria National Survey of Health and Stress); NSMH (The Colombian National Study of Mental Health); MMHHS (Medellín Mental Health Household Study); IMHS (Iraq Mental Health Survey); NHS (Israel National Health Survey); WMHJ 2002-2003 (World Mental Health Japan Survey); LEBANON (Lebanese Evaluation of the Burden of Ailments and Needs Of the Nation); M-NCS (The Mexico National Comorbidity Survey); NZMHS (New Zealand Mental Health Survey); NSMHW (The Nigerian Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing); NIMHS (Northern Ireland Mental Health Survey); EMSMP (La Encuesta Mundial de Salud Mental en el Peru); NSMHW (Philippine National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing); EZOP (Epidemiology of Mental Health and Access to Care Survey); NMHS (Portugal National Mental Health Survey); RMHS (Romania Mental Health Survey); SNMHS (Saudi National Mental Health Survey); SASH (South Africa Health Survey); PEGASUS-Murcia (Psychiatric Enquiry to General Population in Southeast Spain-Murcia); CMDPSD (Ukraine - Comorbid Mental Disorders during Periods of Social Disruption); NCS-R (The US National Comorbidity Survey Replication). EMSMP (La Encuesta Mundial de Salud Mental en el Peru); NSMHW (Philippine National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing); EZOP (Epidemiology of Mental Health and Access to Care Survey); NMHS (Portugal National Mental Health Survey); WMHQ (World Mental Health Qatar Study); RMHS (Romania Mental Health Survey); SNMHS (Saudi National Mental Health Survey); SASH (South Africa Health Survey); PEGASUS-Murcia (Psychiatric Enquiry to General Population in Southeast Spain-Murcia); CMDPSD (Ukraine - Comorbid Mental Disorders during Periods of Social Disruption); NCS-R (The US National Comorbidity Survey Replication).

2 PRC - People's Republic of China


Most WMH surveys are based on stratified multistage clustered area probability household samples in which samples of areas equivalent to counties or municipalities in the US were selected in the first stage followed by one or more subsequent stages of geographic sampling (e.g., towns within counties, blocks within towns, households within blocks) to arrive at a sample of households, in each of which a listing of household members was created and one or two people were selected from this listing to be interviewed. No substitution was allowed when the originally sampled household resident could not be interviewed. These household samples were selected from Census area data in all countries other than France (where telephone directories were used to select households) and the Netherlands (where postal registries were used to select households). Several WMH surveys (Belgium, Germany, Italy, Poland, Poland 2, Spain-Murcia) used municipal resident registries to select respondents without listing households. The Japanese sample is the only totally un-clustered sample, with households randomly selected in each of the 11 metropolitan areas and one random respondent selected in each sample household. The sample for the Qatar survey was drawn from a national list of cellular telephone numbers.


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Country Compare document: This document compares disorders across countries, listing among other things the hierarchies applied and whether the disorder was assessed in the Part I sample, Part II sample, age-restricted sample or whether it was assessed at all. For DSM-4 disorders, please refer to this DSM-4 (Old CIDI) worksheet. Similarly, for DSM-5 disorders, please refer to this DSM-5 (New CIDI) worksheet.

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