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Barriers to 12-month treatment of common anxiety, mood, and substance use disor...
Viana, Maria Carmen; Kazdin, Alan E.; Harris, Meredith G.; Stein, Dan J.; Vigo, Daniel V.; Hwang, Irving; Manoukian, Sophie M.; Sampson, Nancy A.Funding Information: The World Mental Health Survey collaborators are Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD; Ali Al-Hamzawi, MD; Jordi Alonso, MD, PhD; Yasmin A. Altwaijri, PhD; Laura Helena Andrade, MD, PhD; Lukoye Atwoli, MD, PhD; Corina Benjet, PhD; Guilherme Borges, ScD; Evelyn J. Bromet, PhD; Ronny Bruffaerts, PhD; Brendan Bunting, PhD; Jose Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida, MD, PhD; Gra\u00E7a Cardoso, MD, PhD; Stephan...
Determinants of effective treatment coverage for posttraumatic stress disorder
Stein, Dan J.; Kazdin, Alan E.; Munthali, Richard J.; Hwang, Irving; Harris, Meredith G.; Alonso, Jordi; Andrade, Laura Helena; Bruffaerts, RonnyFunding Information: The Argentina survey − Estudio Argentino de Epidemiología en Salud Mental (EASM) − was supported by a grant from the Argentinian Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud de la Nación) − (Grant Number 2002–17270/13–5). The São Paulo Megacity Mental Health Survey is supported by the State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Thematic Project Grant 03/00204–3. The Colombian National Study ...
Increased risks for mental disorders among LGB individuals
Gmelin, Jan Ole H.; De Vries, Ymkje Anna; Baams, Laura; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alonso, Jordi; Borges, Guilherme; Bunting, Brendan; Cardoso, GracaFunding Information: The World Health Organization World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative is supported by the United States National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH; R01 MH070884), the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Pfizer Foundation, the United States Public Health Service (R13-MH066849, R01-MH069864, and R01 DA016558), the Fogarty International Center (FIRCA R03-TW006481), the Pan Am...
Perceived helpfulness of treatment for generalized anxiety disorder
Stein, Dan J.; Kazdin, Alan E.; Ruscio, Ayelet Meron; Chiu, Wai Tat; Sampson, Nancy A.; Ziobrowski, Hannah N.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, AliFunding Information: The WHO World Mental Health Survey collaborators are Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD; Ali Al-Hamzawi, MD; Mohammed Salih Al-Kaisy, MD; Jordi Alonso, MD, PhD; Yasmin A. Altwaijri, PhD; Laura Helena Andrade, MD, PhD; Lukoye Atwoli, MD, PhD; Corina Benjet, PhD; Guilherme Borges, ScD; Evelyn J. Bromet, PhD; Ronny Bruffaerts, PhD; Brendan Bunting, PhD; Jose Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida, MD, PhD; Gra...
Childhood generalized specific phobia as an early marker of internalizing psych...
De Vries, Ymkje Anna; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Borges, Guilherme; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Bunting, Brendan; JM, Caldas-de-Almeida; Cia, Alfredo H.Background: Specific phobia (SP) is a relatively common disorder associated with high levels of psychiatric comorbidity. Because of its early onset, SP may be a useful early marker of internalizing psychopathology, especially if generalized to multiple situations. This study aimed to evaluate the association of childhood generalized SP with comorbid internalizing disorders. Methods: We conducted retrospective a...
Civilians in World War II and DSM-IV mental disorders
Frounfelker, Rochelle; Gilman, Stephen E.; Betancourt, Theresa S.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alonso, Jordi; Bromet, Evelyn J.; Bruffaerts, RonnyPurpose: Understanding the effects of war on mental disorders is important for developing effective post-conflict recovery policies and programs. The current study uses cross-sectional, retrospectively reported data collected as part of the World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative to examine the associations of being a civilian in a war zone/region of terror in World War II with a range of DSM-IV mental diso...
The cross-national epidemiology of social anxiety disorder
Stein, Dan J.; Lim, Carmen C.W.; Roest, Annelieke M.; de Jonge, Peter; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Benjet, CorinaBackground: There is evidence that social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a prevalent and disabling disorder. However, most of the available data on the epidemiology of this condition originate from high income countries in the West. The World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative provides an opportunity to investigate the prevalence, course, impairment, socio-demographic correlates, comorbidity, and treatment of thi...
Family burden related to mental and physical disorders in the world
Viana, Maria Carmen; Gruber, Michael J.; Shahly, Victoria; Alhamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Andrade, Laura H.; Angermeyer, Matthias C.; Benjet, CorinaObjective: To assess prevalence and correlates of family caregiver burdens associated with mental and physical conditions worldwide. Methods: Cross-sectional community surveys asked 43,732 adults residing in 19 countries of the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys about chronic physical and mental health conditions of first-degree relatives and associated objective (time, financial) and subjective (distress, e...
Disability Mediates the Impact of Common Conditions on Perceived Health
Alonso, Jordi; Vilagut, Gemma; Adroher, Núria D.; Chatterji, Somnath; He, Yanling; Andrade, Laura Helena; Bromet, Evelyn; Bruffaerts, RonnyBackground:We examined the extent to which disability mediates the observed associations of common mental and physical conditions with perceived health.Methods and Findings:WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys carried out in 22 countries worldwide (n = 51,344 respondents, 72.0% response rate). We assessed nine common mental conditions with the WHO Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), and ten ch...