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Jordi Alonso
Psychiatry
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Open AccessDevelo** a clinical decision support system software prototype that assists in the management of patients with self-harm in the emergency department: protocol of the PERMANENS project
Self-harm presents a significant public health challenge. Emergency departments (EDs) are crucial healthcare settings in managing self-harm, but clinician uncertainty in risk assessment may contribute to ineff...
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Open AccessFactors associated with satisfaction and perceived helpfulness of mental healthcare: a World Mental Health Surveys report
Mental health service providers are increasingly interested in patient perspectives. We examined rates and predictors of patient-reported satisfaction and perceived helpfulness in a cross-national general popu...
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Open AccessIncidence of mental disorders in the general population aged 1–30 years disaggregated by gender and socioeconomic status
The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence and age of onset of mental disorders diagnosed by gender and socioeconomic status (SES) in children, adolescents, and young adults up to 30 years of ag...
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Open AccessDeterminants of effective treatment coverage for posttraumatic stress disorder: findings from the World Mental Health Surveys
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with significant morbidity, but efficacious pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy are available. Data from the World Mental Health Surveys were used to investigat...
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The Association Between Substance Use Disorder and Depression During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Spain and the Moderating Role of Social Support: a Cross-Sectional Study
Substance use disorder is on the rise; it has increased massively during the COVID-19 lockdown and has been found as a risk factor for depressive symptoms and major depressive disorder. Less is known about the...
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Open AccessCost-utility analysis of the UPRIGHT intervention promoting resilience in adolescents
As mental health in adulthood is related to mental status during adolescence, school-based interventions have been proposed to improve resilience. The objective of this study was to build a simulation model re...
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Open AccessIncreased risks for mental disorders among LGB individuals: cross-national evidence from the World Mental Health Surveys
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals, and LB women specifically, have an increased risk for psychiatric morbidity, theorized to result from stigma-based discrimination. To date, no study has investigat...
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Perceived helpfulness of treatment for social anxiety disorder: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
To investigate the prevalence and predictors of perceived helpfulness of treatment in persons with a history of DSM-IV social anxiety disorder (SAD), using a worldwide population-based sample.
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Childhood adversities and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among first-year college students: results from the WMH-ICS initiative
To investigate the associations of childhood adversities (CAs) with lifetime onset and transitions across suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) among incoming college students.
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Open AccessDeterminants of effective treatment coverage for major depressive disorder in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
Most individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) receive either no care or inadequate care. The aims of this study is to investigate potential determinants of effective treatment coverage.
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Open AccessThe impact of COVID-related perceived stress and social support on generalized anxiety and major depressive disorders: moderating effects of pre-pandemic mental disorders
We assessed the moderating effect of pre-pandemic mental disorders on the association of COVID-related perceived stress and social support with mental health.
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Open AccessPerceived helpfulness of service sectors used for mental and substance use disorders: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
Mental healthcare is delivered across service sectors that differ in level of specialization and intervention modalities typically offered. Little is known about the perceived helpfulness of the combinations o...
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Open AccessPerceived helpfulness of treatment for generalized anxiety disorder: a World Mental Health Surveys report
Treatment guidelines for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are based on a relatively small number of randomized controlled trials and do not consider patient-centered perceptions of treatment helpfulness. We ...
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Pre-marital predictors of marital violence in the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive public health problem. Existing research has focused on reports from victims and few studies have considered pre-marital factors. The main objective of this study...
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Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among college students and same-aged peers: results from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys
The primary aims are to (1) obtain representative prevalence estimates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) among college students worldwide and (2) investigate whether STB is related to matriculation to a...
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Civilians in World War II and DSM-IV mental disorders: results from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative
Understanding the effects of war on mental disorders is important for develo** effective post-conflict recovery policies and programs. The current study uses cross-sectional, retrospectively reported data co...
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Open AccessPredictive models for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Spanish University students: rationale and methods of the UNIVERSAL (University & mental health) project
Suicide is a leading cause of death among young people. While suicide prevention is considered a research and intervention priority, longitudinal data is needed to identify risk and protective factors associat...
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Open AccessDays out of role due to mental and physical illness in the South African stress and health study
Both mental and physical disorders can result in role limitation, such as ‘days out of role’, which have an important impact on national productivity losses. This paper analyses data from the South African Str...
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Association of childhood adversities with the first onset of mental disorders in Spain: results from the ESEMeD project
Childhood adversities (CAs) have consistently been associated with mental health problems in childhood and adulthood. However, few studies have employed appropriate statistical methods that take into account o...
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Social inequalities in mental health: results from the EU contribution to the World Mental Health Surveys Initiative
The objective of the present study was to provide updated data from nine European countries about the impact of social inequalities in the prevalence of common mental disorders.
