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Risk factors of chronic course of anxiety and depressive disorders: a 3-year longitudinal study in the general population
Risk factors of a chronic course of anxiety and depressive disorders were previously studied using a limited definition of recovery, i.e. remission of the index disorder. However, frequently, other mental diso...
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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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Open AccessDepression, cardiometabolic disease, and their co-occurrence after childhood maltreatment: an individual participant data meta-analysis including over 200,000 participants
Childhood maltreatment is associated with depression and cardiometabolic disease in adulthood. However, the relationships with these two diseases have so far only been evaluated in different samples and with d...
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Open AccessAge- and sex-specific associations between risk scores for schizophrenia and self-reported health in the general population
The health correlates of polygenic risk (PRS-SCZ) and exposome (ES-SCZ) scores for schizophrenia may vary depending on age and sex. We aimed to examine age- and sex-specific associations of PRS-SCZ and ES-SCZ ...
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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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Open AccessBody Mass Index and risk for onset of mood and anxiety disorders in the general population: Results from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2 (NEMESIS-2)
Examine the onset of a clinical diagnosis of mood (major depression, dysthymia and bipolar disorder)- and anxiety disorders (panic disorder, agoraphobia without panic disorder, social phobia, specific phobia a...
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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 AccessGenetic Risk for Smoking: Disentangling Interplay Between Genes and Socioeconomic Status
This study aims to disentangle the contribution of genetic liability, educational attainment (EA), and their overlap and interaction in lifetime smoking. We conducted genome-wide association studies (GWASs) in UK...
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The Bidirectional Relationship Between Debts and Common Mental Disorders: Results of a longitudinal Population-Based Study
Researchers and politicians have regularly expressed their worries about a widening of socioeconomic inequalities in physical and mental health. Debts have been relatively understudied as a specific aspect of ...
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Longitudinal bidirectional associations between internalizing mental disorders and cardiometabolic disorders in the general adult population
This prospective population-based study investigated whether having any internalizing mental disorder (INT) was associated with the presence and onset of any cardiometabolic disorder (CM) at 3-year follow-up; ...
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Sleep characteristics across the lifespan in 1.1 million people from the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis
We aimed to obtain reliable reference charts for sleep duration, estimate the prevalence of sleep complaints across the lifespan and identify risk indicators of poor sleep. Studies were identified through syst...
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The bidirectional relationship between loneliness and common mental disorders in adults: findings from a longitudinal population-based cohort study
Limited longitudinal population-based research exists on the bidirectional association between loneliness and common mental disorders (CMDs). Using 3-year follow-up data, this study examined whether loneliness...
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Open AccessMeasuring positive mental health and flourishing in Denmark: validation of the mental health continuum-short form (MHC-SF) and cross-cultural comparison across three countries
The Mental Health Continuum–Short Form (MHC-SF) is a measure of positive mental health and flourishing, which is widely used in several countries but has not yet been validated in Denmark. This study aimed to ...
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Open AccessThe longitudinal association between lifetime mental disorders and first onset or recurrent suicide ideation
Although the cross-sectional association between mental disorders and suicide ideation is well studied, less is known about the prospective association. In this paper, we estimated among those without 12-month...
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Open AccessRisk factors for suicidal thoughts in informal caregivers: results from the population-based Netherlands mental health survey and incidence Study-2 (NEMESIS-2)
Previous research suggests that family caregivers contemplate suicide at a higher rate than the general population. Much of this research has been disease specific and in relatively small samples. This study a...
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Open AccessChildhood generalized specific phobia as an early marker of internalizing psychopathology across the lifespan: results from the World Mental Health Surveys
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, especi...
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Open AccessBorderline personality symptoms and work performance: a population-based survey
This study aims to elucidate the interplay between borderline personality symptoms and working conditions as a pathway for impaired work performance among workers in the general population.
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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 AccessThe interplay of psychosis and victimisation across the life course: a prospective study in the general population
Psychosis has been associated with adult victimisation. However, it remains unclear whether psychosis predicts incident adult victimisation, or whether adult victimisation predicts incident psychosis. Furtherm...
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Open AccessThe cross-national epidemiology of social anxiety disorder: Data from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative
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...
