Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in non-specific psychological distress
- R. Kessler, G. Andrews, A. Zaslavsky
- Psychology, MedicinePsychological Medicine
- 1 August 2002
The brevity, strong psychometric properties, and ability to discriminate DSM-IV cases from non-cases make the K10 and K6 attractive for use in general-purpose health surveys.
The prevalence and correlates of adult ADHD in the United States: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.
- R. Kessler, L. Adler, A. Zaslavsky
- Psychology, MedicineAmerican Journal of Psychiatry
- 1 April 2006
Efforts are needed to increase the detection and treatment of adult ADHD and research is needed to determine whether effective treatment would reduce the onset, persistence, and severity of disorders that co-occur with adult ADHD.
Screening for serious mental illness in the general population with the K6 screening scale: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) survey initiative
- R. Kessler, J. G. Green, A. Zaslavsky
- Medicine, PsychologyArchives of General Psychiatry
- 1 February 2003
The brevity and accuracy of the K6 and K10 scales make them attractive screens for SMI, and routine inclusion of either scale in clinical studies would create an important, and heretofore missing, crosswalk between community and clinical epidemiology.
Cross-national prevalence and correlates of adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
- J. Fayyad, R. de Graaf, R. Jin
- Medicine, PsychologyThe British journal of psychiatry : the journal…
- 1 May 2007
Estimates of ADHD prevalence and correlates in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey Initiative should be considered more seriously in future epidemiological and clinical studies than is currently the case.
Twelve‐month and lifetime prevalence and lifetime morbid risk of anxiety and mood disorders in the United States
- R. Kessler, M. Petukhova, N. Sampson, A. Zaslavsky, H. Wittchen
- PsychologyInternational Journal of Methods in Psychiatric…
- 1 September 2012
Estimates of 12‐month and lifetime prevalence and of lifetime morbid risk (LMR) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM‐IV‐TR) anxiety and…
Screening for serious mental illness in the general population with the K6 screening scale: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) survey initiative
- R. Kessler, J. Green, A. Zaslavsky
- Psychology, MedicineInternational Journal of Methods in Psychiatric…
- 1 June 2010
Data are reported on the background and performance of the K6 screening scale for serious mental illness (SMI) in the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health (WMH) surveys. The K6 is a…
Prevalence, severity, and unmet need for treatment of mental disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.
- K. Demyttenaere, R. Bruffaerts, S. Chatterji
- Medicine, PsychologyJAMA
- 2 June 2004
Reallocation of treatment resources could substantially decrease the problem of unmet need for treatment of mental disorders among serious cases and careful consideration needs to be given to the value of treating some mild cases, especially those at risk for progressing to more serious disorders.
Childhood adversities and adult psychiatric disorders in the national comorbidity survey replication I: associations with first onset of DSM-IV disorders.
- J. Green, K. McLaughlin, R. Kessler
- PsychologyArchives of General Psychiatry
- 1 February 2010
Examination of joint associations of 12 retrospectively reported CAs with the first onset of DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication suggests that CAs have powerful and often subadditive associations with the onset of many types of largely primary mental disorders throughout the life course.
Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
- R. Kessler, K. McLaughlin, David R. Williams
- Psychology, MedicineBritish Journal of Psychiatry
- 1 November 2010
Background Although significant associations of childhood adversities with adult mental disorders are widely documented, most studies focus on single childhood adversities predicting single…
The US National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS‐R): design and field procedures
- R. Kessler, P. Berglund, Hui Zheng
- PsychologyInternational Journal of Methods in Psychiatric…
- 1 June 2004
The main features of the NCS‐R design and field procedures are described, including information on fieldwork organization and procedures, sample design, weighting and considerations in the use of design‐based versus model‐based estimation.
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