National estimates of exposure to traumatic events and PTSD prevalence using DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria.
- D. Kilpatrick, H. Resnick, M. Milanak, M. Miller, K. Keyes, M. Friedman
- PsychologyJournal of Traumatic Stress
- 1 October 2013
DSM-5 PTSD prevalence was higher among women than among men, and prevalence increased with greater traumatic event exposure, although only 2 of these differences were statistically significant.
Psychiatric disorders in pregnant and postpartum women in the United States.
- Oriana Vesga-López, C. Blanco, K. Keyes, M. Olfson, B. Grant, D. Hasin
- Medicine, PsychologyArchives of General Psychiatry
- 7 July 2008
Pregnancy per se is not associated with increased risk of the most prevalent mental disorders, although the risk of major depressive disorder may be increased during the postpartum period.
The impact of institutional discrimination on psychiatric disorders in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: a prospective study.
- M. Hatzenbuehler, K. McLaughlin, K. Keyes, D. Hasin
- Medicine, PsychologyAmerican Journal of Public Health
- 1 March 2010
Living in states with discriminatory policies may have pernicious consequences for the mental health of LGB populations, and these findings lend scientific support to recent efforts to overturn these policies.
Association of State Recreational Marijuana Laws With Adolescent Marijuana Use
Investment in evidence-based adolescent substance use prevention programs in any additional states that may legalize recreational marijuana use is suggested, as perceived harmfulness of marijuana use decreased and marijuana use increased following legalization of recreationalarijuana use in Washington.
Understanding the rural-urban differences in nonmedical prescription opioid use and abuse in the United States.
- K. Keyes, M. Cerdá, J. Brady, J. Havens, S. Galea
- BiologyAmerican Journal of Public Health
- 16 January 2014
Nonmedical prescription opioid misuse remains a growing public problem in need of action and is concentrated in areas of US states with large rural populations such as Kentucky, West Virginia,…
Pre-eclampsia rates in the United States, 1980-2010: age-period-cohort analysis
Rates of severe pre-eclampsia have been increasing in the United States and age-period-cohort effects all contribute to these trends, although smoking and obesity have driven these trends and changes in the diagnostic criteria may have also contributed to the age- period-coHort effects.
An invariant dimensional liability model of gender differences in mental disorder prevalence: evidence from a national sample.
This work investigated patterns of disorder comorbidity and found that a dimensional internalizing-externalizing liability model fit the data well, indicating that observed gender differences in prevalence rates originate from women and men's different average standings on latent internalizing and externalizing liability dimensions.
Stigma and treatment for alcohol disorders in the United States.
- K. Keyes, M. Hatzenbuehler, D. Hasin
- MedicineAmerican Journal of Epidemiology
- 2 November 2010
A link between highly stigmatized views of alcoholism and lack of services suggests that stigma reduction should be integrated into public health efforts to promote alcohol treatment.
Childhood maltreatment and the structure of common psychiatric disorders
The association between childhood maltreatment and common psychiatric disorders operates through latent liabilities to experience internalising and externalising psychopathology, indicating that the prevention of maltreatment may have a wide range of benefits in reducing the prevalence of many common mental disorders.
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