Information on frequency and timing of mental disorder onsets across the lifespan is of fundamental importance for public health planning.
Patient-reported helpfulness of treatment is an important indicator of quality in patient-centered care. We examined its pathways and predictors among respondents to household surveys who reported ever receiving treatment.
Exposure to traumatic events (TEs) is linked to substance use disorders (SUDs). Most studies focus on single TEs and countries. We used cross-national data to examine diverse TEs' associations with SUD onset and their variation over time.
Updated data on the timing and frequency of mental disorder onsets is crucial for public health planning. This study updates and improves estimates of age-of-onset distributions, lifetime prevalence, and morbid risk from the 2007 cross-national surveys.
Early alcohol involvement increases the likelihood of alcohol dependence (AD). Early interventions can reduce this risk but may be costly. Developing a prediction model to target interventions at high-risk youth could enhance cost-effectiveness.
Understanding the association of civil violence with mental disorders is important for developing effective post conflict recovery policies.
Despite their efficacy, many patients stop antidepressant medication (ADM) without a doctor's advice. This report examines patient-reported reasons, patterns, and predictors of ADM discontinuation.
Mental health service providers are interested in patient perspectives. We examined rates and predictors of patient-reported satisfaction and perceived helpfulness in a cross-national survey of adults with DSM-IV disorders who sought mental health care.
The standard method of generating disorder‐specific disability scores has lay raters make rankings between pairs of disorders based on brief disorder vignettes.