C. K. Lee

TL;DR: There are striking similarities across countries in patterns of major depression and of bipolar disorder and the differences in rates for major depression across countries suggest that cultural differences or different risk factors affect the expression of the disorder.

TL;DR: The findings suggest the robustness of OCD as a disorder in diverse parts of the world, as data for age at onset and comorbidity with major depression and the other anxiety disorders are consistent among countries, but the predominance of obsessions or compulsions varies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present data on lifetime and annual prevalence rates, age at onset, symptom profiles, and comorbidity of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), using DSM-III criteria, from community surveys in seven countries: United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Germany, Taiwan, Korea, and New Zealand.

TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-national comparison of the rates of suicide ideation and attempts across diverse countries was made using nine independently conducted epidemiological surveys using similar diagnostic assessment and criteria provided an opportunity to obtain that data.

TL;DR: The early age of onset of social phobia followed subsequently by another psychiatric disorder raises the possibility that early treatment of socialphobia could prevent the onset of other psychiatric disorders.