Hidenori Uda

TL;DR: 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.

TL;DR: The Japanese versions of the K6 and K10 demonstrated screening performances essentially equivalent to those of the original English versions, and Stratum‐specific likelihood ratios (SSLRs) were strikingly similar between the Japanese and the original versions.

TL;DR: An analysis of a large cross-national epidemiologic survey database that estimates the 12-month prevalence of suicidal behaviors, identifies risk factors for suicide attempts, and combines these factors to create a risk index for 12- month suicide attempts separately for developed and developing countries finds risk indices can predict suicide attempts with fairly good accuracy.

TL;DR: The findings are suggestive of a modest relationship between obesity (particularly severe obesity) and emotional disorders among women in the general population, and may indicate a need for a research and clinical focus on the psychological heterogeneity of the obese population.

TL;DR: The study confirmed that the prevalence of DSM‐IV mental disorders was equal to that observed in Asian countries but higher than that in Western countries and low even for those who suffered severe or moderate disorders.