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Mark van Ommeren
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 146
Citations - 14958
Mark van Ommeren is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 126 publications receiving 12560 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark van Ommeren include Center for Victims of Torture.
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Association of Torture and Other Potentially Traumatic Events With Mental Health Outcomes Among Populations Exposed to Mass Conflict and Displacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-regression of the prevalence rates of PTSD and depression in the refugee and postconflict mental health field found nonrandom sampling, small sample sizes, and self-report questionnaires were associated with higher rates of mental disorder.
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Barriers to improvement of mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries
Benedetto Saraceno,Mark van Ommeren,Rajaie Batniji,Alex S. Cohen,Oye Gureje,John Mahoney,Devi Sridhar,Chris Underhill +7 more
TL;DR: Barriers to progress in improvement of mental health services can be overcome by generation of political will for the organisation of accessible and humane mental health care, a qualitative survey of international mental health experts and leaders suggests.
Depression: a global public health concern
M. Marcus,M. T. Yasamy,M Van Ommeren,Dan Chisholm,Shekhar Saxena,M. Taghi Yasamy,Van Ommeren m,Mark van Ommeren,D. J Chrisholm +8 more
TL;DR: Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide in terms of total years lost due to disability and the demand for curbing depression and other mental health conditions is on the rise globally.
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Treatment and prevention of mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries
Vikram Patel,Ricardo Araya,Sudipto Chatterjee,Dan Chisholm,Alex S. Cohen,Mary De Silva,Clemens M. H. Hosman,Hugh McGuire,Graciela Rojas,Mark van Ommeren +9 more
TL;DR: It is recommended that policymakers should act on the available evidence to scale up effective and cost-effective treatments and preventive interventions for mental disorders and community-based rehabilitation models provide a low-cost, integrative framework for care of children and adults with chronic mental disabilities.
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Lifetime events and posttraumatic stress disorder in 4 postconflict settings.
Joop T. V. M. de Jong,Ivan H. Komproe,Mark van Ommeren,Mustafa El Masri,Mesfin Araya,Noureddine Khaled,Willem van de Put,Daya Somasundaram +7 more
TL;DR: A wide range of rates of symptoms of PTSD were found among 4 low-income populations who have experienced war, conflict, or mass violence and the importance of contextual differences in the study of traumatic stress and human rights violations is indicated.