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Olga Demler
Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publications - 59
Citations - 44981
Olga Demler is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & National Comorbidity Survey. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 50 publications receiving 40801 citations. Previous affiliations of Olga Demler include Max Planck Society & Harvard University.
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Lifetime Prevalence and Age-of-Onset Distributions of DSM-IV Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
Ronald C. Kessler,Patricia A. Berglund,Olga Demler,Robert Jin,Kathleen R. Merikangas,Ellen E. Walters +5 more
TL;DR: Lifetime prevalence estimates are higher in recent cohorts than in earlier cohorts and have fairly stable intercohort differences across the life course that vary in substantively plausible ways among sociodemographic subgroups.
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Prevalence, Severity, and Comorbidity of 12-Month DSM-IV Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
TL;DR: Although mental disorders are widespread, serious cases are concentrated among a relatively small proportion of cases with high comorbidity, as shown in the recently completed US National Comorbidities Survey Replication.
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The epidemiology of major depressive disorder: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R).
Ronald C. Kessler,Patricia A. Berglund,Olga Demler,Robert Jin,Doreen S. Koretz,Kathleen R. Merikangas,A. John Rush,Ellen E. Walters,Philip S. Wang +8 more
TL;DR: Notably, major depressive disorder is a common disorder, widely distributed in the population, and usually associated with substantial symptom severity and role impairment, and while the recent increase in treatment is encouraging, inadequate treatment is a serious concern.
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The World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS): a short screening scale for use in the general population.
Ronald C. Kessler,Lenard A. Adler,Minnie Ames,Olga Demler,Steve Faraone,Eva Hiripi,Mary J. Howes,Robert Jin,Kristina Secnik,Thomas J. Spencer,T. Bedirhan Üstün,Ellen E. Walters +11 more
TL;DR: The unweighted six-question ASRS screener should be preferred to the full ASRS, both in community surveys and in clinical outreach and case-finding initiatives.
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Prevalence and Treatment of Mental Disorders, 1990 to 2003.
Ronald C. Kessler,Olga Demler,Richard G. Frank,Mark Olfson,Harold Alan Pincus,Ellen E. Walters,Philip S. Wang,Kenneth B. Wells,Alan M. Zaslavsky +8 more
TL;DR: Despite an increase in the rate of treatment, most patients with a mental disorder did not receive treatment and continued efforts are needed to obtain data on the effectiveness of treatment in order to increase the use of effective treatments.