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Oye Gureje

Researcher at University of Ibadan

Publications -  438
Citations -  63603

Oye Gureje is an academic researcher from University of Ibadan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Population. The author has an hindex of 87, co-authored 399 publications receiving 49769 citations. Previous affiliations of Oye Gureje include University College Hospital, Ibadan & University College Hospital.

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Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

Leandra Abarca-Gómez, +1024 more
- 16 Dec 2017 - 
TL;DR: Trends in mean BMI have recently flattened in northwestern Europe and the high-income English-speaking and Asia-Pacific regions for both sexes, southwestern Europe for boys, and central and Andean Latin America for girls, and by contrast, the rise in BMI has accelerated in east and south Asia forboth sexes, and southeast Asia for boys.
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Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

Mariachiara Di Cesare, +741 more
- 02 Apr 2016 - 
TL;DR: The posterior probability of meeting the target of halting by 2025 the rise in obesity at its 2010 levels, if post-2000 trends continue, is calculated.
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The validity of two versions of the GHQ in the WHO study of mental illness in general health care

David Goldberg, +6 more
- 01 Jan 1997 - 
TL;DR: The shorter GHQ is remarkably robust and works as well as the longer instrument, and the latter should only be preferred if there is an interest in the scaled scores provided in addition to the total score.
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Prevalence, severity, and unmet need for treatment of mental disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.

Koen Demyttenaere, +47 more
- 02 Jun 2004 - 
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.
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Cross-National Prevalence and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation, Plans, and Attempts

Matthew K. Nock, +21 more
- 01 Feb 2008 - 
TL;DR: There is cross-national variability in the prevalence of suicidal behaviours, but strong consistency in the characteristics and risk factors for these behaviours.