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Ronny Bruffaerts
Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Publications - 336
Citations - 33622
Ronny Bruffaerts is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Population. The author has an hindex of 69, co-authored 308 publications receiving 26894 citations. Previous affiliations of Ronny Bruffaerts include University of California, Davis & Harvard University.
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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,Ronny Bruffaerts,Jose Posada-Villa,Isabelle Gasquet,Kovess,J P Lépine,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Sebastian Bernert,de Girolamo G,Pierluigi Morosini,G Polidori,Takehiko Kikkawa,Norito Kawakami,Y. Ono,Tadashi Takeshima,Hidenori Uda,Elie G. Karam,John Fayyad,A. N. Karam,Zeina Mneimneh,María Elena Medina-Mora,Guilherme Borges,Carmen Lara,de Graaf R,Johan Ormel,Oye Gureje,Shen Y,Y. Huang,Zhang M,Jordi Alonso,Josep Maria Haro,Gemma Vilagut,Evelyn J. Bromet,Semyon Gluzman,C. P. M. Webb,Ronald C. Kessler,Kathleen R. Merikangas,James C. Anthony,Von Korff Mr,Philip S. Wang,Traolach S. Brugha,Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola,Sing Lee,Steven G. Heeringa,B. E. Pennell,Alan M. Zaslavsky,T. B. Üstün,Somnath Chatterji +47 more
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,Guilherme Borges,Evelyn J. Bromet,Jordi Alonso,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Annette L. Beautrais,Ronny Bruffaerts,Wai Tat Chiu,Giovanni de Girolamo,Semyon Gluzman,Ron de Graaf,Oye Gureje,Josep Maria Haro,Yueqin Huang,Elie G. Karam,Ronald C. Kessler,Jean Pierre Lepine,Daphna Levinson,María Elena Medina-Mora,Yutaka Ono,Jose Posada-Villa,David R. Williams +21 more
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.
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Prevalence of mental disorders in Europe: Results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) project
Jordi Alonso,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Sebastian Bernert,Ronny Bruffaerts,Terry Brugha,H Bryson,G. de Girolamo,Ron de Graaf,Koen Demyttenaere,Isabelle Gasquet,Josep Maria Haro,Steven J. Katz,Ronald C. Kessler,V. Kovess,J P Lépine,Johan Ormel,G Polidori,L J Russo,Gemma Vilagut,Josue Almansa,S Arbabzadeh-Bouchez,J Autonell,M Bernal,M A Buist-Bouwman,M Codony,Antònia Domingo-Salvany,Montse Ferrer,S S Joo,M Martínez-Alonso,Herbert Matschinger,F Mazzi,Z Morgan,Pierluigi Morosini,C Palacín,B Romera,Nick Taub,Wilma A. M. Vollebergh,ESEMeD +37 more
TL;DR: To describe the 12‐month and lifetime prevalence rates of mood, anxiety and alcohol disorders in six European countries, a large number of countries with high prevalence of these disorders have been surveyed.
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Use of mental health services for anxiety, mood, and substance disorders in 17 countries in the WHO world mental health surveys
Philip S. Wang,Philip S. Wang,Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola,Jordi Alonso,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Guilherme Borges,Evelyn J. Bromet,Ronny Bruffaerts,Giovanni de Girolamo,Ron de Graaf,Oye Gureje,Josep Maria Haro,Elie G. Karam,Ronald C. Kessler,Viviane Kovess,Michael Lane,Sing Lee,Daphna Levinson,Yutaka Ono,Maria Petukhova,Jose Posada-Villa,Soraya Seedat,J. Elisabeth Wells +22 more
TL;DR: Mental health care in 17 countries participating in the WHO world mental health survey initiative is described and unmet needs for treatment are examined, especially concerning in less-developed countries.
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The prevalence and correlates of binge eating disorder in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.
Ronald C. Kessler,Patricia A. Berglund,Wai Tat Chiu,Anne C. Deitz,James I. Hudson,Victoria Shahly,Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola,Jordi Alonso,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Corina Benjet,Ronny Bruffaerts,Giovanni de Girolamo,Ron de Graaf,Josep Maria Haro,Viviane Kovess-Masfety,Siobhan O'Neill,Jose Posada-Villa,Carmen Sasu,Kate M. Scott,Maria Carmen Viana,Miguel Xavier +20 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-national BED data was presented and compared with bulimia nervosa (BN) data in the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health Surveys.