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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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Severe role impairment associated with mental disorders: Results of the WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project.
Jordi Alonso,Jordi Alonso,Philippe Mortier,Randy P. Auerbach,Randy P. Auerbach,Ronny Bruffaerts,Gemma Vilagut,Pim Cuijpers,Koen Demyttenaere,David Daniel Ebert,Edel Ennis,Raúl A. Gutiérrez-García,Jennifer Greif Green,Penelope Hasking,Christine Lochner,Matthew K. Nock,Stephanie Pinder-Amaker,Stephanie Pinder-Amaker,Nancy A. Sampson,Alan M. Zaslavsky,Ronald C. Kessler +20 more
TL;DR: This video explains why college entrance is a stressful period with a high prevalence of mental disorders and how to cope with it.
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Age patterns in the prevalence of DSM-IV depressive/anxiety disorders with and without physical co-morbidity.
Kate M. Scott,M Von Korff,Jordi Alonso,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Evelyn J. Bromet,Ronny Bruffaerts,G. de Girolamo,R. de Graaf,Ana Fernández,Oye Gureje,Yanling He,Ronald C. Kessler,Viviane Kovess,Daphna Levinson,M. E. Medina-Mora,Zeina Mneimneh,M. A. Oakley Browne,J. Posada-Villa,Hisateru Tachimori,David R. Williams +19 more
TL;DR: CIDI-diagnosed depressive and anxiety disorders in the general population decrease with age, despite greatly increasing physical morbidity with age.
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The association between childhood adversities and subsequent first onset of psychotic experiences: a cross-national analysis of 23 998 respondents from 17 countries
John J. McGrath,Katie A. McLaughlin,Sukanta Saha,Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola,Ali Al-Hamzawi,Jordi Alonso,Ronny Bruffaerts,G. de Girolamo,P. de Jonge,Oluyomi Esan,Silvia Florescu,Oye Gureje,Josep Maria Haro,Chiyi Hu,Elie G. Karam,V. Kovess-Masfety,Sing Lee,Jean-Pierre Lépine,Carmen C.W. Lim,M. E. Medina-Mora,Zeina Mneimneh,B. E. Pennell,Marina Piazza,Jose Posada-Villa,Nancy A. Sampson,Maria Carmen Viana,Miguel Xavier,Evelyn J. Bromet,Kenneth S. Kendler,Ronald C. Kessler +29 more
TL;DR: Exposure to CAs is associated with PE onset throughout the life-course, although sexual abuse is most strongly associated with childhood-onset PEs, and the large PARPs suggest that preventing CAs could lead to a meaningful reduction in PEs in the population.
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Early-Life Mental Disorders and Adult Household Income in the World Mental Health Surveys
Norito Kawakami,Emad Abdulrazaq Abdulghani,Jordi Alonso,Evelyn J. Bromet,Ronny Bruffaerts,José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida,Wai Tat Chiu,Giovanni de Girolamo,Ron de Graaf,John Fayyad,Finola Ferry,Silvia Florescu,Oye Gureje,Chiyi Hu,Matthew D. Lakoma,William G. LeBlanc,Sing Lee,Daphna Levinson,Savita Malhotra,Herbert Matschinger,María Elena Medina-Mora,Yosikazu Nakamura,Mark Anthony Oakley Browne,Michail Okoliyski,Jose Posada-Villa,Nancy A. Sampson,Maria Carmen Viana,Ronald C. Kessler +27 more
TL;DR: Early mental disorders are associated with substantial decrements in income net of education at both individual and societal levels, and policy makers should take these associations into consideration in making health care research and treatment resource allocation decisions.
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Associations between mental disorders and subsequent onset of hypertension
Dan J. Stein,Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola,Jordi Alonso,Ronny Bruffaerts,Peter de Jonge,Zharoui Liu,José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida,Siobhan O'Neill,Maria Carmen Viana,Ali Al-Hamzawi,Mattias C. Angermeyer,Corina Benjet,Ron de Graaf,Finola Ferry,Viviane Kovess-Masfety,Daphna Levinson,Giovanni de Girolamo,Silvia Florescu,Chiyi Hu,Norito Kawakami,Josep Maria Haro,Marina Piazza,Jose Posada-Villa,Bogdan Wojtyniak,Miguel Xavier,Carmen C.W. Lim,Ronald C. Kessler,Kate M. Scott +27 more
TL;DR: Depression, anxiety, impulsive eating disorders and substance use disorders were significantly associated with the subsequent diagnosis of hypertension, underscoring the importance of early detection of mental disorders, and of physical health monitoring in people with these conditions.