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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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Sources of Stress and Their Associations With Mental Disorders Among College Students: Results of the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Initiative.
Eirini Karyotaki,Eirini Karyotaki,Pim Cuijpers,Yesica Albor,Jordi Alonso,Randy P. Auerbach,Jason Bantjes,Ronny Bruffaerts,David Daniel Ebert,Penelope Hasking,Glenn Kiekens,Sue Lee,Margaret McLafferty,Arthur D. P. Mak,Philippe Mortier,Nancy A. Sampson,Dan J. Stein,Gemma Vilagut,Ronald C. Kessler +18 more
TL;DR: A significant dose-response association was found between extent of stress in each life area and increased odds of at least one of the six disorders, and Interpretation of PARPs as representing causal effects of stresses on disorders suggests that up to 46.9–80.0% of 12-month disorder prevalence might be eliminated if stress prevention interventions were developed to block the associations of stress with these disorders.
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The DSM-5 nonsuicidal self-injury disorder among incoming college students: Prevalence and associations with 12-month mental disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Glenn Kiekens,Glenn Kiekens,Penelope Hasking,Laurence Claes,Laurence Claes,Philippe Mortier,Randy P. Auerbach,Mark Boyes,Pim Cuijpers,Koen Demyttenaere,Jennifer Greif Green,Ronald C. Kessler,Matthew K. Nock,Ronny Bruffaerts,Ronny Bruffaerts +14 more
TL;DR: This study used full NSSI‐D criteria to identify those students most in need of clinical care with a history of nonsuicidal self‐injury.
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Drop out from out-patient mental healthcare in the World Health Organization’s World Mental Health Survey initiative
J. Elisabeth Wells,Mark Anthony Oakley Browne,Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola,Ali Al-Hamzawi,Jordi Alonso,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Colleen Bouzan,Ronny Bruffaerts,Brendan Bunting,José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida,Giovanni de Girolamo,Ron de Graaf,Silvia Florescu,Akira Fukao,Oye Gureje,Hristo Hinkov,Chiyi Hu,Irving Hwang,Elie G. Karam,Stanislav Kostyuchenko,Viviane Kovess-Masfety,Daphna Levinson,Zhaorui Liu,María Elena Medina-Mora,S. Haque Nizamie,Jose Posada-Villa,Nancy A. Sampson,Dan J. Stein,Maria Carmen Viana,Ronald C. Kessler +29 more
TL;DR: Drop out needs to be reduced to ensure effective treatment, particularly after the second visit, and the pattern of drop out across other sectors differed by country income group.
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Association Between Psychotic Experiences and Subsequent Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors: A Cross-National Analysis From the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.
Evelyn J. Bromet,Matthew K. Nock,Sukanta Saha,Carmen C.W. Lim,Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola,Ali Al-Hamzawi,Jordi Alonso,Guilherme Borges,Ronny Bruffaerts,Louisa Degenhardt,Giovanni de Girolamo,Peter de Jonge,Silvia Florescu,Oye Gureje,Josep Maria Haro,Yanling He,Chiyi Hu,Elie G. Karam,Viviane Kovess-Masfety,Sing Lee,Jean-Pierre Lépine,Zeina Mneimneh,Fernando Navarro-Mateu,Akin Ojagbemi,Jose Posada-Villa,Nancy A Sampson,Kate M. Scott,Juan Carlos Stagnaro,Maria Carmen Viana,Miguel Xavier,Ronald C. Kessler,John J. McGrath,John J. McGrath +32 more
TL;DR: Although PEs were significant predictors of subsequent STB onset across all life stages, associations were strongest in individuals 12 years and younger, highlighting the importance of including information about PEs in screening instruments designed to predict STBs.
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Parental psychopathology and the risk of suicidal behavior in their offspring: results from the World Mental Health surveys
Oye Gureje,Bibilola D. Oladeji,Irving Hwang,W. T. Chiu,Ronald C. Kessler,Nancy A. Sampson,Jordi Alonso,Laura Helena Andrade,Annette L. Beautrais,Guilherme Borges,Evelyn J. Bromet,Ronny Bruffaerts,G. de Girolamo,R. de Graaf,Gilad Gal,Yanling He,Chiyi Hu,Noboru Iwata,Elie G. Karam,V. Kovess-Masfety,Herbert Matschinger,M. V. Moldovan,J. Posada-Villa,Rajesh Sagar,Paolo Scocco,Soraya Seedat,Toma Tomov,Matthew K. Nock +27 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis that parental disorders associated with negative mood would predict offspring suicide ideation, whereas disorders characterized by impulsive aggression and anxiety/agitation would predict which offspring act on their suicide Ideation and make a suicide attempt is tested.