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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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Post-traumatic stress disorder associated with sexual assault among women in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.
Kate M. Scott,Karestan C. Koenen,Andrew J. King,M. Petukhova,Jordi Alonso,Evelyn J. Bromet,Ronny Bruffaerts,Brendan Bunting,P. de Jonge,Josep Maria Haro,Elie G. Karam,Sing Lee,M. E. Medina-Mora,F. Navarro-Mateu,Nancy A. Sampson,Victoria Shahly,Dan J. Stein,Yolanda Torres,Alan M. Zaslavsky,Ronald C. Kessler +19 more
TL;DR: Whether counterfactual preventability cognitions are adaptive may depend on mental health history, and Predictive modelling may be useful in targeting high-risk women for preventive interventions.
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The relation between body mass index, mental health, and functional disability: a European population perspective.
Ronny Bruffaerts,Koen Demyttenaere,Gemma Vilagut,Montserat Ms Martinez,Anke Bonnewyn,Ron de Graaf,Josep Maria Haro,Sebastian Bernert,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Traolach Brugha,Christine Roick,Jordi Alonso +11 more
TL;DR: Although there is a moderate association between obesity and mental disorders, BMI did not independently influence functional disability, whereas mental disorders had a considerable effect on work loss days.
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Attachment in old age: theoretical assumptions, empirical findings and implications for clinical practice.
Lies Van Assche,Patrick Luyten,Patrick Luyten,Ronny Bruffaerts,Philippe Persoons,Lucas van de Ven,Mathieu Vandenbulcke +6 more
TL;DR: There is some evidence suggesting that attachment-based interventions show positive effects in treating problem behaviors associated with dementia, however, these conclusions need to be interpreted within the context of important methodological limitations, stressing the need for future research in this domain.
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Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of common mental disorders among first-year university students in post-apartheid South Africa: implications for a public mental health approach to student wellness
Jason Bantjes,Christine Lochner,Wylene Saal,Janine Roos,Lian Taljaard,Daniel T Page,Randy P. Auerbach,Philippe Mortier,Philippe Mortier,Ronny Bruffaerts,Ronald C. Kessler,Dan J. Stein +11 more
TL;DR: Despite advances to promote greater social inclusion in post-apartheid SA, students who identify as female, students with atypical sexual orientations, and students with disabilities are nonetheless at increased risk of CMDs, although students who identifies as Black and first-generation students are not.
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A comparative analysis of role attainment and impairment in binge-eating disorder and bulimia nervosa: Results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
Ronald C. Kessler,Victoria Shahly,James I. Hudson,D. Supina,Patricia A. Berglund,W. T. Chiu,Michaela Gruber,Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola,Jordi Alonso,Laura Helena Andrade,Corina Benjet,Ronny Bruffaerts,G. de Girolamo,R. de Graaf,S. Florescu,Josep Maria Haro,Sam Murphy,J. Posada-Villa,Kate M. Scott,Miguel Xavier +19 more
TL;DR: Effects of BED on role attainments and impairments are comparable with those of BN, and the most plausible interpretation of the fact that these associations are explained by comorbid disorders is that causal effects of EDs are mediated through secondary disorders.