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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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The role of religious advisors in mental health care in the World Mental Health surveys
V. Kovess-Masfety,Sara Evans-Lacko,David R. Williams,Laura Helena Andrade,Corina Benjet,Margreet ten Have,Klaas J. Wardenaar,Elie G. Karam,Ronny Bruffaerts,Jibril Abdumalik,Josep Maria Haro Abad,Silvia Florescu,Benjamin Wu,Peter de Jonge,Yasmina Altwaijri,Hristo Hinkov,Norito Kawakami,José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida,Evelyn J. Bromet,Giovanni de Girolamo,Jose Posada-Villa,Ali Al-Hamzawi,Yueqin Huang,Chiyi Hu,Maria Carmen Viana,John Fayyad,María Elena Medina-Mora,Koen Demyttenaere,Jean Pierre Lepine,Sam Murphy,Miguel Xavier,Tadashi Takeshima,Oye Gureje +32 more
TL;DR: Religious advisors play an important role in mental health care and require appropriate training and collaboration with formal mental healthcare systems and religious attitudes are strong predictors of religious advisors usage.
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Mood and anxiety disorders across the adult lifespan: a European perspective.
Ronald McDowell,Assumpta Ryan,Brendan Bunting,Siobhan O'Neill,Jordi Alonso,Ronny Bruffaerts,R. de Graaf,Silvia Florescu,Gemma Vilagut,J M de Almeida,G. de Girolamo,Josep Maria Haro,Hristo Hinkov,V. Kovess-Masfety,Herbert Matschinger,Toma Tomov +15 more
TL;DR: This study used multigroup methods to model the distribution of 12-month DSM-IV/CIDI mood and anxiety disorders across the adult lifespan in relation to determinants of mental health in 10 European Union (EU) countries and illustrates the difficulties in conducting research among different age groups simultaneously.
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Emergency psychiatry in the 21st century: critical issues for the future.
TL;DR: This paper aims to address some contemporary problems of emergency psychiatry, and then tries to outline some issues that may be of importance in the future of the psychiatric emergency room.
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Childhood generalized specific phobia as an early marker of internalizing psychopathology across the lifespan: results from the World Mental Health Surveys
Ymkje Anna de Vries,Ymkje Anna de Vries,Ali Al-Hamzawi,Jordi Alonso,Guilherme Borges,Ronny Bruffaerts,Brendan Bunting,José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida,Alfredo H. Cia,Giovanni de Girolamo,Rumyana V. Dinolova,Oluyomi Esan,Silvia Florescu,Oye Gureje,Josep Maria Haro,Josep Maria Haro,Chiyi Hu,Elie G. Karam,Elie G. Karam,Aimee N. Karam,Norito Kawakami,Andrzej Kiejna,Viviane Kovess-Masfety,Sing Lee,Zeina Mneimneh,Fernando Navarro-Mateu,Marina Piazza,Kate M. Scott,Margreet ten Have,Yolanda Torres,Maria Carmen Viana,Ronald C. Kessler,Peter de Jonge,Peter de Jonge +33 more
TL;DR: This large international study shows that childhood-onset generalized SP is related to adverse outcomes in the internalizing domain throughout the life course and identifies an important target group for early intervention.
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Psychological interventions to improve sleep in college students: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Karina Saruhanjan,Anna Carlotta Zarski,Tobias Bauer,Harald Baumeister,Pim Cuijpers,Kai Spiegelhalder,Randy P. Auerbach,Ronald C. Kessler,Ronny Bruffaerts,Eirini Karyotaki,Matthias Berking,David Daniel Ebert +11 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided that psychological interventions for improving sleep are efficacious among college students, and further research should explore long‐term effects and potential moderators of treatment efficacy in college students.