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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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Epidemiology of late life depression
TL;DR: An epidemiology of late life depression, longitudinal findings from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly, and its implications for clinical practice are described.
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Associations between DSM-IV mental disorders and subsequent COPD diagnosis
Charlene Rapsey,Carmen C.W. Lim,Ali Al-Hamzawi,Jordi Alonso,Ronny Bruffaerts,José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida,Silvia Florescu,Giovanni de Girolamo,Chiyi Hu,Ronald C. Kessler,Viviane Kovess-Masfety,Daphna Levinson,MarÃa Elena Medina-Mora,Sam Murphy,Yutaka Ono,Maria Piazza,Jose Posada-Villa,Margreet ten Have,Bogdan Wojtyniak,Kate M. Scott +19 more
TL;DR: Mental disorder prevalence is higher in those with COPD than those without COPD, and over time, mental disorders are associated with subsequent diagnosis of COPD; the risk is cumulative for multiple diagnoses.
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Associations between DSM-IV mental disorders and subsequent non-fatal, self-reported stroke
Nicola Swain,Carmen C.W. Lim,Daphna Levinson,Fabian Fiestas,Giovanni de Girolamo,Jacek Moskalewicz,Jean Pierre Lepine,Jose Posada-Villa,Josep Maria Haro,María Elena Medina-Mora,Miguel Xavier,Noboru Iwata,Peter de Jonge,Ronny Bruffaerts,Siobhan O'Neill,Ronald C. Kessler,Kate M. Scott +16 more
TL;DR: Depression and alcohol abuse may have specific associations with incidence of non-fatal stroke, and general severity of psychopathology may be a more important predictor of Non-Fatal stroke onset.
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The role of common mental and physical disorders in days out of role in the Iraqi general population: Results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
Ali Al-Hamzawi,Anthony J. Rosellini,Marrena Lindberg,Maria Petukhova,Ronald C. Kessler,Ronny Bruffaerts +5 more
TL;DR: Despite commonly-occurring mental disorders accounting for more individual-level days out-of-role than the physical disorders, mental disorders are much less likely to receive treatment in Iraq (e.g., due to stigma).
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The effect of trauma and dissociation on the outcome of cognitive behavioural therapy for binge eating disorder: A 6‐month prospective study
Riccardo Serra,Riccardo Serra,Glenn Kiekens,Lorenzo Tarsitani,Elske Vrieze,Ronny Bruffaerts,Camillo Loriedo,Adriaens An,Johan Vanderlinden +8 more
TL;DR: The impact oftraumatic experiences, as opposed to the number of traumatic experiences experienced, negatively predicts remission after 6 months of CBT after BED patients take part in a 6-month, protocolized, group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).