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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 cross-national epidemiology of social anxiety disorder: Data from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative
Dan J. Stein,Carmen C.W. Lim,Carmen C.W. Lim,Carmen C.W. Lim,Annelieke M. Roest,Peter de Jonge,Peter de Jonge,Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola,Ali Al-Hamzawi,Jordi Alonso,Corina Benjet,Evelyn J. Bromet,Ronny Bruffaerts,Giovanni de Girolamo,Silvia Florescu,Oye Gureje,Josep Maria Haro,Meredith Harris,Meredith Harris,Yanling He,Hristo Hinkov,Itsuko Horiguchi,Chiyi Hu,Aimee N. Karam,Elie G. Karam,Elie G. Karam,Sing Lee,Jean-Pierre Lépine,Fernando Navarro-Mateu,Beth-Ellen Pennell,Marina Piazza,Jose Posada-Villa,Margreet ten Have,Yolanda Torres,Maria Carmen Viana,Bogdan Wojtyniak,Miguel Xavier,Ronald C. Kessler,Kate M. Scott +38 more
TL;DR: While differences in SAD prevalence across countries are apparent, a number of consistent patterns are found, including early age of onset, persistence, impairment in multiple domains, as well as characteristic socio-demographic correlates and associated psychiatric comorbidities.
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Sampling and methods of the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) project.
Jordi Alonso,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Sebastian Bernert,Ronny Bruffaerts,Terry Brugha,H Bryson,G. de Girolamo,Ron de Graaf,Koen Demyttenaere,Isabelle Gasquet,Josep Maria Haro,Steven J. Katz,Ronald C. Kessler,V. Kovess,J P Lépine,Johan Ormel,G Polidori,L J Russo,Gemma Vilagut,Josue Almansa,S Arbabzadeh-Bouchez,J Autonell,M Bernal,M A Buist-Bouwman,M Codony,Antònia Domingo-Salvany,Montse Ferrer,S S Joo,M Martínez-Alonso,Herbert Matschinger,F Mazzi,Z Morgan,Pierluigi Morosini,C Palacín,B Romera,Nick Taub,W.A.M. Vollebergh,ESEMeD +37 more
TL;DR: An overview of the methods implemented in the EESEMeD project is presented, designed to evaluate the prevalence, the impact and the treatment patterns in Europe.
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Socio-economic variations in the mental health treatment gap for people with anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) surveys
Sara Evans-Lacko,Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola,Ali Al-Hamzawi,Jordi Alonso,C. Benjet,Ronny Bruffaerts,W. T. Chiu,S. Florescu,G. de Girolamo,Oye Gureje,Josep Maria Haro,Yanling He,Chiyi Hu,Elie G. Karam,Norito Kawakami,Sing Lee,Crick Lund,Viviane Kovess-Masfety,Daphna Levinson,F. Navarro-Mateu,B. E. Pennell,Nancy A. Sampson,Kate M. Scott,Hisateru Tachimori,M. ten Have,Maria Carmen Viana,David R. Williams,Bogdan Wojtyniak,Zahari Zarkov,Ronald C. Kessler,Somnath Chatterji,Graham Thornicroft +31 more
TL;DR: A modest, but nonetheless stronger, an association of education than income with treatment raises questions about a financial barriers interpretation of the inverse association of SES with treatment, although future within-country analyses that consider contextual factors might document other important specifications.
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Internet interventions for mental health in university students: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Mathias Harrer,Sophia Adam,Harald Baumeister,Pim Cuijpers,Eirini Karyotaki,Randy P. Auerbach,Ronald C. Kessler,Ronny Bruffaerts,Matthias Berking,David Daniel Ebert +9 more
TL;DR: A systematic review and meta‐analysis synthesizes data on the efficacy of Internet‐based interventions for university students' mental health and suggests universities could be an optimal setting to provide evidence‐based care through the Internet.
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Association of perceived stigma and mood and anxiety disorders: results from the World Mental Health Surveys
Jordi Alonso,Andrea Buron,Ronny Bruffaerts,Yanling He,J. Posada-Villa,J P Lépine,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Daphna Levinson,G. de Girolamo,Hisateru Tachimori,Zeina Mneimneh,M. E. Medina-Mora,Johan Ormel,Kate M. Scott,Oye Gureje,J.M. Haro,Semyon Gluzman,Sing Lee,Gemma Vilagut,Ronald C. Kessler,M Von Korff +20 more
TL;DR: Assessment of the prevalence of perceived stigma among persons with mental disorders and chronic physical conditions in an international study found that perceived stigma is higher among people with mental diseases than among those with physical conditions.