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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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Comorbid painful physical symptoms and depression: Prevalence, work loss, and help seeking
TL;DR: Almost one in two persons with a mood disorder also reported the presence of PPS, which result in decreased productivity and in lower rates of help seeking and an additive effect of MDE and PPS was found on the WLD score.
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The associations between non-suicidal self-injury and first onset suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
Glenn Kiekens,Glenn Kiekens,Penelope Hasking,Mark Boyes,Laurence Claes,Philippe Mortier,Randy P. Auerbach,Pim Cuijpers,Koen Demyttenaere,Jennifer Greif Green,Ronald C. Kessler,Inez Myin-Germeys,Matthew K. Nock,Ronny Bruffaerts +13 more
TL;DR: This study provides support for the conceptualization of NSSI as a risk factor for STB and Investigation of the underlying pathways accounting for these time-ordered associations is an important avenue for future research.
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Parent psychopathology and offspring mental disorders: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
Katie A. McLaughlin,Anne M. Gadermann,Irving Hwang,Nancy A. Sampson,Ali Al-Hamzawi,Laura Helena Andrade,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Corina Benjet,Evelyn J. Bromet,Ronny Bruffaerts,José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida,Giovanni de Girolamo,Ron de Graaf,Silvia Florescu,Oye Gureje,Josep Maria Haro,Hristo Hinkov,Itsuko Horiguchi,Chiyi Hu,Aimee N. Karam,Viviane Kovess-Masfety,Sing Lee,Sam Murphy,S. Haque Nizamie,Jose Posada-Villa,Daniel R. Williams,Ronald C. Kessler +26 more
TL;DR: Parent psychopathology is a robust non-specific predictor associated with a substantial proportion of offspring disorders, and little specificity was found in multivariate analyses.
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The mental component of the short-form 12 health survey (SF-12) as a measure of depressive disorders in the general population: results with three alternative scoring methods
Gemma Vilagut,Carlos G. Forero,Alejandra Pinto-Meza,Josep Maria Haro,Ron de Graaf,Ronny Bruffaerts,Viviane Kovess,Giovanni de Girolamo,Herbert Matschinger,Montserrat Ferrer,Jordi Alonso +10 more
TL;DR: The SF-12 yielded acceptable results for detecting both active and recent depressive disorders in general population samples, suggesting that the questionnaire could be used as a useful screening tool for monitoring the prevalence of affective disorders and for targeting treatment and prevention.
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Perceived stigma among individuals with common mental disorders.
Jordi Alonso,Andrea Buron,Sonia Rojas-Farreras,Ron de Graaf,Josep M. Haro,Giovanni de Girolamo,Ronny Bruffaerts,Viviane Kovess,Herbert Matschinger,Gemma Vilagut +9 more
TL;DR: Individuals with mental disorders are more likely to report stigma if they have lower education, are married, or are unemployed, which is associated with considerably decrease in quality of life and role functioning.