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Viviane Kovess
Researcher at University of Paris
Publications - 49
Citations - 5552
Viviane Kovess is an academic researcher from University of Paris. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Population. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 49 publications receiving 4938 citations. Previous affiliations of Viviane Kovess include University of Caen Lower Normandy.
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Use of mental health services for anxiety, mood, and substance disorders in 17 countries in the WHO world mental health surveys
Philip S. Wang,Philip S. Wang,Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola,Jordi Alonso,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Guilherme Borges,Evelyn J. Bromet,Ronny Bruffaerts,Giovanni de Girolamo,Ron de Graaf,Oye Gureje,Josep Maria Haro,Elie G. Karam,Ronald C. Kessler,Viviane Kovess,Michael Lane,Sing Lee,Daphna Levinson,Yutaka Ono,Maria Petukhova,Jose Posada-Villa,Soraya Seedat,J. Elisabeth Wells +22 more
TL;DR: Mental health care in 17 countries participating in the WHO world mental health survey initiative is described and unmet needs for treatment are examined, especially concerning in less-developed countries.
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Cross-national analysis of the associations among mental disorders and suicidal behavior: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
Matthew K. Nock,Irving Hwang,Nancy A. Sampson,Ronald C. Kessler,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Annette L. Beautrais,Guilherme Borges,Evelyn J. Bromet,Ronny Bruffaerts,Giovanni de Girolamo,Ron de Graaf,Silvia Florescu,Oye Gureje,Josep Maria Haro,Chiyi Hu,Yueqin Huang,Elie G. Karam,Norito Kawakami,Viviane Kovess,Daphna Levinson,Jose Posada-Villa,Rajesh Sagar,Toma Tomov,Maria Carmen Viana,David R. Williams +24 more
TL;DR: Using data from over 100,000 individuals in 21 countries participating in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys, Matthew Nock and colleagues investigate which mental health disorders increase the odds of experiencing suicidal thoughts and actual suicide attempts.
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Risk factors for suicidality in Europe: results from the ESEMED study
M Bernal,Josep Maria Haro,Sebastian Bernert,Terry Brugha,R. de Graaf,Ronny Bruffaerts,J P Lépine,G. de Girolamo,Gemma Vilagut,Isabelle Gasquet,J V Torres,Viviane Kovess,Dirk Heider,Jan Neeleman,Ronald C. Kessler,Jordi Alonso +15 more
TL;DR: In spite of meaningful country variation in prevalence, risk factors for suicidality are consistent in the European countries and population prevention programmes should focus on early diagnosis and treatment of major depression and alcohol abuse and in those individuals with recent appearance of suicidal ideas.
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Age differences in the prevalence and co-morbidity of DSM-IV major depressive episodes: results from the WHO World Mental Health Survey Initiative
Ronald C. Kessler,Howard G. Birnbaum,Victoria Shahly,Evelyn J. Bromet,Irving Hwang,Katie A. McLaughlin,Nancy A. Sampson,Laura Helena Andrade,Giovanni de Girolamo,Koen Demyttenaere,Josep Maria Haro,Aimee N. Karam,Stanislav Kostyuchenko,Viviane Kovess,Carmen Lara,Daphna Levinson,Herbert Matschinger,Yoshibumi Nakane,Mark Anthony Oakley Browne,Johan Ormel,Jose Posada-Villa,Rajesh Sagar,Dan J. Stein +22 more
TL;DR: The weakening associations between MDE and physical conditions with increasing age argue against the suggestion that the low estimated prevalence of MDE among the elderly is due to increased confounding with physical disorders.
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Childhood adversities as risk factors for onset and persistence of suicidal behaviour.
Ronny Bruffaerts,Koen Demyttenaere,Guilherme Borges,Josep Maria Haro,Wai Tat Chiu,Irving Hwang,Elie G. Karam,Ronald C. Kessler,Nancy A. Sampson,Jordi Alonso,Laura Helena Andrade,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Corina Benjet,Evelyn J. Bromet,Giovanni de Girolamo,Ron de Graaf,Silvia Florescu,Oye Gureje,Itsuko Horiguchi,Chiyi Hu,Viviane Kovess,Daphna Levinson,Jose Posada-Villa,Rajesh Sagar,Kate M. Scott,Adley Tsang,Svetlozar Vassilev,David R. Williams,Matthew K. Nock +28 more
TL;DR: Childhood adversities (especially intrusive or aggressive adversities) are powerful predictors of the onset and persistence of suicidal behaviours.