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A comparative analysis of role attainment and impairment in binge-eating disorder and bulimia nervosa: Results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
(2014) Kessler, Ronald C.; Shahly, Victoria; Hudson, James I.; Supina, Dylan; Berglund, Patricia A.; Chiu, Wai Tat; Gruber, Michael; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alonso, Jordi; Andrade, Laura Helena; Benjet, Corina; Bruffaerts, Ronny; De Girolamo, Giovanni; De Graaf, Ron; Florescu, Silvia E.; Haro, Josep Maria; Murphy, Samuel D.; Posada-Villa, Jose; Scott, Kate; Xavier, Miguel; Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA. Tel. (617) 432-3587, Fax (617) 432-3588; Kessler@hcp.med.harvard.edu
Age of onset and cumulative risk of mental disorders: a cross-national analysis of population surveys from 29 countries
(Elsevier, 2023) McGrath, John J.; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Altwaijri, Yasmin; Andrade, Laura H.; Bromet, Evelyn J.; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Caldas de Almeida, José Miguel; Chardoul, Stephanie; Chiu, Wai Tat; Degenhardt, Louisa; Demler, Olga V.; Ferry, Finola; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep Maria; Karam, Elie G.; Karam, Georges; Khaled, Salma M.; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Magno, Marta; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Moskalewicz, Jacek; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Nishi, Daisuke; Plana-Ripoll, Oleguer; Posada-Villa, José; Rapsey, Charlene; Sampson, Nancy A.; Stagnaro, Juan Carlos; Stein, Dan J.; Have, Margreet ten; Torres, Yolanda; Vladescu, Cristian; Woodruff, Peter W.; Zarkov, Zahari; Kessler, Ronald C.; WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Altwaijri, Yasmin A.; Andrade, Laura Helena; Atwoli, Lukoye; Benjet, Corina; Bromet, Evelyn J.; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Bunting, Brendan; Caldas-de-Almeida, José Miguel; Cardoso, Graça; Chardoul, Stephanie; Cía, Alfredo H.; Degenhardt, Louisa; Girolamo, Giovanni De; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep Maria; Harris, Meredith G.; Hinkov, Hristo; Hu, Chi-Yi; Jonge, Peter De; Karam, Aimee N.; Karam, Elie G.; Karam, Georges; Kazdin, Alan E.; Kawakami, Norito; Kessler, Ronald C.; Kiejna, Andrzej; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; McGrath, John J.; Moskalewicz, Jacek; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Nishi, Daisuke; Piazza, Marina; Posada-Villa, José; Scott, Kate M.; Stagnaro, Juan Carlos; Stein, Dan J.; Have, Margreet Ten; Torres, Yolanda; Viana, Maria Carmen; Vigo, Daniel V.; Vladescu, Cristian; Williams, David R.; Woodruff, Peter; Wojtyniak, Bogdan; Xavier, Miguel; Zaslavsky, Alan M.; Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; j.mcgrath@uq.edu.au (McGrath, John J.)
Age of onset and lifetime projected risk of psychotic experiences: cross-national data from the World Mental Health Survey
(Oxford University Press, 2016) McGrath, John J.; Saha, Sukanta; Al-Hamzawi, Ali O.; Alonso, Jordi; Andrade, Laura; Borges, Guilherme; Bromet, Evelyn J.; Browne, Mark Oakley; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Caldas de Almeida, Jose M. ; Fayyad, John; Florescu, Silvia; Girolamo, Giovanni de; Gureje, Oye; Hu, Chiyi; Jonge, Peter de; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Lepine, Jean Pierre; Lim, Carmen C. W.; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Piazza, Maria; Sampson, Nancy; Posada-Villa, José; Kendler, Kenneth S.; Kessler, Ronald C.; Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health, Brisbane, Australia; j.mcgrath@uq.edu.au
Antidepressant use in low- middle- and high-income countries: a World Mental Health Surveys report
(Cambridge University Press, 2023) Kazdin, Alan E.; Wu, Chi Shin; Hwang, Irving; Puac-Polanco, Victor; Sampson, Nancy A.; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Andrade, Laura Helena; Benjet, Corina; Caldas-de-Almeida, José-Miguel; Girolamo, Giovanni de; Jonge, Peter de; Florescu, Silvia; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep M.; Harris, Meredith G.; Karam, Elie G.; Karam, Georges; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Lee, Sing; McGrath, John J.; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Nishi, Daisuke; Oladeji, Bibilola D.; Posada-Villa, José; Stein, Dan J.; Üstün, T. Bedirhan; Vigo, Daniel V.; Zarkov, Zahari; Zaslavsky, Alan M.; Kessler, Ronald C.; the WHO World Mental Health Survey collaborators; Borges, Guilherme; Medina-Mora, María Elena; Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; kessler@hcp.med.harvard.edu (Ronald C. Kessler)
Association between mental disorders and subsequent adult onset asthma
(2014) Alonso, Jordi; De Jonge, Peter; Lim, Carmen C. W.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Caldas-de-Almeida, Jose Miguel; Liu, Zhaorui; O'Neill, Siobhan; Stein, Dan J.; Viana, Maria Carmen; Al-Hamzawi, Ali Obaid; Angermeyer, Matthias C.; Borges, Guilherme; Ciutan, Marius; De Girolamo, Giovanni; Fiestas, Fabian; Haro, Josep Maria; Hu, Chiyi; Kessler, Ronald C.; Lépine, Jean Pierre; Levinson, Daphna; Nakamura, Yosikazu; Posada-Villa, Jose; Wojtyniak, Bogdan J.; Scott, Kate M.; Health Services Research Unit, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain; jalonso@imim.es
Association of cohort and individual substance use with risk of transitioning to drug use, drug use disorder, and remission from disorder findings from the World Mental Health Surveys
(American Medical Association, 2019) Degenhardt, Louisa; Bharat, Chrianna; Glantz, Meyer D.; Sampson, Nancy A.; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Andrade, Laura H.; Bunting, Brendan; Cia, Alfredo; Girolamo, Giovanni de; Jonge, Peter De; Demyttenaere, Koen; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep Maria; Harris, Meredith G.; He, Yanling; Hinkov, Hristo; Karam, Aimee Nasser; Karam, Elie G.; Kiejna, Andrzej; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Lasebikan, Victor; Lee, Sing; Levinson, Daphna; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Mneimneh, Zeina; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Piazza, Marina; Posada-Villa, José; Scott, Kate; Stein, Dan J.; Tachimori, Hisateru; Tintle, Nathan; Torres, Yolanda; Kessler, Ronald C.; WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators; National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.; l.degenhardt@unsw.edu.au
Association of Mental Disorders With Subsequent Chronic Physical Conditions: World Mental Health Surveys From 17 Countries
(American Medical Association, 2016) Scott, Kate M.; Lim, Carmen; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Caldas-de-Almeida, José Miguel; Florescu, Silvia; De Girolamo, Giovanni; Hu, Chiyi; De Jonge, Peter; Kawakami, Norito; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Moskalewicz, Jacek, Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; O’Neil, Siobhan; Piazza, Marina; Posada-Villa, José; Torres, Yolanda; Kessler, Ronald C.; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand; kate.scott@otago.ac.nz
Associations between DSM-IV mental disorders and diabetes mellitus: a role for impulse control disorders and depression
(2014) De Jonge, Peter; Alonso, Jordi; Stein, Dan J.; Kiejna, Andrzej; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Viana, Maria Carmen; Liu, Zhaorui; O’Neill, Siobhan; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Caldas-de-Almeida, Jose Miguel; Lepine, Jean-Pierre; Matschinger, Herbert; Levinson, Daphna; Ge Girolamo, Giovanni; Fukao, Akira; Bunting, Brendan; Haro, Josep Maria; Posada-Villa, Jose A.; Al-Hamzawi, Ali Obaid; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Piazza, Marina; Hu, Chiyi; Sasu, Carmen; Lim, Carmen C. W.; Kessler, Ronald C.; Scott, Kate M.; Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO 9700 MB Groningen, The Netherlands; peter.de.jonge@umcg.nl
Associations between DSM-IV mental disorders and onset of self-reported peptic ulcer in the World Mental Health Surveys
(2013) Scott, Kate M.; Alonso, Jordi; De Jonge, Peter; Viana, Maria Carmen; Liu, Zhaorui; O’Neill, Siobhan; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Caldas-de-Almeida, Jose Miguel; Stein, Dan J.; Angermeyer, Matthias; Benjet, Corina; De Girolamo, Giovanni; Firuleasa, Ingrid-Laura; Kiejna, Andrzej; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Levinson, Daphna; Nakane, Yoshibumi; Piazza, Marina; Posada-Villa, José A.; Salih Khalaf, Mohammad; Lim, Carmen C. W.; Kessler, Ronald C.; Correspondence to: Kate M. Scott, PhD, Department of Psychological Medicine, Otago University, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand (kate.scott@otago.ac.nz); 64 3 4747007 ext 7369 (voice); 64 3 4747934 (fax); kate.scott@otago.ac.nz
Associations between DSM-IV mental disorders and subsequent COPD diagnosis
(2015) Rapsey, Charlene M.; Lim, Carmen C. W.; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Caldas-de-Almeida, J. M.; Florescu, Silvia; De Girolamo, Giovanni; Hu, Chiyi; Kessler, Ronald C.; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Levinson, Daphna; Medina-Mora, María Elena; Murphy, Sam; Ono, Yutaka; Piazza, Maria; Posada-Villa, Jose; Have, Margreet ten; Wojtyniak, Bogdan; Scott, Kate M.; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; charlene.rapsey@otago.ac.nz
Associations between DSM-IV mental disorders and subsequent heart disease onset: beyond depression
(2013) Scott, Kate M.; De Jonge, Peter; Alonso, Jordi; Viana, Maria Carmen; Liu, Zhaorui; O’Neill, Siobhan; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Caldas-de-Almeida, Jose Miguel; Stein, Dan J.; De Girolamo, Giovanni; Florescu, Silvia E.; Hu, Chiyi; Ismet Taib, Nezar; Lépine, Jean-Pierre; Levinson, Daphna; Matschinger, Herbert; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Piazza, Marina; Posada-Villa, José A.; Uda, Hidenori; Wojtyniak, Bogdan J.; Lim, Carmen C. W.; Kessler, Ronald C.; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; kate.scott@otago.ac.nz
Associations between DSM-IV mental disorders and subsequent self-reported diagnosis of cancer
(2014) O'Neill, Siobhan; Posada-Villa, Jose; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Al-Hamzawi, Ali Obaid; Piazza, Marina; Tachimori, Hisateru; Hu, Chiyi; Lim, Carmen; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Lépine, Jean-Pierre; Matschinger, Herbert; De Girolamo, Giovanni; De Jonge, Peter; Alonso, Jordi; Caldas-de-Almeida, Jose Miguel; Florescu, Silvia; Kiejna, Andrzej; Levinson, Daphna; Kessler, Ronald C.; Scott, Kate M.; Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Well-Being, University of Ulster, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; sm.oneill@ulster.ac.uk
Associations between Lifetime Traumatic Events and Subsequent Chronic Physical Conditions: A CrossNational, Cross-Sectional Study
(Public Library Science, 1160 Battery Street, STE 100, San Francisco, CA 94111 USA , 2013) Scott, Kate M.; Koenen, Karestan C.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alonso, Jordi; Angermeyer, Matthias C.; Benjet, Corina; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Caldas-de-Almeida, Jose Miguel; De Girolamo, Giovanni; Florescu, Silvia; Iwata, Noboru; Levinson, Daphna; Lim, Carmen C. W.; Murphy, Sam; Ormel, Johan; Posada-Villa, Jose; Kessler, Ronald C.; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; kate.scott@otago.ac.nz
Barriers of mental health treatment utilization among first-year college students: first cross-national results from the WHO World Mental Health International College Student Initiative
(John Wiley & Sons, 2019) Ebert, David Daniel; Mortier, Philippe; Kaehlke, Fanny; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Baumeister, Harald; Auerbach, Randy P.; Alonso, Jordi; Vilagut, Gemma; Martínez, Kalina U.; Lochner, Christine; Cuijpers, Pim; Kuechler, Ann-Marie; Green, Jennifer; Hasking, Penelope; Lapsley, Coral; Sampson, Nancy A.; Kessler, Ronald C.; WHO World Mental Health-International College Student Initiative collaborators; Borges, Guilherme; Medina-Mora, María Elena; Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Friedrich‐Alexander‐University Erlangen‐Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany; david.ebert@fau.de
Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
(Royal College of Psychiatrists, British Journal of Psychiatry 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG, England, 2010) Kessler, Ronald C.; McLaughlin, Katie A.; Green, Jennifer Greif; Gruber, Michael J.; Sampson, Nancy A.; Zaslavsky, Alan M.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alhamzawi, Ali Obaid; Alonso, Jordi; Angermeyer, Matthias; Benjet, Corina; Bromet, Evelyn; Chatterji, Somnath; De Girolamo, Giovanni; Demyttenaere, Koen; Fayyad, John; Florescu, Silvia; Gal, Gilad; Gureje, Oye; Maria Haro, Josep; Hu, Chi-yi; Karam, Elie G.; Kawakami, Norito; Lee, Sing; Lepine, Jean-Pierre; Ormel, Johan; Posada-Villa, José; Sagar, Rajesh; Tsang, Adley; Uestuen, T. Bedirhan; Vassilev, Svetlozar; Viana, María Carmen; Williams, David R.; Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care Policy, Boston, MA 02115 USA; kessler@hcp.med.harvard.edu
Background: Although significant associations of childhood adversities with adult mental disorders are widely documented, most studies focus on single childhood adversities predicting single disorders. Aims: To examine joint associations of 12 childhood adversities with first onset of 20 DSM-IV disorders in World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys in 21 countries. Method: Nationally or regionally representative surveys of 51 945 adults assessed childhood adversities and lifetime DSM-IV disorders with the WHO Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). Results: Childhood adversities were highly prevalent and interrelated. Childhood adversities associated with maladaptive family functioning (e.g. parental mental illness, child abuse, neglect) were the strongest predictors of disorders. Co-occurring childhood adversities associated with maladaptive family functioning had significant subadditive predictive associations and little specificity across disorders. Childhood adversities account for 29.8% of all disorders across countries. Conclusions: Childhood adversities have strong associations with all classes of disorders at all life-course stages in all groups of WMH countries. Long-term associations imply the existence of as-yet undetermined mediators.
Childhood adversities as risk factors for onset and persistence of suicidal behaviour
(2010) Bruffaerts, Ronny; Demyttenaere, Koen; Borges, Guilherme; Haro, Josep Maria; Chiu, Wai Tat; Hwang, Irving; Karam, Elie G.; Kessler, Ronald C.; Sampson, Nancy; Alonso, Jordi; Andrade, Laura Helena; Angermeyer, Matthias; Benjet, Corina; Bromet, Evelyn; De Girolamo, Giovanni; De Graaf, Ron; Florescu, Silvia; Gureje, Oye; Horiguchi, Itsuko; Hu, Chiyi; Kovess, Viviane; Levinson, Daphna; Posada-Villa, Jose; Sagar, Rajesh; Scott, Kate; Tsang, Adley; Vassilev, Svetlozar M.; Williams, David R.; Nock, Matthew K.; permissions@rcpsych.ac.uk
Childhood adversities as risk factors for onset and persistence of suicidal behaviour
(ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS, BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 17 BELGRAVE SQUARE, LONDON SW1X 8PG, ENGLAND, 2010) Bruffaerts, Ronny; Demyttenaere, Koen; Borges, Guilherme; Maria Haro, Josep; Chiu, Wai Tat; Hwang, Irving; Karam, Elie G.; Kessler, Ronald C.; Sampson, Nancy; Alonso, Jordi; Andrade, Laura Helena; Angermeyer, Matthias; Benjet, Corina; Bromet, Evelyn; De Girolamo, Giovanni; De Graaf, Ron; Florescu, Silvia; Gureje, Oye; Horiguchi, Itsuko; Hu, Chiyi; Kovess, Viviane; Levinson, Daphna; Posada-Villa, José; Sagar, Rajesh; Scott, Kate; Tsang, Adley; Vassilev, Svetlozar M.; Williams, David R.; Nock, Matthew K.; Univ Hosp Gasthuisberg, Dept Psychiat, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium; ronny.bruffaerts@med.kuleuven.be
Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, but the precise effect of childhood adversities as risk factors for the onset and persistence of suicidal behaviour (suicide ideation, plans and attempts) are not well understood. Aims: To examine the associations between childhood adversities as risk factors for the onset and persistence of suicidal behaviour across 21 countries worldwide. Method: Respondents from nationally representative samples (n = 55 299) were interviewed regarding childhood adversities that occurred before the age of 18 years and lifetime suicidal behaviour. Results: Childhood adversities were associated with an increased risk of suicide attempt and ideation in both bivariate and multivariate models (odds ratio range 1.2-5.7). The risk increased with the number of adversities experienced, but at a decreasing rate. Sexual and physical abuse were consistently the strongest risk factors for both the onset and persistence of suicidal behaviour, especially during adolescence. Associations remained similar after additional adjustment for respondents' lifetime mental disorder status. Conclusions: Childhood adversities (especially intrusive or aggressive adversities) are powerful predictors of the onset and persistence of suicidal behaviours.
Childhood Adversity, Early-Onset Depressive/Anxiety Disorders, and Adult-Onset Asthma
(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA, 2008) Scott, Kate M.; Von Korff, Michael; Alonso, Jordi; Angermeyer, Matthias C.; Benjet, Corina; Bruffaerts, Ronny; De Girolamo, Giovanni; Haro, Josep Maria; Kessler, Ronald C.; Kovess, Viviane; Ono, Yutaka; Ormel, Johan; Posada-Villa, José; Univ Otago, Dept Psychol Med, Wellington, New Zealand; kate.scott@otago.ac.nz
Objectives: To investigate a) whether childhood adversity predicts adult-onset asthma; b) whether early-onset depressive/anxiety disorders predict adult-onset asthma; and c) whether childhood adversity and early-onset depressive/anxiety disorders predict adult-onset asthma independently of each other. Previous research has suggested, but not established, that childhood adversity may predict adult-onset asthma and, moreover, that the association between mental disorders and asthma may be a function of shared risk factors, such as childhood adversity. Methods: Ten cross-sectional population surveys of household-residing adults (> 18 years, n = 18,303) assessed mental disorders with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI 3.0) as part of the World Mental Health surveys. Assessment of a range of childhood family adversities was included. Asthma was ascertained by self-report of lifetime diagnosis and age of diagnosis. Survival analyses calculated hazard ratios (HRs) for risk of adult-onset (>age 20 years) asthma as a function of number and type of childhood adversities and early-onset (
Childhood generalized specific phobia as an early marker of internalizing psychopathology across the lifespan: results from the World Mental Health Surveys
(BioMed Central, 2019) Vries, Ymkje Anna de; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Borges, Guilherme; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Bunting, Brendan; Caldas-de-Almeida, José Miguel; Cia, Alfredo H.; Girolamo, Giovanni De; Dinolova, Rumyana V.; Esan, Oluyomi; Florescu, Silvia; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep Maria; Hu, Chiyi; Karam, Elie G.; Karam, Aimee; Kawakami, Norito; Kiejna, Andrzej; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Lee, Sing; Mneimneh, Zeina; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Piazza, Marina; Scott, Kate; Have, Margreet ten; Torres, Yolanda; Viana, Maria Carmen; Kessler, Ronald C.; Jonge, Peter de; WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators; Benjet, Corina; Medina-Mora, María Elena; Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; y.a.de.vries@rug.nl
Childhood psychosocial stressors and adult onset arthritis: Broad spectrum risk factors and allostatic load
(International Association for the Study of Pain 1510 H St. NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005-1020, 2009) Von Korff, Michael; Alonso, Jordi; Ormel, Johan; Angermeyer, Matthias; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Fleiz, Clara; De Girolamo, Giovanni; Kessler, Ronald C.; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Posada-Villa, José; Scott, Kate M.; Uda, Hidenori; Group Health Center for Health Studies, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Neural, endocrine, and immune stress mediators are hypothesized to increase risks of diverse chronic diseases, including arthritis. Retrospective data from the World Mental Health Surveys (N = 18,309) were employed to assess whether adult onset of arthritis was associated with childhood adversities and early onset psychological disorder. Cox proportional hazard models assessed the association of number of childhood adversities and the presence of early onset psychological disorder with arthritis age of onset. Controlling for age, sex, and early onset mental disorder, relative to persons with no childhood adversities, persons with two adversities had an increased risk of adult onset arthritis (hazard ratio = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.08, 1.50), while persons with three or more adversities had a higher risk (HR = 1.44, CI = 1.24, 1.67). Early onset depressive and/or anxiety disorder was associated with an increased risk of adult onset arthritis after controlling for childhood adversities (HR = 1.43, CI = 1.28, 1.61). Since psychosocial stressors may be broad spectrum risk factors that increase risks of diverse chronic conditions in later life (e.g. arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, and chronic pain), prospective studies of childhood psychosocial stressors may be most productive if multiple disease outcomes are assessed in the same study. Results from this study provide methodological guidance for future prospective studies of the relationship between childhood psychosocial stressors and subsequent risk of adult onset arthritis. 2009 International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.