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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
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    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.)
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    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
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    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
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    Association of Childhood Adversities and Early-Onset Mental Disorders With Adult-Onset Chronic Physical Conditions
    (AMER MEDICAL ASSOC, 515 N STATE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60654-0946 USA, 2011) Scott, Kate M.; Von Korff, Michael; Angermeyer, Matthias C.; Benjet, Corina; Bruffaerts, Ronny; De Girolamo, Giovanni; Maria Haro, Josep; Lepine, Jean-Pierre; Ormel, Johan; Posada-Villa, José; Tachimori, Hisateru; Kessler, Ronald C.; Univ Otago, Dunedin Sch Med, Dept Psychol Med, Dunedin, New Zealand; kate.scott@otago.ac.nz
    Context: The physical health consequences of childhood psychosocial adversities may be as substantial as the mental health consequences, but whether this is the case remains unclear because much prior research has involved unrepresentative samples and a selective focus on particular adversities or physical outcomes. The association between early-onset mental disorders and subsequent poor physical health in adulthood has not been investigated. Objective: To investigate whether childhood adversities and early-onset mental disorders are independently associated with increased risk of a range of adult-onset chronic physical conditions in culturally diverse samples spanning the full adult age range. Design: Cross-sectional community surveys of adults in 10 countries. Setting: General population. Participants: Adults (ie, aged >= 18 years; N=18 303), with diagnostic assessment and determination of age at onset of DSM-IV mental disorders, assessment of childhood familial adversities, and age of diagnosis or onset of chronic physical conditions. Main Outcome Measures: Risk (ie, hazard ratios) of adult-onset (ie, at age > 20 years) heart disease, asthma, diabetes mellitus, arthritis, chronic spinal pain, and chronic headache as a function of specific childhood adversities and early-onset (ie, at age < 21 years) DSM-IV depressive and anxiety disorders, with mutual adjustment. Results: A history of 3 or more childhood adversities was independently associated with onset of all 6 physical conditions (hazard ratios, 1.44 to 2.19). Controlling for current mental disorder made little difference to these associations. Early-onset mental disorders were independently associated with onset of 5 physical conditions (hazard ratios, 1.43 to 1.66). Conclusions: These results are consistent with the hypothesis that childhood adversities and early-onset mental disorders have independent, broad-spectrum effects that increase the risk of diverse chronic physical conditions in later life. They require confirmation in a prospectively designed study. The long course of these associations has theoretical and research implications.
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Associations between DSM-IV mental disorders and subsequent non-fatal, self-reported stroke
    (2015) Swain, Nicola R.; Lim, Carmen C.W.; Levinson, Daphna; Fiestas, Fabian; De Girolamo, Giovanni; Moskalewicz, Jacek; Lepine, Jean-Pierre; Posada-Villa, Jose; Haro, Josep Maria; Medina-Mora, María Elena; Xavier, Miguel; Iwata, Noboru; De Jonge, Peter; Bruffaerts, Ronny; O’Neill, Siobhan; Kessler, Ron C.; Scott, Kate M.; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; nicola.swain@otago.ac.nz
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    Associations between DSM-IV mental disorders and subsequent onset of arthritis
    (2016) Aguilar Gaxiola, Sergio; Loera, Gustavo; Geraghty, Estella M.; Ton, Hendry; Lim, Carmen C.W.; De Jonge, Peter; Kessler, Ronald C.; Posada-Villa,  José; Medina-Mora, María Elena; Hu, Chiyi; Fiestas, Fabian; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Kovess-Masféty, Viviane; Al-Hamzawi, Ali Obaid; Levinson, Daphna; De Girolamo, Giovanni; Nakane, Yoshibumi; Ten Have, Margreet; O'Neill, Siobhan; Wojtyniak, Bogdan; Caldas de Almeida, José Miguel; Florescu, Silvia; Haro, Josep Maria; Scott, Kate M.; University of California Davis, School of Medicine, 2921 Stockton Boulevard, Suite 1400, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States; aguilargaxiola@ucdavis.edu
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    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
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    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
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    Associations of serious mental illness with earnings: results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys
    (ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS, BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 17 BELGRAVE SQUARE, LONDON SW1X 8PG, ENGLAND, 2010) Levinson, Daphna; Lakoma, Matthew D.; Petukhova, María; Schoenbaum, Michael; Zaslavsky, Alan M.; Angermeyer, Matthias; Borges, Guilherme; Bruffaerts, Ronny; De Girolamo, Giovanni; De Graaf, Ron; Gureje, Oye; Maria Haro, Josep; Hu, Chiyi; Karam, Aimee N.; Kawakami, Norito; Lee, Sing; Lepine, Jean-Pierre; Browne, Mark Oakley; Okoliyski, Michail; Posada-Villa, José; Sagar, Rajesh; Viana, María Carmen; Williams, David R.; Kessler, Ronald C.; Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care Policy, Boston, MA 02115 USA; kessler@hcp.med.harvard.edu
    Background: Burden-of-illness data, which are often used in setting healthcare policy-spending priorities, are unavailable for mental disorders in most countries. Aims: To examine one central aspect of illness burden, the association of serious mental illness with earnings, in the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. Method: The WMH Surveys were carried out in 10 high-income and 9 low- and middle-income countries. The associations of personal earnings with serious mental illness were estimated. Results: Respondents with serious mental illness earned on average a third less than median earnings, with no significant between-country differences (chi(2)(9)=5.5-8.1, P=0.5-0.79). These losses are equivalent to 0.3-0.8% of total national earnings. Reduced earnings among those with earnings and the increased probability of not earning are both important components of these associations: Conclusions: These results add to a growing body of evidence that mental disorders have high societal costs. Decisions about healthcare resource allocation should take these costs into consideration.
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    Associations of serious mental illness with earnings: results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys
    (ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS, BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 17 BELGRAVE SQUARE, LONDON SW1X 8PG, ENGLAND, 2010) Levinson, Daphna; Lakoma, Matthew D.; Petukhova, María; Schoenbaum, Michael; Zaslavsky, Alan M.; Angermeyer, Matthias; Borges, Guilherme; Bruffaerts, Ronny; De Girolamo, Giovanni; De Graaf, Ron; Gureje, Oye; Maria Haro, Josep; Hu, Chiyi; Karam, Aimee N.; Kawakami, Norito; Lee, Sing; Lepine, Jean-Pierre; Browne, Mark Oakley; Okoliyski, Michail; Posada-Villa, José; Sagar, Rajesh; Viana, María Carmen; Williams, David R.; Kessler, Ronald C.; Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care Policy, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 USA; kessler@hcp.med.harvard.edu
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    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
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    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
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    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.
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    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 (
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