Browsing by Author "Hwang, I."

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Barriers to Mental Health Treatment: Results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys
(2014) Andrade, L. H.; Alonso, J.; Mneimneh, Z.; Wells, J. E.; Al-Hamzawi, A.; Borges, G.; Bromet, E.; Bruffaerts, R.; De Girolamo, G.; De Graaf, R.; Florescu, S.; Gureje, O.; Hinkov, H. R.; Hu, C.; Huang, Y.; Hwang, I.; Jin, R.; Karam, E. G.; Kovess-Masfety, V.; Levinson, D.; Matschinger, H.; O’Neill, S.; Posada-Villa, J.; Sagar, R.; Sampson, N. A.; Section of Psychiatric Epidemiology-LIM 23, Department/Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil; kessler@hcp.med.harvard.edu
Mental disorders among college students in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys
(London : Cambridge University Press, 2016) Auerbach, R. P.; Alonso, J.; Axinn, W. G.; Cuijpers, P.; Ebert, D. D.; Green, J. G.; Hwang, I.; Kessler, R. C.; Liu, H.; Mortier, P.; Nock, M. K.; Pinder-Amaker, S.; Sampson, N. A.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, A.; Al-Hamzawi, A.; Andrade, L. H.; Benjet, C.; Caldas-de-Almeida, J. M.; Demyttenaere, K.; Florescu, S.; De Girolamo, G.; Gureje, O.; Haro, J. M.; Karam, E. G.; Kiejna, A.; Kovess-Masfety, V.; Lee, S.; McGrath, J. J.; O’Neill, S.; Pennell, B.-E.; Scott, K.; Ten Have, M.; Torres, Y.; Zaslavsky, A. M.; Zarkov, Z.; Bruffaerts, R.; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; kessler@hcp.med.harvard.edu
Parent psychopathology and offspring mental disorders: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.
(2012) McLaughlin, K.A.; Gadermann, A.M.; Hwang, I.; Sampson, N.A.; Al-Hamzawi, A.; Andrade, L.H.; Angermeyer, M.C.; Benjet, C.; Bromet, E.J.; Bruffaerts, R.; Caldas-de-Almeida, J.M.; De Girolamo, G.; De Graaf, R.; Florescu, S.; Gureje, O.; Haro, J.M.; Hinkov, H.R.; Horiguchi, I.; Hu, C.; Karam, A.N.; Kovess-Masfety, V.; Lee, S.; Murphy, S.D.; Nizamie, S.H.; Posada-Villa, J.; Williams, D.R.; Kessler, R.C.; Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Katie.McLaughlin@childrens.harvard.edu
Treatment of suicidal people around the world
(ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS, BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 17 BELGRAVE SQUARE, LONDON SW1X 8PG, ENGLAND, 2011) Bruffaerts, R.; Demyttenaere, K.; Hwang, I.; Chiu, W-T.; Sampson, N.; Kessler, R.C.; Alonso, J.; Borges, G.; De Girolamo, G.; De Graaf, R.; Florescu, S.; Gureje, O.; Hu, C.; Karam, E.G.; Kawakami, N.; Kostyuchenko, S.; Kovess-Masfety, V.; Lee, S.; Levinson, D.; Matschinger, H.; Posada-Villa, J.; Sagar, R.; Scott, K.M.; Stein, D.J.; Tomov, T.; Viana, M.C.; Nock, M.K.; UPC KUL, Univ Hosp Gasthuisberg, Louvain, Belgium; ronny.bruffaerts@med.kuleuven.be
Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide; however, little information is available about the treatment of suicidal people, or about barriers to treatment. Aims: To examine the receipt of mental health treatment and barriers to care among suicidal people around the world. Method: Twenty-one nationally representative samples worldwide (n=55 302; age 18 years and over) from the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Surveys were interviewed regarding past-year suicidal behaviour and past-year healthcare use. Suicidal respondents who had not used services in the past year were asked why they had not sought care. Results: Two-fifths of the suicidal respondents had received treatment (from 17% in low-income countries to 56% in high-income countries), mostly from a general medical practitioner (22%), psychiatrist (15%) or non-psychiatrist (15%). Those who had actually attempted suicide were more likely to receive care. Low perceived need was the most important reason for not seeking help (58%), followed by attitudinal barriers such as the wish to handle the problem alone (40%) and structural barriers such as financial concerns (15%). Only 7% of respondents endorsed stigma as a reason for not seeking treatment. Conclusions: Most people with suicide ideation, plans and attempts receive no treatment. This is a consistent and pervasive finding, especially in low-income countries. Improving the receipt of treatment worldwide will have to take into account culture-specific factors that may influence the process of help-seeking.