Background Depression is one of the most prevalent mental disorders globally and has
implications for various aspects of everyday-life. To date, studies assessing the association …

OBJECTIVE: Our objectives were (a) to determine which common mental disorders are
associated with asthma in the general population after controlling for age and sex, and (b) to …

There is recognition that biomedical research into the causes of mental disorders and their
treatment needs to adopt new approaches to research. Novel biomedical techniques have …

Background Non-fatal health outcomes from diseases and injuries are a crucial
consideration in the promotion and monitoring of individual and population health. The …

Data are presented on the lifetime prevalence, projected lifetime risk, and age-of-onset
distributions of mental disorders in the World Health Organization (WHO)'s World Mental …

BackgroundAlthough significant associations of childhood adversities with adult mental
disorders are widely documented, most studies focus on single childhood adversities …

BackgroundSuicide is a leading cause of death worldwide; however, the prevalence and
risk factors for the immediate precursors to suicide–suicidal ideation, plans and attempts …

Background Mental disorders are major causes of disability worldwide, including in the low-
income and middle-income countries least able to bear such burdens. We describe mental …

Background: Although post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) onset-persistence is thought to
vary significantly by trauma type, most epidemiological surveys are incapable of assessing …

BACKGROUND: Little population-based data exist outside the United States on the
epidemiology of binge eating disorder (BED). Cross-national BED data are presented here …