Dr. Ronald Kessler

Ronald Kessler, Ph.D.

McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
617-432-3587
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McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy

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Harvard Medical School
Dept of Health Care Policy
180 Longwood Ave  
Boston MA 02115

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Patterns of care and dropout rates from outpatient mental healthcare in low-, middle- and high-income countries from the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey Initiative.
Authors: Fernández D, Vigo D, Sampson NA, Hwang I, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi AO, Alonso J, Andrade LH, Bromet EJ, de Girolamo G, de Jonge P, Florescu S, Gureje O, Hinkov H, Hu C, Karam EG, Karam G, Kawakami N, Kiejna A, Kovess-Masfety V, Medina-Mora ME, Navarro-Mateu F, Ojagbemi A, O'Neill S, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, Rapsey C, Williams DR, Xavier M, Ziv Y, Kessler RC, Haro JM.
Psychol Med
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Associations of Sociodemographic Factors and Psychiatric Disorders With Type of School-Based Mental Health Services Received by Youth.
Authors: Green JG, McLaughlin KA, Alegría M, Bettini E, Gruber M, Hoagwood K, Le Tai L, Sampson N, Zaslavsky AM, Xuan Z, Kessler RC.
J Adolesc Health
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Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors that differentiate soldiers who attempt suicide from those with recent suicide ideation.
Authors: Naifeh JA, Nock MK, Dempsey CL, Georg MW, Bartolanzo D, Ng THH, Aliaga PA, Dinh HM, Fullerton CS, Mash HBH, Kao TC, Sampson NA, Wynn GH, Zaslavsky AM, Stein MB, Kessler RC, Ursano RJ.
Depress Anxiety
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Early First Deployment and Risk of Suicide Attempt Among First-term Enlisted Soldiers in the U.S. Army.
Authors: Naifeh JA, Ursano RJ, Kessler RC, Aliaga PA, Mash HBH, Fullerton CS, Ng THH, Dinh HM, Gonzalez OI, Stokes CM, Wynn GH, Kao TC, Sampson NA, Stein MB.
Suicide Life Threat Behav
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A Preliminary Precision Treatment Rule for Remission of Suicide Ideation.
Authors: Kessler RC, Chalker SA, Luedtke AR, Sadikova E, Jobes DA.
Suicide Life Threat Behav
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Prospective study of polygenic risk, protective factors, and incident depression following combat deployment in US Army soldiers.
Authors: Choi KW, Chen CY, Ursano RJ, Sun X, Jain S, Kessler RC, Koenen KC, Wang MJ, Wynn GH, Campbell-Sills L, Stein MB, Smoller JW.
Psychol Med
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The importance of physical and mental health in explaining health-related academic role impairment among college students.
Authors: Wilks CR, Auerbach RP, Alonso J, Benjet C, Bruffaerts R, Cuijpers P, Ebert DD, Green JG, Mellins CA, Mortier P, Sadikova E, Sampson NA, Kessler RC.
J Psychiatr Res
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Birth-sex cohort alcohol use transitions in the general population: the cross-sectional PEGASUS-Murcia project.
Authors: Husky MM, Bharat C, Vilagut G, Salmerón D, Martínez S, Navarro C, Alonso J, Kessler RC, Navarro-Mateu F.
Adicciones
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An epigenome-wide association study of posttraumatic stress disorder in US veterans implicates several new DNA methylation loci.
Authors: Logue MW, Miller MW, Wolf EJ, Huber BR, Morrison FG, Zhou Z, Zheng Y, Smith AK, Daskalakis NP, Ratanatharathorn A, Uddin M, Nievergelt CM, Ashley-Koch AE, Baker DG, Beckham JC, Garrett ME, Boks MP, Geuze E, Grant GA, Hauser MA, Kessler RC, Kimbrel NA, Maihofer AX, Marx CE, Qin XJ, Risbrough VB, Rutten BPF, Stein MB, Ursano RJ, Vermetten E, Vinkers CH, Ware EB, Stone A, Schichman SA, McGlinchey RE, Milberg WP, Hayes JP, Verfaellie M.
Clin Epigenetics
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Evaluating a screener to quantify PTSD risk using emergency care information: a proof of concept study.
Authors: van der Mei WF, Barbano AC, Ratanatharathorn A, Bryant RA, Delahanty DL, deRoon-Cassini TA, Lai BS, Lowe SR, Matsuoka YJ, Olff M, Qi W, Schnyder U, Seedat S, Kessler RC, Koenen KC, Shalev AY.
BMC Emerg Med
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