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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Prior Mental Disorders and Lifetime Suicidal Behaviors Among US Army Soldiers in the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS).
Authors: Millner AJ, Ursano RJ, Hwang I, J King A, Naifeh JA, Sampson NA, Zaslavsky AM, Stein MB, Kessler RC, Nock MK.
Suicide Life Threat Behav
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The relationship between neighborhood-level socioeconomic characteristics and individual mental disorders in five cities in Latin America: multilevel models from the World Mental Health Surveys.
Authors: Sampson L, Martins SS, Yu S, Chiavegatto Filho ADP, Andrade LH, Viana MC, Medina-Mora ME, Benjet C, Torres Y, Piazza M, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Cia AH, Stagnaro JC, Zaslavsky AM, Kessler RC, Galea S.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
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Clinical implications of the proposed ICD-11 PTSD diagnostic criteria.
Authors: Barbano AC, van der Mei WF, Bryant RA, Delahanty DL, deRoon-Cassini TA, Matsuoka YJ, Olff M, Qi W, Ratanatharathorn A, Schnyder U, Seedat S, Kessler RC, Koenen KC, Shalev AY.
Psychol Med
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Pre-deployment insomnia is associated with post-deployment post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal ideation in US Army soldiers.
Authors: Wang HE, Campbell-Sills L, Kessler RC, Sun X, Heeringa SG, Nock MK, Ursano RJ, Jain S, Stein MB.
Sleep
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Suicide attempts among activated soldiers in the U.S. Army reserve components.
Authors: Naifeh JA, Ursano RJ, Kessler RC, Gonzalez OI, Fullerton CS, Herberman Mash HB, Riggs-Donovan CA, Ng THH, Wynn GH, Dinh HM, Kao TC, Sampson NA, Stein MB.
BMC Psychiatry
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Genetic associations with suicide attempt severity and genetic overlap with major depression.
Authors: Levey DF, Polimanti R, Cheng Z, Zhou H, Nuñez YZ, Jain S, He F, Sun X, Ursano RJ, Kessler RC, Smoller JW, Stein MB, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J.
Transl Psychiatry
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Accuracy of online survey assessment of mental disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in Spanish university students. Results of the WHO World Mental Health- International College Student initiative.
Authors: Ballester L, Alayo I, Vilagut G, Almenara J, Cebrià AI, Echeburúa E, Gabilondo A, Gili M, Lagares C, Piqueras JA, Roca M, Soto-Sanz V, Blasco MJ, Castellví P, Forero CG, Bruffaerts R, Mortier P, Auerbach RP, Nock MK, Sampson N, Kessler RC, Alonso J.
PLoS One
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The Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS): progress toward understanding suicide among soldiers.
Authors: Naifeh JA, Mash HBH, Stein MB, Fullerton CS, Kessler RC, Ursano RJ.
Mol Psychiatry
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Transitions Through Stages of Alcohol Use, Use Disorder and Remission: Findings from Te Rau Hinengaro, The New Zealand Mental Health Survey.
Authors: Rapsey CM, Wells JE, Bharat MC, Glantz M, Kessler RC, Scott KM.
Alcohol Alcohol
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Risk Factors and Timing of Suicide Attempts among US Army Reserve Component Soldiers during Deployment to the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars: Results from Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers.
Authors: Stokes CM, Naifeh JA, Kessler RC, Stein MB, Fullerton CS, Mash HBH, Riggs-Donovan CA, Ng THH, Aliaga PA, Wynn GH, Dinh HM, Kao TC, Gonzalez OI, Sampson NA, Ursano RJ.
Psychiatry
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