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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Lifetime Suicidal Behaviors and Career Characteristics Among U.S. Army Soldiers: Results from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS).

Authors: Millner AJ, Ursano RJ, Hwang I, King AJ, Naifeh JA, Sampson NA, Zaslavsky AM, Stein MB, Kessler RC, Nock MK.
Suicide Life Threat Behav 2018-04-01
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Treatment gap for anxiety disorders is global: Results of the World Mental Health Surveys in 21 countries.

Authors: Alonso J, Liu Z, Evans-Lacko S, Sadikova E, Sampson N, Chatterji S, Abdulmalik J, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, Andrade LH, Bruffaerts R, Cardoso G, Cia A, Florescu S, de Girolamo G, Gureje O, Haro JM, He Y, de Jonge P, Karam EG, Kawakami N, Kovess-Masfety V, Lee S, Levinson D, Medina-Mora ME, Navarro-Mateu F, Pennell BE, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, Ten Have M, Zarkov Z, Kessler RC, Thornicroft G.
Depress Anxiety 2018-03-01
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[SaO2 and PaO2 mismatch: Do not forget hemoglobinopathy].

Authors: Virot E, Hirschi S, Oswald M, Degot T, Canuet M, Galoisy AC, Kiger L, Pissard S, Kessler R.
Rev Mal Respir 2018-03-01
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Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among college students and same-aged peers: results from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.

Authors: Mortier P, Auerbach RP, Alonso J, Axinn WG, Cuijpers P, Ebert DD, Green JG, Hwang I, Kessler RC, Liu H, Nock MK, Pinder-Amaker S, Sampson NA, Zaslavsky AM, Abdulmalik J, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, Benjet C, Demyttenaere K, Florescu S, De Girolamo G, Gureje O, Haro JM, Hu C, Huang Y, De Jonge P, Karam EG, Kiejna A, Kovess-Masfety V, Lee S, Mcgrath JJ, O'neill S, Nakov V, Pennell BE, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, Rapsey C, Viana MC, Xavier M, Bruffaerts R.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2018-03-01
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The prevalence of suicidal thoughts and behaviours among college students: a meta-analysis.

Authors: Mortier P, Cuijpers P, Kiekens G, Auerbach RP, Demyttenaere K, Green JG, Kessler RC, Nock MK, Bruffaerts R.
Psychol Med 2018-03-01
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Largest GWAS of PTSD (N=20?070) yields genetic overlap with schizophrenia and sex differences in heritability.

Authors: Duncan LE, Ratanatharathorn A, Aiello AE, Almli LM, Amstadter AB, Ashley-Koch AE, Baker DG, Beckham JC, Bierut LJ, Bisson J, Bradley B, Chen CY, Dalvie S, Farrer LA, Galea S, Garrett ME, Gelernter JE, Guffanti G, Hauser MA, Johnson EO, Kessler RC, Kimbrel NA, King A, Koen N, Kranzler HR, Logue MW, Maihofer AX, Martin AR, Miller MW, Morey RA, Nugent NR, Rice JP, Ripke S, Roberts AL, Saccone NL, Smoller JW, Stein DJ, Stein MB, Sumner JA, Uddin M, Ursano RJ, Wildman DE, Yehuda R, Zhao H, Daly MJ, Liberzon I, Ressler KJ, Nievergelt CM, Koenen KC.
Mol Psychiatry 2018-03-01
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Recovery from DSM-IV post-traumatic stress disorder in the WHO World Mental Health surveys.

Authors: Rosellini AJ, Liu H, Petukhova MV, Sampson NA, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Borges G, Bruffaerts R, Bromet EJ, de Girolamo G, de Jonge P, Fayyad J, Florescu S, Gureje O, Haro JM, Hinkov H, Karam EG, Kawakami N, Koenen KC, Lee S, Lépine JP, Levinson D, Navarro-Mateu F, Oladeji BD, O'Neill S, Pennell BE, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, Scott KM, Stein DJ, Torres Y, Viana MC, Zaslavsky AM, Kessler RC.
Psychol Med 2018-02-01
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Trauma exposure interacts with the genetic risk of bipolar disorder in alcohol misuse of US soldiers.

Authors: Polimanti R, Kaufman J, Zhao H, Kranzler HR, Ursano RJ, Kessler RC, Stein MB, Gelernter J.
Acta Psychiatr Scand 2018-02-01
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Twelve-month prevalence rates of mental disorders and service use in the Argentinean Study of Mental Health Epidemiology.

Authors: Stagnaro JC, Cía AH, Aguilar Gaxiola S, Vázquez N, Sustas S, Benjet C, Kessler RC.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2018-02-01
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Civilians in World War II and DSM-IV mental disorders: results from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative.

Authors: Frounfelker R, Gilman SE, Betancourt TS, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Bromet EJ, Bruffaerts R, de Girolamo G, Gluzman S, Gureje O, Karam EG, Lee S, Lépine JP, Ono Y, Pennell BE, Popovici DG, Ten Have M, Kessler RC.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2018-02-01
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