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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Genome-wide association study of shared liability to anxiety disorders in Army STARRS.
Authors: Hettema JM, Verhulst B, Chatzinakos C, Bacanu SA, Chen CY, Ursano RJ, Kessler RC, Gelernter J, Smoller JW, He F, Jain S, Stein MB.
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet
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Prevention of eating disorders at universities: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Authors: Harrer M, Adam SH, Messner EM, Baumeister H, Cuijpers P, Bruffaerts R, Auerbach RP, Kessler RC, Jacobi C, Taylor CB, Ebert DD.
Int J Eat Disord
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Findings From World Mental Health Surveys of the Perceived Helpfulness of Treatment for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder.
Authors: Harris MG, Kazdin AE, Chiu WT, Sampson NA, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, Alonso J, Altwaijri Y, Andrade LH, Cardoso G, Cía A, Florescu S, Gureje O, Hu C, Karam EG, Karam G, Mneimneh Z, Navarro-Mateu F, Oladeji BD, O'Neill S, Scott K, Slade T, Torres Y, Vigo D, Wojtyniak B, Zarkov Z, Ziv Y, Kessler RC.
JAMA Psychiatry
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The Authors Respond.
Authors: VanderWeele TJ, Luedtke AR, van der Laan MJ, Kessler RC.
Epidemiology
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Association between Mental Disorders and Subsequent Medical Conditions.
Authors: Momen NC, Plana-Ripoll O, Agerbo E, Benros ME, Børglum AD, Christensen MK, Dalsgaard S, Degenhardt L, de Jonge P, Debost JPG, Fenger-Grøn M, Gunn JM, Iburg KM, Kessing LV, Kessler RC, Laursen TM, Lim CCW, Mors O, Mortensen PB, Musliner KL, Nordentoft M, Pedersen CB, Petersen LV, Ribe AR, Roest AM, Saha S, Schork AJ, Scott KM, Sievert C, Sørensen HJ, Stedman TJ, Vestergaard M, Vilhjalmsson B, Werge T, Weye N, Whiteford HA, Prior A, McGrath JJ.
N Engl J Med
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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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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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