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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Suicide prediction models: a critical review of recent research with recommendations for the way forward.
Authors: Kessler RC, Bossarte RM, Luedtke A, Zaslavsky AM, Zubizarreta JR.
Mol Psychiatry
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Using Administrative Data to Predict Suicide After Psychiatric Hospitalization in the Veterans Health Administration System.
Authors: Kessler RC, Bauer MS, Bishop TM, Demler OV, Dobscha SK, Gildea SM, Goulet JL, Karras E, Kreyenbuhl J, Landes SJ, Liu H, Luedtke AR, Mair P, McAuliffe WHB, Nock M, Petukhova M, Pigeon WR, Sampson NA, Smoller JW, Weinstock LM, Bossarte RM.
Front Psychiatry
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Inequality and mental healthcare utilisation among first-year university students in South Africa.
Authors: Bantjes J, Saal W, Lochner C, Roos J, Auerbach RP, Mortier P, Bruffaerts R, Kessler RC, Stein DJ.
Int J Ment Health Syst
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Epidemiology of non-fatal suicidal behavior among first-year university students in South Africa.
Authors: Bantjes J, Breet E, Saal W, Lochner C, Roos J, Taljaard L, Mortier P, Auerbach RP, Bruffaerts R, Kessler RC, Stein DJ.
Death Stud
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Modification of the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by the 5-HTTLPR polymorphisms after Lorca's earthquakes (Murcia, Spain).
Authors: Navarro-Mateu F, Escámez T, Quesada MP, Alcaráz MJ, Vilagut G, Salmerón D, Huerta JM, Chirlaque MD, Navarro C, Kessler RC, Alonso J, Martínez S.
Psychiatry Res
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Why has prevalence of mental disorders not decreased as treatment has increased?
Authors: Furukawa TA, Kessler RC.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry
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Racial and ethnic differences in individual-level and area-based socioeconomic status and 12-month DSM-IV mental disorders.
Authors: Chen R, Kessler RC, Sadikova E, NeMoyer A, Sampson NA, Alvarez K, Vilsaint CL, Green JG, McLaughlin KA, Jackson JS, Alegría M, Williams DR.
J Psychiatr Res
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Determinants of treatment of mental disorders in Lebanon: barriers to treatment and changing patterns of service use.
Authors: Karam EG, Karam GE, Farhat C, Itani L, Fayyad J, Karam AN, Mneimneh Z, Kessler R, Thornicroft G.
Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci
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Associations between neighborhood-level violence and individual mental disorders: Results from the World Mental Health surveys in five Latin American cities.
Authors: Benjet C, Sampson L, Yu S, Kessler RC, Zaslavsky A, Evans-Lacko S, Martins SS, Andrade LH, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Cía A, Medina-Mora ME, Stagnaro JC, de Galvez MYT, Viana MC, Galea S.
Psychiatry Res
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Twelve-month utilization rates and adequacy of treatment for mental health and substance use disorders in Argentina.
Authors: Cia AH, Stagnaro JC, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Sustas S, Serfaty E, Nemirovsky M, Kessler RC, Benjet C.
Braz J Psychiatry
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