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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The AURORA Study: a longitudinal, multimodal library of brain biology and function after traumatic stress exposure.
Authors: McLean SA, Ressler K, Koenen KC, Neylan T, Germine L, Jovanovic T, Clifford GD, Zeng D, An X, Linnstaedt S, Beaudoin F, House S, Bollen KA, Musey P, Hendry P, Jones CW, Lewandowski C, Swor R, Datner E, Mohiuddin K, Stevens JS, Storrow A, Kurz MC, McGrath ME, Fermann GJ, Hudak LA, Gentile N, Chang AM, Peak DA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Sergot P, Peacock WF, Diercks D, Sanchez LD, Rathlev N, Domeier R, Haran JP, Pearson C, Murty VP, Insel TR, Dagum P, Onnela JP, Bruce SE, Gaynes BN, Joormann J, Miller MW, Pietrzak RH, Buysse DJ, Pizzagalli DA, Rauch SL, Harte SE, Young LJ, Barch DM, Lebois LAM, van Rooij SJH, Luna B, Smoller JW, Dougherty RF, Pace TWW, Binder E, Sheridan JF, Elliott JM, Basu A, Fromer M, Parlikar T, Zaslavsky AM, Kessler R.
Mol Psychiatry
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Pre-deployment predictors of suicide attempt during and after combat deployment: Results from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers.
Authors: Zuromski KL, Bernecker SL, Chu C, Wilks CR, Gutierrez PM, Joiner TE, Liu H, Naifeh JA, Nock MK, Sampson NA, Zaslavsky AM, Stein MB, Ursano RJ, Kessler RC.
J Psychiatr Res
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Genomic influences on self-reported childhood maltreatment.
Authors: Dalvie S, Maihofer AX, Coleman JRI, Bradley B, Breen G, Brick LA, Chen CY, Choi KW, Duncan LE, Guffanti G, Haas M, Harnal S, Liberzon I, Nugent NR, Provost AC, Ressler KJ, Torres K, Amstadter AB, Bryn Austin S, Baker DG, Bolger EA, Bryant RA, Calabrese JR, Delahanty DL, Farrer LA, Feeny NC, Flory JD, Forbes D, Galea S, Gautam A, Gelernter J, Hammamieh R, Jett M, Junglen AG, Kaufman ML, Kessler RC, Khan A, Kranzler HR, Lebois LAM, Marmar C, Mavissakalian MR, McFarlane A, Donnell MO, Orcutt HK, Pietrzak RH, Risbrough VB, Roberts AL, Rothbaum AO, Roy-Byrne P, Ruggiero K, Seligowski AV, Sheerin CM, Silove D, Smoller JW, Stein MB, Teicher MH, Ursano RJ, Van Hooff M, Winternitz S, Wolff JD, Yehuda R, Zhao H, Zoellner LA, Stein DJ, Koenen KC, Nievergelt CM.
Transl Psychiatry
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Longitudinal epigenome-wide association studies of three male military cohorts reveal multiple CpG sites associated with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Authors: Snijders C, Maihofer AX, Ratanatharathorn A, Baker DG, Boks MP, Geuze E, Jain S, Kessler RC, Pishva E, Risbrough VB, Stein MB, Ursano RJ, Vermetten E, Vinkers CH, Smith AK, Uddin M, Rutten BPF, Nievergelt CM.
Clin Epigenetics
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Factors Associated With Suicide Ideation in US Army Soldiers During Deployment in Afghanistan.
Authors: Ursano RJ, Herberman Mash HB, Kessler RC, Naifeh JA, Fullerton CS, Aliaga PA, Stokes CM, Wynn GH, Ng THH, Dinh HM, Gonzalez OI, Zaslavsky AM, Sampson NA, Kao TC, Heeringa SG, Nock MK, Stein MB.
JAMA Netw Open
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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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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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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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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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