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 role of latent internalizing and externalizing predispositions in accounting for the development of comorbidity among common mental disorders.

Authors: Kessler RC, Petukhova M, Zaslavsky AM.
Curr Opin Psychiatry 2011-07-01
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Treatment of suicidal people around the world.

Authors: Bruffaerts R, Demyttenaere K, Hwang I, Chiu WT, Sampson N, Kessler RC, Alonso J, Borges G, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Florescu S, Gureje O, Hu C, Karam EG, Kawakami N, Kostyuchenko S, Kovess-Masfety V, Lee S, Levinson D, Matschinger H, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Scott KM, Stein DJ, Tomov T, Viana MC, Nock MK.
Br J Psychiatry 2011-07-01
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Recovery from PTSD following Hurricane Katrina.

Authors: McLaughlin KA, Berglund P, Gruber MJ, Kessler RC, Sampson NA, Zaslavsky AM.
Depress Anxiety 2011-06-01
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Validation of the diagnoses of panic disorder and phobic disorders in the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent (NCS-A) supplement.

Authors: Green JG, Avenevoli S, Finkelman M, Gruber MJ, Kessler RC, Merikangas KR, Sampson NA, Zaslavsky AM.
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 2011-06-01
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Prevalence and correlates of bipolar spectrum disorder in the world mental health survey initiative.

Authors: Merikangas KR, Jin R, He JP, Kessler RC, Lee S, Sampson NA, Viana MC, Andrade LH, Hu C, Karam EG, Ladea M, Medina-Mora ME, Ono Y, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Wells JE, Zarkov Z.
Arch Gen Psychiatry 2011-03-01
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Do they actually work across borders? Evaluation of two measures of psychological distress as screening instruments in a non Anglo-Saxon country.

Authors: Carrà G, Sciarini P, Segagni-Lusignani G, Clerici M, Montomoli C, Kessler RC.
Eur Psychiatry 2011-03-01
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Development of Lifetime Comorbidity in the World Health Organization World Mental Health SurveysLifetime Mental Health Comorbidity in the WMH.

Authors: Kessler RC, Ormel J, Petukhova M, McLaughlin KA, Green JG, Russo LJ, Stein DJ, Zaslavsky AM, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Andrade L, Benjet C, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Demyttenaere K, Fayyad J, Haro JM, Hu CY, Karam A, Lee S, Lepine JP, Matchsinger H, Mihaescu-Pintia C, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Ustün TB.
Arch Gen Psychiatry 2011-01-03
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The effects of latent variables in the development of comorbidity among common mental disorders.

Authors: Kessler RC, Cox BJ, Green JG, Ormel J, McLaughlin KA, Merikangas KR, Petukhova M, Pine DS, Russo LJ, Swendsen J, Wittchen HU, Zaslavsky AM.
Depress Anxiety 2011-01-01
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Development of lifetime comorbidity in the World Health Organization world mental health surveys.

Authors: Kessler RC, Ormel J, Petukhova M, McLaughlin KA, Green JG, Russo LJ, Stein DJ, Zaslavsky AM, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Andrade L, Benjet C, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Demyttenaere K, Fayyad J, Haro JM, Hu Cy, Karam A, Lee S, Lepine JP, Matchsinger H, Mihaescu-Pintia C, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Ustün TB.
Arch Gen Psychiatry 2011-01-01
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