scholarly journals Parent psychopathology and offspring mental disorders: Results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

2012 ◽  
Vol 200 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie A. McLaughlin ◽  
Anne M. Gadermann ◽  
Irving Hwang ◽  
Nancy A. Sampson ◽  
Ali Al-Hamzawi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Health Surveys ◽  
Population Attributable Risk ◽  
Antisocial Behaviour ◽  
Composite International Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Diagnostic Interview ◽  
World Health ◽  
Parent Psychopathology ◽  
World Mental Health

BackgroundAssociations between specific parent and offspring mental disorders are likely to have been overestimated in studies that have failed to control for parent comorbidity.AimsTo examine the associations of parent with respondent disorders.MethodData come from the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health Surveys (n = 51 507). Respondent disorders were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview and parent disorders with informant-based Family History Research Diagnostic Criteria interviews.ResultsAlthough virtually all parent disorders examined (major depressive, generalised anxiety, panic, substance and antisocial behaviour disorders and suicidality) were significantly associated with offspring disorders in multivariate analyses, little specificity was found. Comorbid parent disorders had significant sub-additive associations with offspring disorders. Population-attributable risk proportions for parent disorders were 12.4% across all offspring disorders, generally higher in high- and upper-middle- than low-/lower-middle-income countries, and consistently higher for behaviour (11.0–19.9%) than other (7.1–14.0%) disorders.ConclusionsParent psychopathology is a robust non-specific predictor associated with a substantial proportion of offspring disorders.

scholarly journals Mental disorders among college students in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys – CORRIGENDUM

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (15) ◽  
pp. 2737-2737 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Auerbach ◽  
J. Alonso ◽  
W. G. Axinn ◽  
P. Cuijpers ◽  
D. D. Ebert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Health Surveys ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Mental Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals Cross-National Associations Between Gender and Mental Disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

2009 ◽  
Vol 66 (7) ◽  
pp. 785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soraya Seedat ◽  
Kate Margaret Scott ◽  
Matthias C. Angermeyer ◽  
Patricia Berglund ◽  
Evelyn J. Bromet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Health Surveys ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Mental Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Cross National

scholarly journals Role of common mental and physical disorders in partial disability around the world

2012 ◽  
Vol 200 (6) ◽  
pp. 454-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronny Bruffaerts ◽  
Gemma Vilagut ◽  
Koen Demyttenaere ◽  
Jordi Alonso ◽  
Ali AlHamzawi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Population Attributable Risk ◽  
Composite International Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Diagnostic Interview ◽  
World Health ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
The World ◽  
Physical Disorders ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
The Individual

BackgroundMental and physical disorders are associated with total disability, but their effects on days with partial disability (i.e. the ability to perform some, but not full-role, functioning in daily life) are not well understood.AimsTo estimate individual (i.e. the consequences for an individual with a disorder) and societal effects (i.e. the avoidable partial disability in the society due to disorders) of mental and physical disorders on days with partial disability around the world.MethodRespondents from 26 nationally representative samples (n = 61 259, age 18+) were interviewed regarding mental and physical disorders, and day-to-day functioning. The Composite International Diagnostic Interview, version 3.0 (CIDI 3.0) was used to assess mental disorders; partial disability (expressed in full day equivalents) was assessed with the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule in the CIDI 3.0.ResultsRespondents with disorders reported about 1.58 additional disability days per month compared with respondents without disorders. At the individual level, mental disorders (especially post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and bipolar disorder) yielded a higher number of days with disability than physical disorders. At the societal level, the population attributable risk proportion due to physical and mental disorders was 49% and 15% respectively.ConclusionsMental and physical disorders have a considerable impact on partial disability, at both the individual and at the societal level. Physical disorders yielded higher effects on partial disability than mental disorders.

scholarly journals Intermittent explosive disorder subtypes in the general population: association with comorbidity, impairment and suicidality

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Scott ◽  
Y. A. de Vries ◽  
S. Aguilar-Gaxiola ◽  
A. Al-Hamzawi ◽  
J. Alonso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
General Population ◽  
Functional Impairment ◽  
Clinical Studies ◽  
Health Surveys ◽  
Composite International Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Comorbid Disorders ◽  
Intermittent Explosive Disorder ◽  
World Mental Health ◽  
Anger Attacks

Abstract Aims Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is characterised by impulsive anger attacks that vary greatly across individuals in severity and consequence. Understanding IED subtypes has been limited by lack of large, general population datasets including assessment of IED. Using the 17-country World Mental Health surveys dataset, this study examined whether behavioural subtypes of IED are associated with differing patterns of comorbidity, suicidality and functional impairment. Methods IED was assessed using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview in the World Mental Health surveys (n = 45 266). Five behavioural subtypes were created based on type of anger attack. Logistic regression assessed association of these subtypes with lifetime comorbidity, lifetime suicidality and 12-month functional impairment. Results The lifetime prevalence of IED in all countries was 0.8% (s.e.: 0.0). The two subtypes involving anger attacks that harmed people (‘hurt people only’ and ‘destroy property and hurt people’), collectively comprising 73% of those with IED, were characterised by high rates of externalising comorbid disorders. The remaining three subtypes involving anger attacks that destroyed property only, destroyed property and threatened people, and threatened people only, were characterised by higher rates of internalising than externalising comorbid disorders. Suicidal behaviour did not vary across the five behavioural subtypes but was higher among those with (v. those without) comorbid disorders, and among those who perpetrated more violent assaults. Conclusions The most common IED behavioural subtypes in these general population samples are associated with high rates of externalising disorders. This contrasts with the findings from clinical studies of IED, which observe a preponderance of internalising disorder comorbidity. This disparity in findings across population and clinical studies, together with the marked heterogeneity that characterises the diagnostic entity of IED, suggests that it is a disorder that requires much greater research.

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