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Chiyi Hu is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with an emphasis on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Health.

The scientist's work focuses on topics related to mental health, including Mental Health Treatment and Access, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, Schizophrenia research and treatment, Migration, Health and Trauma, Health disparities and outcomes, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Age of onset and cumulative risk of mental disorders: a cross-national analysis of population surveys from 29 countries (2023), published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Findings From World Mental Health Surveys of the Perceived Helpfulness of Treatment for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder (2020), published in JAMA Psychiatry
  • 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 (2020), published in Psychological Medicine
  • Increased risks for mental disorders among LGB individuals: cross-national evidence from the World Mental Health Surveys (2022), published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • Patterns and correlates of patient-reported helpfulness of treatment for common mental and substance use disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (2022), published in World Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors in their research include Jordi Alonso, Fernando Navarro-Mateu, Oye Gureje, Laura Helena Andrade, and Josep María Haro.

The scientist's publications frequently appear in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Mental Health Systems
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • The Lancet Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Prevalence and correlates of bipolar spectrum disorder in the world mental health survey initiative.

    Kathleen R. Merikangas;Robert Jin;Jian-Ping He;Ronald C. Kessler

  • Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

    Ronald C. Kessler;Katie A. McLaughlin;Jennifer Greif Green;Michael J. Gruber

  • Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode

    Evelyn Bromet;Laura Helena Andrade;Irving Hwang;Nancy A Sampson

  • Screening for serious mental illness in the general population with the K6 screening scale: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) survey initiative

    Ronald C Kessler;Jennifer Greif Green;Michael J Gruber;Nancy A. Sampson

  • Barriers to mental health treatment: Results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys

    LH Andrade;J Alonso;Z Mneimneh;JE Wells

  • Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

    K.C. Kessler;K.A. McLaughlin;J. Greif-Green;M.J. Gruber

  • Cross-national analysis of the associations among mental disorders and suicidal behavior: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

    Matthew K. Nock;Irving Hwang;Nancy Sampson;Ronald C. Kessler

  • Twelve-Month Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

    Guilherme Borges;Matthew K. Nock;Josep Maria Haro Abad;Irving Hwang

  • The descriptive epidemiology of DSM-IV Adult ADHD in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

    John Fayyad;Nancy A Sampson;Irving Hwang;Tomasz Adamowski

  • Socio-economic variations in the mental health treatment gap for people with anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) surveys

    S Evans-Lacko;S Aguilar-Gaxiola;A Al-Hamzawi;J Alonso

  • Development of Lifetime Comorbidity in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

    Ronald C. Kessler;Johan Ormel;Maria Petukhova;Katie A. McLaughlin

  • Association of Mental Disorders With Subsequent Chronic Physical Conditions: World Mental Health Surveys From 17 Countries

    Kate M. Scott;Carmen Lim;Ali Al-Hamzawi;Jordi Alonso

  • Anxious and non-anxious major depressive disorder in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.

    R. C. Kessler;N. A. Sampson;P. Berglund;M. J. Gruber

  • Psychotic Experiences in the General Population: A Cross-National Analysis Based on 31 261 Respondents From 18 Countries

    John J. McGrath;John J. McGrath;Sukanta Saha;Sukanta Saha;Ali Al-Hamzawi;Jordi Alonso

  • Days out of role due to common physical and mental conditions: results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys

    J. Alonso;M. Petukhova;G. Vilagut;S. Chatterji

  • The cross-national epidemiology of social anxiety disorder: Data from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative

    Dan J. Stein;Carmen C. W. Lim;Carmen C. W. Lim;Carmen C. W. Lim;Annelieke M. Roest;Peter de Jonge;Peter de Jonge

  • Age of onset and cumulative risk of mental disorders: a cross-national analysis of population surveys from 29 countries.

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  • Cross-sectional comparison of the epidemiology of DSM-5 generalized anxiety disorder across the globe

    Ayelet Meron Ruscio;Lauren S. Hallion;Carmen C.W. Lim;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola

  • Childhood adversities as risk factors for onset and persistence of suicidal behaviour.

    Ronny Bruffaerts;Koen Demyttenaere;Guilherme Borges;Josep Maria Haro

  • Treatment of suicidal people around the world

    Ronny Bruffaerts;K. Demyttenaere;I. Hwang;W. T. Chiu

  • Parent psychopathology and offspring mental disorders: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

    Katie A. McLaughlin;Anne M. Gadermann;Irving Hwang;Nancy A. Sampson

  • Screening for serious mental illness in the general population with the K6 screening scale: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) survey initiative: Screening for Serious Mental Illness

    Ronald C. Kessler;Jennifer Greif Green;Michael J. Gruber;Nancy A. Sampson

Frequent Co-Authors

Evelyn J. Bromet
Evelyn J. Bromet Stony Brook University
Peter de Jonge
Peter de Jonge University of Groningen
Viviane Kovess-Masfety
Viviane Kovess-Masfety Université Paris Cité
Brendan Bunting
Brendan Bunting University of Ulster
G. de Girolamo
G. de Girolamo Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli
Matthew K. Nock
Matthew K. Nock Harvard University
Wai Tat Chiu
Wai Tat Chiu Harvard Medical School
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Annelieke M. Roest
Annelieke M. Roest University of Groningen
Katie A. McLaughlin
Katie A. McLaughlin University of Oregon

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