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Koen Demyttenaere

Koen Demyttenaere

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D-Index
115
Citations
62751
World Ranking
4461
National Ranking
45

Overview

Koen Demyttenaere is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a body of work spanning psychology and medicine, with a focus on mental health research. They have contributed extensively to subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry and mental health, pharmacology, clinical psychology, and social psychology.

The scientist's research topics reflect a strong emphasis on mood disorders and psychiatric conditions. Main topics covered include:

  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Several recent papers illustrate their research interest and collaboration within the field:

  • Treatment-resistant depression: definition, prevalence, detection, management, and investigational interventions (2023, World Psychiatry)
  • The clinical characterization of the adult patient with depression aimed at personalization of management (2020, World Psychiatry)
  • The identification, assessment and management of difficult-to-treat depression: An international consensus statement (2020, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • Anhedonia in Depressive Disorder: A Narrative Review (2020, Psychopathology)
  • What Has Neuroimaging Taught Us on the Neurobiology of Yoga? A Review (2020, Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience)

Demyttenaere has published multiple works in frequent venues such as:

  • European Psychiatry
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Ronny Bruffaerts
  • Ronald C. Kessler
  • Jordi Alonso
  • Fernando Navarro-Mateu
  • Allan H. Young

Demyttenaere also contributes to academic literature through book publications, including a recent title published by Cambridge University Press titled Mental Health Research and Practice (2024).

Best Publications

  • Prevalence, severity, and unmet need for treatment of mental disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.

    Demyttenaere K;Bruffaerts R;Posada-Villa J;Gasquet I

  • Prevalence of mental disorders in Europe: Results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) project

    J Alonso;M C Angermeyer;S Bernert;R Bruffaerts

  • Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of mental disorders in the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey Initiative.

    Ronald C Kessler;Matthias Angermeyer;James C Anthony;Ron De Graaf

  • 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

  • WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project: Prevalence and distribution of mental disorders.

    Randy P. Auerbach;Philippe Mortier;Ronny Bruffaerts;Jordi Alonso

  • Cross-national prevalence and correlates of adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

    J. Fayyad;R. De Graaf;R. Kessler;J. Alonso

  • Mental disorders among college students in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.

    R. P. Auerbach;J. Alonso;W. G. Axinn;P. Cuijpers

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

    Soraya Seedat;Kate Margaret Scott;Matthias C. Angermeyer;Patricia Berglund

  • Mental health problems in college freshmen: Prevalence and academic functioning.

    Ronny Bruffaerts;Philippe Mortier;Glenn Kiekens;Randy P. Auerbach

  • Mental disorders among persons with chronic back or neck pain: results from the World Mental Health Surveys.

    Koen Demyttenaere;Ronny Bruffaerts;Sing Lee;José Posada-Villa

  • Disability and quality of life impact of mental disorders in Europe: results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) project.

    J Alonso;M C Angermeyer;S Bernert;R Bruffaerts

  • Use of mental health services in Europe: results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) project

    J Alonso;M C Angermeyer;S Bernert;R Bruffaerts

  • Obesity and mental disorders in the general population: results from the world mental health surveys.

    K M Scott;Ronny Bruffaerts;G E Simon;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

  • 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

  • The epidemiology of eating disorders in six European countries: Results of the ESEMeD-WMH project

    Antonio Preti;Giovanni de Girolamo;Gemma Vilagut;Jordi Alonso

  • Clinical factors associated with treatment resistance in major depressive disorder: results from a European multicenter study.

    Daniel Souery;Pierre Oswald;Isabelle Massat;Ursula Bailer

  • Age differences in the prevalence and co-morbidity of DSM-IV major depressive episodes: results from the WHO World Mental Health Survey Initiative

    Ronald C. Kessler;Howard G. Birnbaum;Victoria Shahly;Evelyn Bromet

  • CUMULATIVE TRAUMAS AND RISK THRESHOLDS: 12-MONTH PTSD IN THE WORLD MENTAL HEALTH (WMH) SURVEYS

    Elie G. Karam;Matthew J. Friedman;Eric D. Hill;Ronald C Kessler

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald C. Kessler
Ronald C. Kessler Harvard University
Jordi Alonso
Jordi Alonso Pompeu Fabra University
Josep Maria Haro
Josep Maria Haro University of Barcelona
Giovanni de Girolamo
Giovanni de Girolamo Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli
Jan Tack
Jan Tack KU Leuven
Jose Posada-Villa
Jose Posada-Villa Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca
Matthew K. Nock
Matthew K. Nock Harvard University
Oye Gureje
Oye Gureje University of Ibadan

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