Noboru Iwata

Best Publications

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

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

  2783
  Citations

• The performance of the Japanese version of the K6 and K10 in the World Mental Health Survey Japan

  Toshi A. Furukawa;Norito Kawakami;Mari Saitoh;Yutaka Ono

  1559
  Citations

• BIS/BAS Levels and Psychiatric Disorder: An Epidemiological Study

  Sheri L. Johnson;R. Jay Turner;Noboru Iwata

  688
  Citations

• Twelve‐month prevalence, severity, and treatment of common mental disorders in communities in Japan: preliminary finding from the World Mental Health Japan Survey 2002–2003

  Norito Kawakami;Tadashi Takeshima;Yutaka Ono;Hidenori Uda

  444
  Citations

• The relation between multiple pains and mental disorders: results from the World Mental Health Surveys.

  Oye Gureje;Michael Von Korff;Lola Kola;Koen Demyttenaere

  415
  Citations

• Lithium levels in drinking water and risk of suicide

  Hirochika Ohgami;Takeshi Terao;Ippei Shiotsuki;Nobuyoshi Ishii

  267
  Citations

• Cross-national epidemiology of panic disorder and panic attacks in the world mental health surveys

  Peter de Jonge;Annelieke M. Roest;Carmen C. W. Lim;Silvia E. Florescu

  248
  Citations

• Race/ethnicity and depressive symptoms: a cross-cultural/ethnic comparison among university students in East Asia, North and South America.

  Noboru Iwata;Stephen Buka

  237
  Citations

• Associations between Lifetime Traumatic Events and Subsequent Chronic Physical Conditions: A Cross-National, Cross-Sectional Study

  Kate M. Scott;Karestan C. Koenen;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola;Jordi Alonso

  188
  Citations

• Modified WHODAS-II provides valid measure of global disability but filter items increased skewness

  Michael Von Korff;Paul K. Crane;Jordi Alonso;Gemma Vilagut

  187
  Citations

• Race/ethnicity and depressive symptoms in community-dwelling young adults: a differential item functioning analysis

  Noboru Iwata;Noboru Iwata;R.Jay Turner;Donald A Lloyd

  185
  Citations

• Low-dose lithium uptake promotes longevity in humans and metazoans

  Kim Zarse;Takeshi Terao;Jing Tian;Noboru Iwata

  178
  Citations

• Japan-U.S. comparison of responses to depression scale items among adult workers.

  Noboru Iwata;Catherine R. Roberts;Norito Kawakami

  174
  Citations

• Why Japanese workers show low work engagement: An item response theory analysis of the Utrecht Work Engagement scale

  Akihito Shimazu;Wilmar B Schaufeli;Daisuke Miyanaka;Noboru Iwata

  161
  Citations

• Early childhood adversity and later hypertension: Data from the World Mental Health Survey

  Dan J. Stein;Kate Scott;Josep Maria Haro Abad;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola

  142
  Citations

• Lithium and dementia: a preliminary study.

  Takeshi Terao;Hideki Nakano;Yoshiaki Inoue;Tatsuya Okamoto

  130
  Citations

• Age differences among Japanese on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale: an ethnocultural perspective on somatization.

  Noboru Iwata;Robert E. Roberts

  123
  Citations

• Parental psychopathology and the risk of suicidal behavior in their offspring: results from the World Mental Health surveys

  O. Gureje;B. Oladeji;I. Hwang;W. T. Chiu

  121
  Citations

• Responses to a self-administered depression scale among younger adolescents in Japan

  Noboru Iwata;Kazuo Saito;Robert E. Roberts

  119
  Citations

• Lifetime and 6-month prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders in an urban community in Japan.

  Norito Kawakami;Hiroyuki Shimizu;Takashi Haratani;Noboru Iwata

  117
  Citations

• Prevalence of depressive symptoms in a Japanese occupational setting: a preliminary study.

  N Iwata;Y Okuyama;Y Kawakami;K Saito

  113
  Citations

• Subtyping Social Anxiety Disorder in Developed and Developing Countries

  Dan J. Stein;Ayelet Meron Ruscio;Sing Lee;Maria Petukhova

  84
  Citations

• Lithium in Tap Water and Suicide Mortality in Japan

  Norio Sugawara;Norio Yasui-Furukori;Nobuyoshi Ishii;Noboru Iwata

  81
  Citations

• Twelve-month use of mental health services in four areas in Japan: Findings from the World Mental Health Japan Survey 2002–2003

  Yoichi Naganuma;Hisateru Tachimori;Norito Kawakami;Tadashi Takeshima

  73
  Citations