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D-Index
89
Citations
38869
World Ranking
983
National Ranking
53

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Psychiatry
  • Internal medicine
  • Major depressive disorder

His primary scientific interests are in Psychiatry, Mental health, Clinical psychology, Anxiety and Prevalence of mental disorders. The Psychiatry study combines topics in areas such as Epidemiology and Risk factor. His Risk factor research integrates issues from Odds ratio, Psychosis and Confidence interval.

His study in Mental health is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Psychological intervention, Global health and Young adult. The concepts of his Clinical psychology study are interwoven with issues in Meta-analysis and Alcohol abuse. The various areas that he examines in his Anxiety disorder study include Psychosocial, Psychopathology and Mood.

His most cited work include:

  • Prevalence of mental disorders in Europe: Results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) project (1385 citations)
  • Cross-national prevalence and correlates of adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (1000 citations)
  • Cannabis Use and Psychosis: A Longitudinal Population-based Study (747 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Psychiatry, Mental health, Clinical psychology, Anxiety and Depression. Psychiatry connects with themes related to Epidemiology in his study. His research in Mental health focuses on subjects like Public health, which are connected to Developmental psychology.

In his study, Risk factor is inextricably linked to Psychosis, which falls within the broad field of Clinical psychology. Much of his study explores Anxiety relationship to Mood. His study focuses on the intersection of Depression and fields such as Severity of illness with connections in the field of Age of onset.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Psychiatry (62.92%)
  • Mental health (40.45%)
  • Clinical psychology (32.58%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Mental health (40.45%)
  • Psychiatry (62.92%)
  • Clinical psychology (32.58%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

R. de Graaf mainly focuses on Mental health, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Incidence and Depression. His Mental health study incorporates themes from Anxiety disorder and Public health. He interconnects Guideline, Subclinical infection and Pediatrics in the investigation of issues within Anxiety disorder.

His Psychiatry study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Prospective cohort study, Occupational safety and health and Absenteeism. His Clinical psychology research includes themes of Psychosocial, Big Five personality traits, Personality, Quality of life and Anxiety. His work carried out in the field of Incidence brings together such families of science as Psychiatric history, Association, Confounding and CIDI.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Job strain as a risk factor for clinical depression: systematic review and meta-analysis with additional individual participant data (137 citations)
  • What Factors are Associated with Flourishing? Results from a Large Representative National Sample (65 citations)
  • Recurrence and chronicity of major depressive disorder and their risk indicators in a population cohort (36 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Major depressive disorder

His primary areas of study are Depression, Clinical psychology, Cohort study, Vein and Surgery. His Depression study is focused on Psychiatry in general. His work focuses on many connections between Clinical psychology and other disciplines, such as Psychosocial, that overlap with his field of interest in Schizophrenia, Psychopathology, Distress, Anxiety and Mood.

His Cohort study research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Meta-analysis, Job strain, Confidence interval and Risk factor. R. de Graaf has researched Vein in several fields, including Venous Obstruction, Radiology, Femoral vein, Post-thrombotic syndrome and Vascular Patency. His Epidemiology research includes elements of Incidence, Minor depressive disorder, Anxiety disorder, Vulnerability and Selection bias.

Best Publications

  • 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

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

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

  • The epidemiology of major depressive episodes: results from the International Consortium of Psychiatric Epidemiology (ICPE) Surveys

    Laura Andrade;Jorge J. Caraveo-Anduaga;Patricia A. Berglund;Rob V. Bijl

  • The prevalence and correlates of binge eating disorder in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.

    Ronald C. Kessler;Patricia A. Berglund;Wai Tat Chiu;Anne C. Deitz

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

    LH Andrade;J Alonso;Z Mneimneh;JE Wells

  • Cannabis Use and Psychosis: A Longitudinal Population-based Study

    J van Os;M Bak;M Hanssen;R V Bijl

  • The Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA): rationale, objectives and methods.

    B.W.J.H. Penninx;A.T.F. Beekman;J.H Smit;F.G. Zitman

  • Childhood abuse as a risk factor for psychotic experiences.

    I.C.M. Janssen;L. Krabbendam;M.L.F.J. Bak;M.S.S. Hanssen

  • 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

  • Risk factors for suicidality in Europe: results from the ESEMED study

    M. Bernal;J.M. Haro;S. Bernert;T. Brugha

  • 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

  • Same-sex sexual behavior and psychiatric disorders: findings from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS)

    Theo G. M. Sandfort;Ron de Graaf;Rob V. Bijl;Paul Schnabel

  • The Structure and Stability of Common Mental Disorders: The NEMESIS Study

    Wilma A. M. Vollebergh;Jurjen Iedema;Rob V. Bijl;Ron de Graaf

  • Depression–anxiety relationships with chronic physical conditions: Results from the World Mental Health surveys

    KM Scott;Ronny Bruffaerts;A Tsang;J Ormel

  • 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

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

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

  • Perceived Barriers to Mental Health Service Utilization in the United States, Ontario, and the Netherlands

    Jitender Sareen;Amit Jagdeo;Brian J. Cox;Ian Clara

  • Prevalence and predictors of recurrence of major depressive disorder in the adult population

    F. Hardeveld;J. Spijker;R. De Graaf;W. A. Nolen

  • Risk factors for 12-month comorbidity of mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders: findings from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study.

    Ron de Graaf;Rob V Bijl;Filip Smit;Wilma A M Vollebergh

  • 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

G. de Girolamo
G. de Girolamo Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli
Wilma A. M. Vollebergh
Wilma A. M. Vollebergh Utrecht University
Johan Ormel
Johan Ormel University Medical Center Groningen
Lydia Krabbendam
Lydia Krabbendam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Evelyn J. Bromet
Evelyn J. Bromet Stony Brook University
Neeltje M. Batelaan
Neeltje M. Batelaan Amsterdam UMC
Chiyi Hu
Chiyi Hu University of California, Davis

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