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Ronny Bruffaerts

Ronny Bruffaerts

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Overview

Ronny Bruffaerts is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and specializes in research at the intersection of psychology and medicine. Their publication record spans key subfields including clinical psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, general health professions, and psychiatry and mental health.

The primary topics addressed in their work focus on mental health treatment and access, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, suicide and self-harm studies, COVID-19 and mental health, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, mental health research topics in general, and healthcare professionals' stress and burnout.

Their recent prominent papers include:

  • Age of onset and cumulative risk of mental disorders: a cross-national analysis of population surveys from 29 countries, 2023, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Sources of Stress and Their Associations With Mental Disorders Among College Students: Results of the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Initiative, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Comorbidity within mental disorders: a comprehensive analysis based on 145 990 survey respondents from 27 countries, 2020, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • Mental health impact of the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic on Spanish healthcare workers: A large cross-sectional survey, 2020, Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental
  • Non-suicidal self-injury among first-year college students and its association with mental disorders: results from the World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) initiative, 2021, Psychological Medicine

Frequent coauthors of Bruffaerts include Ronald C. Kessler, Jordi Alonso, Josep María Haro, Philippe Mortier, and Dan J. Stein, reflecting collaborations across a substantial network within mental health research.

The venues where Bruffaerts most frequently publishes are:

  • Psychological Medicine
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • International Journal of Mental Health Systems
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

Bruffaerts' body of work contributes primarily to the understanding of mental health treatment accessibility, factors influencing psychosocial development in children and adolescents, and the impact of stress and trauma among healthcare workers, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research often involves large-scale survey data and cross-national studies, enhancing the epidemiological perspective within their fields.

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

  • Cross-National Prevalence and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation, Plans, and Attempts

    Matthew K. Nock;Guilherme Borges;Evelyn J. Bromet;Jordi Alonso

  • 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

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

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

  • Use of mental health services for anxiety, mood, and substance disorders in 17 countries in the WHO world mental health surveys

    Philip S Wang;Philip S Wang;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola;Jordi Alonso;Matthias C Angermeyer

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

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

  • 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

  • The epidemiology of traumatic event exposure worldwide: results from the World Mental Health Survey Consortium.

    C. Benjet;E. Bromet;E. G. Karam;R. C. Kessler

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

    LH Andrade;J Alonso;Z Mneimneh;JE Wells

  • Toward a global view of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and cocaine use: Findings from the WHO world mental health surveys

    Louisa Degenhardt;Wai Tat Chiu;Nancy Sampson;Ronald C. Kessler

  • Undertreatment of people with major depressive disorder in 21 countries

    Graham Thornicroft;Somnath Chatterji;Sara Evans-Lacko;Michael Gruber

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Delay and failure in treatment seeking after first onset of mental disorders in the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey Initiative.

    Philip S Wang;Matthias C Angermeyer;Guilherme Borges;Ronny Bruffaerts

  • 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

  • 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

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
Oye Gureje
Oye Gureje University of Ibadan
Jose Posada-Villa
Jose Posada-Villa Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca
Kate M. Scott
Kate M. Scott University of Otago
Chiyi Hu
Chiyi Hu University of California, Davis
Randy P. Auerbach
Randy P. Auerbach Columbia University

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