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Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a strong focus on mental health and related disciplines.

The main fields of study in Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola's research include:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, notable subfields encompass:

  • Social Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

The research topics addressed by Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola include:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Health Policy Implementation Science

Recent publications by Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola cover a variety of topics related to mental health and community engagement. Selected 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
  • "Comorbidity within mental disorders: a comprehensive analysis based on 145 990 survey respondents from 27 countries," 2020, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • "Assessing Meaningful Community Engagement: A Conceptual Model to Advance Health Equity through Transformed Systems for Health," 2022, NAM Perspectives
  • "Engaging With Communities - Lessons (Re)Learned From COVID-19," 2020, Preventing Chronic Disease
  • "Findings From World Mental Health Surveys of the Perceived Helpfulness of Treatment for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder," 2020, JAMA Psychiatry

Frequently collaborating coauthors with Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola include:

  • Jordi Alonso
  • Oye Gureje
  • Fernando Navarro-Mateu
  • Ronald C. Kessler
  • Kate M. Scott

The scientist's publications have appeared repeatedly in several journals and venues, highlighting consistent contributions to the field. Frequent publication venues include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
  • International Journal of Mental Health Systems
  • Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

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

  • Age of onset of mental disorders: a review of recent literature

    Ronald C Kessler;G Paul Amminger;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola;Jordi Alonso

  • 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

  • The global burden of mental disorders : An update from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys

    Ronald C. Kessler;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola;Jordi Alonso;Somnath Chatterji

  • 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

  • Trauma and PTSD in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

    Ronald C. Kessler;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola;Jordi Alonso;Corina Benjet

  • 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

  • Lifetime prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders among urban and rural Mexican Americans in California.

    William A. Vega;Bohdan Kolody;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola;Ethel Alderete

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder in the World Mental Health Surveys.

    K. C. Koenen;A. Ratanatharathorn;L. Ng;K. A. McLaughlin

  • Undertreatment of people with major depressive disorder in 21 countries

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

  • Specifying race-ethnic differences in risk for psychiatric disorder in a USA national sample.

    Joshua Breslau;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola;Kenneth S. Kendler;Maxwell Su

  • Considering context, place and culture: the National Latino and Asian American Study

    Margarita Alegria;David Takeuchi;Glorisa Canino;Naihua Duan

  • 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

  • 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

  • Prevalencia de trastornos mentales y uso de servicios: Resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Epidemiología Psiquiátrica en México

    Ma. Elena Medina-Mora;Guilherme Borges;Carmen Lara Muñoz;Corina Benjet

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

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

  • Gaps in Service Utilization by Mexican Americans With Mental Health Problems

    William A. Vega;Bohdan Kolody;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola;Ralph Catalano

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald C. Kessler
Ronald C. Kessler Harvard University
Jordi Alonso
Jordi Alonso Pompeu Fabra University
Jose Posada-Villa
Jose Posada-Villa Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca
Sing Lee
Sing Lee Chinese University of Hong Kong
Oye Gureje
Oye Gureje University of Ibadan
Giovanni de Girolamo
Giovanni de Girolamo Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli
Guilherme Borges
Guilherme Borges Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría
Kate M. Scott
Kate M. Scott University of Otago
María Elena Medina-Mora
María Elena Medina-Mora National Autonomous University of Mexico

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