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Viviane Kovess-Masfety

Viviane Kovess-Masfety

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Psychology
France
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
64
Citations
24045
World Ranking
2912
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in France Leader Award

Overview

Viviane Kovess-Masfety is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and medicine, with a particular focus on clinical and social psychology, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, and public health.

Their research covers a range of topics including mental health treatment and access, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, migration, health and trauma, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, schizophrenia research and treatment, COVID-19 and mental health, and suicide and self-harm studies.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Viviane Kovess-Masfety include:

  • "Stress and anxiety among university students in France during Covid-19 mandatory confinement," 2020, published in Comprehensive Psychiatry
  • "Age of onset and cumulative risk of mental disorders: a cross-national analysis of population surveys from 29 countries," 2023, published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Comorbidity within mental disorders: a comprehensive analysis based on 145 990 survey respondents from 27 countries," 2020, published in Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • "A national survey on depressive and anxiety disorders in Afghanistan: A highly traumatized population," 2021, published in BMC Psychiatry
  • "Toward measuring effective treatment coverage: critical bottlenecks in quality- and user-adjusted coverage for major depressive disorder," 2020, published in Psychological Medicine

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Viviane Kovess-Masfety include:

  • Fernando Navarro-Mateu
  • Oye Gureje
  • Jordi Alonso
  • Elie G. Karam
  • Josep María Haro

Their research output is frequently published in venues such as:

  • Psychological Medicine
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Research Square

Viviane Kovess-Masfety has produced significant research contributions primarily in the fields of psychology and medicine, with a stronger emphasis on clinical psychology. Work spans multiple subfields including social psychology, psychiatry, and public health domains.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Socio-economic variations in the mental health treatment gap for people with anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) surveys

    S Evans-Lacko;S Aguilar-Gaxiola;A Al-Hamzawi;J Alonso

  • Treatment gap for anxiety disorders is global: Results of the World Mental Health Surveys in 21 countries

    Jordi Alonso;Zhaorui Liu;Sara Evans-Lacko;Sara Evans-Lacko;Ekaterina Sadikova

  • Stress and anxiety among university students in France during Covid-19 mandatory confinement.

    Mathilde M. Husky;Viviane Kovess-Masfety;Joel D. Swendsen

  • 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

  • Psychotic Experiences in the General Population: A Cross-National Analysis Based on 31 261 Respondents From 18 Countries

    John J. McGrath;John J. McGrath;Sukanta Saha;Sukanta Saha;Ali Al-Hamzawi;Jordi Alonso

  • 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

  • Age of onset and cumulative risk of mental disorders: a cross-national analysis of population surveys from 29 countries.

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  • Cross-national analysis of the associations between traumatic events and suicidal behavior: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.

    Dan J. Stein;Wai Tat Chiu;Irving Hwang;Ronald C. Kessler

  • Treatment of suicidal people around the world

    Ronny Bruffaerts;K. Demyttenaere;I. Hwang;W. T. Chiu

  • Main traumatic events in Europe: PTSD in the European study of the epidemiology of mental disorders survey.

    Jean‐Michel Darves‐Bornoz;Jordi Alonso;Giovanni de Girolamo;Ron de Graaf

  • Dissociation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Evidence from the World Mental Health Surveys

    Dan J. Stein;Karestan C. Koenen;Matthew J. Friedman;Eric D. Hill

  • Psychological distress in first year university students: socioeconomic and academic stressors, mastery and social support in young men and women

    Pierre Verger;Jean-Baptiste Combes;Viviane Kovess-Masfety;Marie Choquet

  • Parent psychopathology and offspring mental disorders: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

    Katie A. McLaughlin;Anne M. Gadermann;Irving Hwang;Nancy A. Sampson

  • How well can post‐traumatic stress disorder be predicted from pre‐trauma risk factors? An exploratory study in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

    Ronald C. Kessler;Sherri Rose;Karestan C. Koenen;Elie G. Karam

  • A multinational study of mental disorders, marriage, and divorce

    J. Breslau;E. Miller;R. Jin;N. A. Sampson

Frequent Co-Authors

Chiyi Hu
Chiyi Hu University of California, Davis
Mathilde M. Husky
Mathilde M. Husky University of Bordeaux
Peter de Jonge
Peter de Jonge University of Groningen
Evelyn J. Bromet
Evelyn J. Bromet Stony Brook University
Roy Otten
Roy Otten Radboud University
Brendan Bunting
Brendan Bunting University of Ulster
G. de Girolamo
G. de Girolamo Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Karestan C. Koenen
Karestan C. Koenen Harvard University
Katie A. McLaughlin
Katie A. McLaughlin University of Oregon

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