The WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Acknowledgements; Contributors; Part I. Methods: 1. Introduction; 2. Sample designs and sampling procedures; 3. Implementation of the World Mental Health Surveys; 4. The World Health Organization composite international diagnostic interview; 5. Translation procedures and translation assessment in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative; 6. Concordance of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview Version 3.0 (CIDI 3.0) with standardized clinical assessments in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys; Part II. Country Specific Chapters: WHO Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO): 7. Mental disorders in Colombia: results from the World Mental Health Survey; 8. The Mexican National Comorbidity Survey (M-NCS): overview and results; 9. The National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R): cornerstone in improving mental health and mental health care in the United States; WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO): 10. Mental disorders among adult Nigerians: risks, prevalence, and treatment; 11. The South African Stress and Health Survey (SASH): a foundation for improving mental health care in South Africa; WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO): 12. Mental disorders and war in Lebanon; WHO Regional Office for Europe (EURO): 13. Mental health in Belgium: current situation and future perspectives; 14. The prevalence of mental disorders and services use in France: results from a national survey 2001–2; 15. Prevalence and treatment of mental disorders in Germany: results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) survey; 16. The prevalence of mental disorders and service use in Israel: results from the national health survey 2003–4; 17. The prevalence of mental disorders and service use in Italy: results from the national health survey 2001–3; 18. Mental disorders and service use in the Netherlands: results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD); 19. The epidemiology of mental disorders in the general population of Spain; 20. The state of mental health and alcoholism in Ukraine; WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO): 21. Mental disorders and service use in China; 22. Twelve-month prevalence, severity and treatment of common mental disorders in communities in Japan: the World Mental Health Japan 2003–4 Survey; 23. Te Rau Hinengaro: the New Zealand Mental Health Survey; Part III. Cross-National Comparisons: 24. Lifetime prevalence and age of onset distributions of mental disorders in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative; 25. Delay and failure in treatment seeking after first onset of mental disorders in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative; 26. Prevalence and severity of mental disorders in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative; 27. Recent treatment of mental disorders in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative; Part IV. Conclusions: 28. Overview and future directions for the World Mental Health Survey Initiative; Index.