Objectives The question whether mental illness prevalence rates are increasing is a
controversially debated topic. Epidemiological articles and review publications that look into …

Background: Since the introduction of specified diagnostic criteria for mental disorders in the
1970s, there has been a rapid expansion in the number of large-scale mental health surveys …

Promotion of good mental health, prevention, and early intervention before/at the onset of
mental disorders improve outcomes. However, the range and peak ages at onset for mental …

Background Information on the frequency and timing of mental disorder onsets across the
lifespan is of fundamental importance for public health planning. Broad, cross-national …

Background: There are only a small number of prospective studies that have systematically
evaluated standardised diagnostic criteria for mental disorder for more than a decade. The …

Background Systematic reviews have consistently shown that individuals with mental
disorders have an increased risk of premature mortality. Traditionally, this evidence has …

OBJECTIVE: To conduct a meta-analysis assessing the prevalence of mental disorders in
older people in Europe and North America. METHOD: Studies that reported prevalence …

Up‐to‐date information on the prevalence and trends of common mental disorders is
relevant to health care policy and planning, owing to the high burden associated with these …

Data are presented on the lifetime prevalence, projected lifetime risk, and age-of-onset
distributions of mental disorders in the World Health Organization (WHO)'s World Mental …

Aims-The paper reviews recent findings from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) surveys
on the global burden of mental disorders. Methods-The WMH surveys are representative …