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 …

Background Population-based studies provide the understanding of health-need required
for effective public health policy and service-planning. Mental disorders are an important but …

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 …

This unique book presents original research from the largest cross-national survey of the
epidemiology of mental disorders ever conducted. It provides the latest findings from the …

Objective In the last two decades, a multitude of investigations into the frequency of mental
disorders in the population have emerged, making it difficult to keep track of recent findings …

South Asian countries report the highest prevalence of common mental disorders (CMDs)
globally. This systematic review and meta-analysis report the pooled prevalence of CMDs …

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

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 …

Objectives To estimate lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in the Saudi National Mental
Health Survey (SNMHS). Methods The SNMHS is a face‐to‐face community …

BackgroundData on the lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders in South Africa are of
interest, not only for the purposes of developing evidence-based mental health policy, but …