Stigma and discrimination limit access to mental health care

G Thornicroft - Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 2008 - cambridge.org
This editorial provides an overview of how far access to mental health care is limited by
perceptions of stigma and anticipated discrimination. Globally over 70% of young people …

Resolving the paradox of common, harmful, heritable mental disorders: which evolutionary genetic models work best?

MC Keller, G Miller - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2006 - cambridge.org
Given that natural selection is so powerful at optimizing complex adaptations, why does it
seem unable to eliminate genes (susceptibility alleles) that predispose to common, harmful …

Just one question: If one question works, why ask several?

A Bowling - Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2005 - jech.bmj.com
Afrequently asked question by clinical investigators is why they should use a lengthy, multi-
item measurement scale to assess patients' perceptions of their health, or quality of life …

Genetics of suicide: a systematic review of twin studies.

M Voracek, LM Loibl - Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 2007 - search.ebscohost.com
Objectives: Convergent evidence from a multitude of research designs (adoption, family,
genomescan, geographical, immigrant, molecular genetic, surname, and twin studies of …

Gender issues in suicide rates, trends and methods among youths aged 15–24 in 15 European countries

A Värnik, K Kõlves, J Allik, E Arensman… - Journal of affective …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: No recent cross-country examinations for youth suicide trends and
methods for Europe were found. AIM: The aim of the study is to specify differences in suicide …

Suicide rates and socioeconomic factors in Eastern European countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union: trends between 1990 and 2008

K Kõlves, A Milner, P Värnik - Sociology of health & illness, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
After the collapse of the Soviet Union the various Eastern European (EE) countries adapted
in different ways to the social, political and economic changes. The present study aims to …

Consistency of immigrant and country‐of‐birth suicide rates: A meta‐analysis

M Voracek, LM Loibl - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Multifaceted evidence (family, twin, adoption, molecular genetic, geographic and
surname studies of suicide) suggests genetic risk factors for suicide. Migrant studies are also …

Autism: Common, heritable, but not harmful

MA Gernsbacher, M Dawson… - Behavioral and Brain …, 2006 - cambridge.org
We assert that one of the examples used by Keller & Miller (K&M), namely, autism, is indeed
common, and heritable, but we question whether it is harmful. We provide a brief review of …

History and geography of suicide: could genetic risk factors account for the variation in suicide rates?

A Marušič - American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The current state of knowledge of genetic predisposition towards the suicidal behavior
allows for a question whether genetic risk factors account for the variation in suicide rates …

Alcohol and suicide in Belarus

YE Razvodovsky - Psychiatria danubina, 2009 - hrcak.srce.hr
Background: It is well recognized that both acute and chronic alcohol use are among the
major behaviorally modifiable factors that are associated with suicidal behavior. There is …