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### 2018

  [### Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Global Perspectives from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic, under-detected and under-treated psychiatric consequence of trauma that is often linked to new-onset medical and psychological conditions, impaired quality of life and long-term disability across the...



 

  Evelyn Bromet,   Elie Karam,   Karestan Koenen,   et al.

 

   ![WHO World Mental Health Surveys Volume 6 Cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2026-03/book6cover.jpg?itok=la2LDV16) 

 



 

 

   [### Mental Disorders Around the World: Facts and Figures from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

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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 WHO World Mental Health Surveys based on interviews of nearly 150,000...



 

  Kate Scott,   Peter de Jonge,   Dan Stein,   et al.

 

   ![WHO World Mental Health Surveys Volume 5 Cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2026-03/Book5cover.jpg?itok=W5445N3v) 

 



 

 

  



### 2013

  [### The Burdens of Mental Disorders: Global Perspectives from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

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Mental disorders have a huge cost, both to individuals and to society. The direct costs of providing appropriate mental healthcare must be considered along with the societal costs of not doing so. This volume uses the findings of the WHO Mental Health...



 

  Jordi Alonso,   Somnath Chatterji,   Yanling He

 

   ![WHO World Mental Health Surveys Volume 4 Cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2026-03/book4cover.jpg?itok=Ic-k6_G9) 

 



 

 

  



### 2012

  [### Suicide: Global Perspectives from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

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Suicide is a serious public health problem worldwide, accounting for more loss of life annually than all forms of war and interpersonal violence combined. Despite this fact, suicide remains a poorly understood problem, and progress in understanding...



 

  Matthew Nock,   Guilherme Borges,   Yutaka Ono

 

   ![WHO World Mental Health Surveys Volume 3 Cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2026-03/book3cover.jpg?itok=lyMADXaZ) 

 



 

 

  



### 2009

  [### Global Perspectives on Mental–Physical Comorbidity in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

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The World Mental Health Surveys were established by the World Health Organization in 2000 to provide valuable information for physicians and health policy planners. These surveys have shed light on the prevalence, correlates, burden, and treatment of...



 

  Michael Von Korff,   Kate Scott,   Oye Gureje

 

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### 2008

  [### The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: Global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders

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Mental disorders have profound social, cultural, and economic effects throughout the world. Although most psychiatry and psychology texts provide some basic data on the prevalence and treatment of mental disorders, no previous book has ever presented such...



 

  Ronald Kessler,   Bedirhan Ustun

 

   ![WHO World Mental Health Surveys Volume 1 Cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum8166/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2026-03/cover_wmh1_1.jpg?itok=8LenzTul)