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Laura Helena Andrade
Researcher at University of São Paulo
Publications - 202
Citations - 20680
Laura Helena Andrade is an academic researcher from University of São Paulo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Population. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 186 publications receiving 17159 citations. Previous affiliations of Laura Helena Andrade include Utrecht University & Max Planck Society.
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Prevalence and correlates of bipolar spectrum disorder in the world mental health survey initiative.
Kathleen R. Merikangas,Robert Jin,Jian-Ping He,Ronald C. Kessler,Sing Lee,Nancy A. Sampson,Maria Carmen Viana,Laura Helena Andrade,Chiyi Hu,Elie G. Karam,Maria Ladea,María Elena Medina-Mora,Yutaka Ono,Jose Posada-Villa,Rajesh Sagar,J. Elisabeth Wells,Zahari Zarkov +16 more
TL;DR: The uniform increases in clinical correlates, suicidal behavior, and comorbidity across each diagnostic category provide evidence for the validity of the concept of BPS.
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Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode
Evelyn J. Bromet,Laura Helena Andrade,Irving Hwang,Nancy A. Sampson,Jordi Alonso,Giovanni de Girolamo,Ron de Graaf,Koen Demyttenaere,Chiyi Hu,Noboru Iwata,A. N. Karam,Jagdish Kaur,Stanislav Kostyuchenko,Jean-Pierre Lépine,Daphna Levinson,Herbert Matschinger,Maria Elena Medina Mora,Mark Anthony Oakley Browne,Jose Posada-Villa,Maria Carmen Viana,David R. Williams,Ronald C. Kessler +21 more
TL;DR: Data is presented on the prevalence, impairment and demographic correlates of depression from 18 high and low- to middle-income countries in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative to investigate the combination of demographic risk factors that are most strongly associated with MDE in the specific countries included in the WMH.
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The epidemiology of major depressive episodes: results from the International Consortium of Psychiatric Epidemiology (ICPE) Surveys
Laura Helena Andrade,Jorge J. Caraveo-Anduaga,Patricia A. Berglund,Rob V. Bijl,Ron de Graaf,Wilma A. M. Vollebergh,Eva Dragomirecka,Robert Kohn,Martin B. Keller,Ronald C. Kessler,Norito Kawakami,Cengiz Kılıç,David R. Offord,T. Bedirhan Üstün,Hans-Ulrich Wittchen +14 more
TL;DR: Community epidemiological surveys using the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview administered face‐to‐face were carried out in 10 countries in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.
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Barriers to mental health treatment: Results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys
Laura Helena Andrade,Jordi Alonso,Zeina Mneimneh,J. E. Wells,Ali Al-Hamzawi,Guilherme Borges,Evelyn J. Bromet,Ronny Bruffaerts,G. de Girolamo,R. de Graaf,S. Florescu,Oye Gureje,Hristo Hinkov,Chiyi Hu,Y. Huang,Irving Hwang,Robert Jin,Elie G. Karam,V. Kovess-Masfety,Daphna Levinson,Herbert Matschinger,Siobhan O'Neill,Jose Posada-Villa,Rajesh Sagar,Nancy A. Sampson,Carmen Sasu,Dan J. Stein,Tadashi Takeshima,Maria Carmen Viana,Miguel Xavier,Ronald C. Kessler +30 more
TL;DR: Low perceived need and attitudinal barriers are the major barriers to seeking and staying in treatment among individuals with common mental disorders worldwide.
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Validation of a Portuguese version of the Beck Depression Inventory and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory in Brazilian subjects.
TL;DR: The present data demonstrate that the psychometric properties of the Portuguese versions of the BDI and STAI are comparable to the original English language versions of these questionnaires, thereby indicating their use in clinical situations.