V. Kovess

TL;DR: To describe the 12‐month and lifetime prevalence rates of mood, anxiety and alcohol disorders in six European countries, a large number of countries with high prevalence of these disorders have been surveyed.

TL;DR: This manuscript examines the impact of mental health state and specific mental and physical disorders on work role disability and quality of life in six European countries.

TL;DR: Although prevalence rates of back/neck pain were generally lower than in previous reports, mental disorders were associated with chronic back/ neck pain and the strength of association was stronger for mood and anxiety disorders than for alcohol abuse/dependence.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present data on patterns of failure and delay in making initial treatment contact after first onset of a mental disorder in 15 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO)'s World Mental Health Surveys.

TL;DR: The first results of the use of health services for mental disorders in six European countries as part of the ESEMeD project are presented.