In Press NCS Publications

Kessler, R.C., Adler, L., Barkley, R., Biederman, J., Conners, C.K., Greenhill, L.L., Spencer, T. (in press). The prevalence and correlates of adult ADHD. In J.K. Buitelaar, C. Kan, & P. Asherson (Eds.), ADHD in Adulthood. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

Scott, K.M., Bruffaerts, R., Tsang, A., Ormel, J., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M.C., Benjet, C., Bromet, E., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Gasquet, I., Gureye, O., Haro, J.M., He, Y., Kessler, R.C., Levinson, D., Mneimneh, Z.N., Oakley Browne, M.A., Posada-Villa, J., Stein, D.J., Takeshima, T., Von Korff, M. (in press). Depression-anxiety relationships with chronic physical conditions: Results from the World Mental Health surveys. Journal of Affective Disorders.

Degenhardt, L., Chiu, W.T., Dierker, L., Glantz, M., Kalaydjian, A., Merikangas, K., Sampson, N., Swendsen, J., Kessler, R.C. (in press). Does the “gateway” matter? Associations between the order of drug use initiation and the development of drug dependence in the National Comorbidity Study Replication. Psychological Medicine.

Dierker, L., He, J., Kalaydjian, A., Swendsen, J., Degenhardt, L., Glantz, M., Conway, K., Anthony, J., Chiu, W.T., Sampson, N.A., Kessler, R., Merikangas, K. (in press). The importance of timing of transitions for risk of regular smoking and nicotine dependence. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Ruscio, A.M., Stein, D.J., Chiu, W.T., Kessler, R.C. (in press). The epidemiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Molecular Psychiatry.

Swendsen, J., Anthony, J.C., Conway, K.P., Degenhardt, L., Dierker, L., Glantz, M., He, J., Kalaydjian, A., Kessler, R.C., Sampson, N., Merikangas, K.R. (in press). Improving targets for the prevention of drug use disorders: Sociodemographic, predictors of transitions across drug use stages in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Preventive Medicine.

Kalaydjian, A., Swendsen, J., Chiu, W.-T., Dierker, L., Degenhardt, L., Glantz, M., Merikangas, K.R., Sampson, N., Kessler, R. (in press). Sociodemographic predictors of transitions across stages of alcohol use, disorders and remission in the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication. Comprehensive Psychiatry.

Druss, B.G., Hwang, I., Petukhova, M., Sampson, N. A., Wang, P.S., Kessler, R. C. (in press). Impairment in role functioning in mental and chronic medical disorders in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Molecular Psychiatry. Appendix tables

Kessler, R.C., Borges, G., Sampson, N., Miller, M., Nock, M.K. (in press). The association between smoking and subsequent suicide-related outcomes in the National Comorbidity Survey panel sample. Molecular Psychiatry. Appendix tables

2008 NCS Publications

Kessler, R.C., Hwang, I., LaBrie, R., Petukhova, M., Sampson, N.A., Winters, K.C., Shaffer, H.J. (2008). DSM-IV pathological gambling in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Psychological Medicine 38(9), 1351-1360. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables

Breslau, J., Lane, M., Sampson, N., Kessler, R.C. (2008). Mental disorders and subsequent educational attainment in a US national sample. Journal of Psychiatric Research 42(9), 708-716. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Heeringa, S., Lakoma, M.D., Petukhova, M., Rupp, A.E., Schoenbaum, M., Wang, P.S., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2008). Individual and societal effects of mental disorders on earnings in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. American Journal of Psychiatry 165(6), 703-711. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables

Kessler, R.C., Merikangas, K.R., Wang, P.S. (2008). The prevalence and correlates of workplace depression in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 50(4), 381-390. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Gruber, M., Hettema, J.M., Hwang, I., Sampson, N., Yonkers, K.A. (2008). Co-morbid major depression and generalized anxiety disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey follow-up. Psychological Medicine, 38(3), 365-374. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables

Saunders, K., Merikangas, K., Low, N.C., Von Korff, M., Kessler, R.C. (2008). Impact of comorbidity on headache-related disability. Neurology, 70(7), 538-547. PubMed Abstract

Ruscio, A.M., Brown, T.A., Chiu, W.T., Sareen, J., Stein, M.B., Kessler, R.C. (2008). Social fears and social phobia in the USA: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Psychological Medicine, 38(1), 15-28. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables

Borges, G., Angst, J., Nock, M.K., Ruscio, A.M., Kessler, R.C. (2008). Risk factors for the incidence and persistence of suicide-related outcomes: A 10-year follow-up study using the National Comorbidity Surveys. Journal of Affective Disorders, 105(1-3), 25-33. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables

2007 NCS Publications

Full text Kessler, R.C. (2007). The global burden of anxiety and mood disorders: Putting the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD) findings into perspective. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 68 (suppl. 2), 10-19.

Merikangas, K.R., Ames, M., Cui, L., Stang, P.E., Ustun, T.B., Von Korff, M., Kessler, R.C. (2007). The impact of comorbidity of mental and physical conditions on role disability in the US adult household population. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64(10), 1180-1188. PubMed Abstract

Druss, B.G., Wang, P.S., Sampson, N.A., Olfson, M., Pincus, H.A., Wells, K.B., Kessler, R.C. (2007). Understanding mental health treatment in persons without mental diagnoses: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.  Archives of General Psychiatry, 64(10), 1196-1203. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables

Lenzenweger, M.F., Lane, M.C., Loranger, A.W., Kessler, R.C. (2007). DSM-IV personality disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Biological Psychiatry, 62(6), 553-564. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables

Degenhardt, L., Chiu, W.T., Sampson, N., Kessler, R.C., Anthony, J.C. (2007). Epidemiological patterns of extra-medical drug use in the United States: Evidence from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, 2001-2003. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 90(2-3), 210-223. PubMed Abstract

Ruscio, A.M., Chiu, W.T., Roy-Byrne, P., Stang, P.E., Stein, D.J., Wittchen, H.-U., Kessler, R.C. (2007). Broadening the definition of generalized anxiety disorder: Effects on prevalence and associations with other disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21(5), 662-676. PubMed Abstract

Nock, M.K., Kazdin, A.E., Hiripi, E., Kessler, R.C. (2007). Lifetime prevalence, correlates, and persistence of oppositional defiant disorder: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(7), 703-713. PubMed Abstract

Breslau, J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Borges, G., Castilla-Puentes, R.C., Kendler, K.S., Medina-Mora, M.-E., Su, M., Kessler, R.C. (2007). Mental disorders among English-speaking Mexican immigrants to the US compared to a national sample of Mexicans. Psychiatry Research, 151(1-2), 115-122. PubMed Abstract

Merikangas, K.R., Akiskal, H.S., Angst, J., Greenberg, P.E., Hirschfeld, R.M., Petukhova, M., Kessler, R.C. (2007). Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of bipolar spectrum disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64(5), 543-552. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables, Erratum

Full text Hudson, J.I., Hiripi, E., Pope, H.G., Jr., Kessler, R.C. (2007). The prevalence and correlates of eating disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Biological Psychiatry, 61(3), 348-358. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables, Erratum, Commentary, Podcast

Kessler, R.C., Merikangas, K.R. (2007). Drug use disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey: Have we come a long way? -- reply. [A response letter to Cottler]. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64(3), 381-382.

Kessler, R.C., Merikangas, K.R., Wang, P.S. (2007). Prevalence, comorbidity, and service utilization for mood disorders in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century. In S. Nolen-Hoeksema, T. Cannon & T. Widiger (Eds.), Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Volume 3 (pp. 137-158). Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews.

2006 NCS Publications

Full text Roth, T., Jaeger, S., Jin, R., Kalsekar, A., Stang, P.E., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Sleep problems, comorbid mental disorders, and role functioning in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Biological Psychiatry, 60(12), 1364-1371. PubMed Abstract

Adler, L.A., Spencer, T., Faraone, S.V., Kessler, R.C., Howes, M.J., Biederman, J., Secnik, K. (2006). Validity of pilot Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) to rate adult ADHD symptoms. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 18(3), 145-148. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Akiskal, H.S., Angst, J., Guyer, M., Hirschfeld, R.M., Merikangas, K.R., Stang, P.E. (2006). Validity of the assessment of bipolar spectrum disorders in the WHO CIDI 3.0. Journal of Affective Disorders, 96(3), 259-269. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables

Kessler, R.C., Akiskal, H.S., Angst, J., Hirschfeld, R.M.A., Merikangas, K.R., Wang, P.S., Whitehouse, D.J. (2006). The workplace costs of mood disorders: Bringing bipolar spectrum disorder into the equation. Journal of Health & Productivity, 1(1), 3-8.

Full text Borges, G., Angst, J., Nock, M.K., Ruscio, A.M., Walters, E.E., Kessler, R.C. (2006). A risk index for 12-month suicide attempts in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Psychological Medicine, 36(12), 1747-1758. PubMed Abstract

Uebelacker, L.A., Wang, P.S., Berglund, P., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Clinical differences among patients treated for mental health problems in general medical and specialty mental health settings in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. General Hospital Psychiatry, 28(5), 387-395. PubMed Abstract

Full text Kessler, R.C., Akiskal, H.S., Ames, M., Birnbaum, H., Greenberg, P., Hirschfeld, R.M., Jin, R., Merikangas, K.R., Simon, G.E., Wang, P.S. (2006). Prevalence and effects of mood disorders on work performance in a nationally representative sample of US workers. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163(9), 1561-1568. PubMed Abstract

Nock, M.K., & Kessler, R.C. (2006). Prevalence of and risk factors for suicide attempts versus suicide gestures: Analysis of the National Comorbidity Survey. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115(3), 616-623. PubMed Abstract

Full text Simon, G.E., Von Korff, M., Saunders, K., Miglioretti, D.L., Crane, P.K., van Belle, G., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Association between obesity and psychiatric disorders in the US adult population. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63(7), 824-830. PubMed Abstract

Full text Wang, P.S., Demler, O., Olfson, M., Pincus, H.A., Wells, K.B., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Changing profiles of service sectors used for mental health care in the United States. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163(7), 1187-1198. PubMed Abstract

Full text Nock, M.K., Kazdin, A.E., Hiripi, E., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Prevalence, subtypes, and correlates of DSM-IV conduct disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Psychological Medicine, 36(5), 699-710. PubMed Abstract

Full text Kessler, R.C., Coccaro, E.F., Fava, M., Jaeger, S., Walters, E.E. (2006). The prevalence and correlates of DSM-IV intermittent explosive disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63(6), 669-678. PubMed Abstract

Full text Shear, K., Jin, R., Ruscio, A.M., Walters, E.E., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Prevalence and correlates of estimated DSM-IV child and adult separation anxiety disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). American Journal of Psychiatry, 163(6), 1074-1083. PubMed Abstract

Full text Kessler, R.C., Chiu, W.T., Jin, R., Ruscio, A.M., Shear, K., Walters, E.E. (2006). The epidemiology of panic attacks, panic disorder, and agoraphobia in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63(4), 415-424. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Adler, L., Barkley, R., Biederman, J., Connors, C.K., Demler, O., Faraone, S.V., Greenhill, L.L., Howes, M.J., Secnik, K., Spencer, T., Ustun, T.B., Walters, E.E., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2006). The prevalence and correlates of adult ADHD in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163(4), 716-723. PubMed Abstract, Appendix tables

Full text Breslau, J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Kendler, K.S., Su, M., Williams, D., Kessler, R.C. (2006). Specifying race-ethnic differences in risk for psychiatric disorder in a USA national sample. Psychological Medicine, 36(1), 57-68. PubMed Abstract

Full text Stang, P., Brandenburg, N., Lane, M., Merikangas, K.R., Von Korff, M., Kessler, R. (2006). Mental and physical comorbid conditions and days in role among persons with arthritis. Psychosomatic Medicine, 68(1), 152-158. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (2006). The epidemiology of depression among women. In C. Keyes & S. Goodman (Eds.), A Handbook for the Social, Behavioral, and Biomedical Sciences: Women and Depression (pp. 22-37). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Wang, P.S., Lane, M., Olfson, M., Pincus, H.A., Schwenk, T.L., Wells, K.B., Kessler, R.C. (2006). The primary care of mental disorders in the United States. In R.W. Manderscheid & J.T. Berry (Eds.), Mental Health, United States, 2004 (pp. 117-133). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Kessler, R.C., Chiu, W.T., Colpe, L., Demler, O., Merikangas, K.R., Walters, E.E., Wang, P.S. (2006). The prevalence and correlates of serious mental illness (SMI) in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). In R.W. Manderscheid & J.T. Berry (Eds.), Mental Health, United States, 2004 (pp. 134-148). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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2005 NCS Publications

Full text Ruscio, A.M., Lane, M., Roy-Byrne, P., Stang, P.E., Stein, D.J., Wittchen, H.-U., Kessler, R.C. (2005). Should excessive worry be required for a diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder? Results from the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication.  Psychological Medicine. 35(12), 1761-1772. PubMed Abstract

Wang, P.S., Kessler, R.C. (2005). Global burden of mood disorders. In D. Stein, D. Kupfer, & A. Schatzberg (Eds.), Textbook of Mood Disorders (pp. 55-67). Washington DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

Kessler, R.C., Adler, L., Ames, M., Demler, O., Faraone, S., Hiripi, E., Howes, M.J., Jin, R., Secnik, K., Spencer, T., Ustun, T.B., Walters, E.E. (2005). The World Health Organization adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS): A short screening scale for use in the general population. Psychological Medicine, 35(2), 245-256. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Birnbaum, H., Demler, O., Falloon, I.R.H., Gagnon, E., Guyer, M., Howes, M.J., Kendler, K.S., Shi, L., Walters, E., Wu, E.Q. (2005). The prevalence and correlates of non-affective psychosis in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Biological Psychiatry, 58(8), 668-676. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Brandenberg, N., Lane, M., Roy-Byrne, P., Stang, P.D. (2005). Rethinking the duration requirement for generalized anxiety disorder: Evidence from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Psychological Medicine, 35(7), 1073-1082. Appendix tables, PubMed Abstract

Breslau, J., Su, M., Kendler, K., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Kessler, R.C. (2005). Lifetime risk and persistence of psychiatric disorders across ethnic groups in the United States. Psychological Medicine, 35(3), 317-327. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Adler, L., Ames, M., Barkley, R.A., Birnbaum, H.G., Greenberg, P.E., Johnston, J.A., Spencer, T., Ustun, T.B. (2005).  The prevalence and effects of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder on work performance in a nationally representative sample of workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 47(6), 565-572. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Adler, L.A., Barkley, R., Biederman, J., Conners, C.K., Faraone, S.V., Greenhill, L.L., Jaeger, S., Secnik, K., Spencer, T., Ustun, T.B., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2005).  Patterns and predictors of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder persistence into adulthood: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Biological Psychiatry, 57(11), 1442-1451. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Demler, O., Frank, R.G., Olfson, M., Pincus, H.A., Walters, E.E., Wang, P.S., Wells, K.B., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2005). Prevalence and treatment of mental disorders, 1990 to 2003. The New Enland Journal of Medicine, 352(24), 2515-2523. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Berglund, P.A., Borges, G., Nock, M., Wang, P.S. (2005). Trends in suicide ideation, plans, gestures, and attempts in the United States 1990-92 to 2001-03. Journal of the American Medical Association, 293(2), 2487-2495. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Berglund, P.A., Demler, O., Jin, R., Merikangas, K.R., Walters, E.E. (2005). Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Archives of General Psychiatry, 62(6), 593-602. PubMed Abstract, Lifetime prevalence of DSM-IV disorders by sex and cohort Table 1

Kessler, R.C., Chiu, W.T., Demler, O., Merikangas, K. R., Walters, E.E. (2005). Prevalence, severity, and comorbidity of twelve-month DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Archives of General Psychiatry, 62(6), 617-627. PubMed Abstract, Erratum,
12 month prevalence of DSM-IV disorders by sex and cohort Table 2

Wang, P.S., Berglund, P.A., Kessler, R.C., Olfson, M., Pincus, H.A., Wells, K.B. (2005). Failure and delay in initial treatment contact after first onset of mental disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Archives of General Psychiatry, 62(6), 603-613. PubMed Abstract

Wang, P.S., Lane, M., Kessler, R.C., Olfson, M., Pincus, H.A., Wells, K.B. (2005). Twelve-month use of mental health services in the U.S.: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Archives of General Psychiatry, 62(6), 629-640. PubMed Abstract

Von Korff, M., Crane, P., Lane, M., Miglioretti, D., Simon, G., Saunders, K., Stang, P., Brandenburg, N., Kessler, R.C. (2005). Chronic spinal pain and physical-mental comorbidity in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Pain, 113(3), 331-339. PubMed Abstract

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2004 NCS Publications

Kessler, R.C. (2004). The epidemiology of dual diagnosis. Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 56(10), 730-737. PubMed Abstract

Full text Kessler, R. C., & Merikangas, K.R. (2004). The National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R): Background and aims. The International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 13(2), 60-68.

Full text Kessler, R.C., Berglund, P., Chiu, W.T., Demler, O., Heeringa, S., Hiripi, E., Jin, R., Pennell, B-E., Walters, E.E., Zaslavsky, A., Zheng, H. (2004). The US National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R): Design and field procedures. The International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 13(2), 69-92.

Full text Kessler, R.C., & Ustun, T.B. (2004). The World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative Version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). The International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 13(2), 93-121.

Full text Kessler, R.C., Abelson, J., Demler, O., Escobar, J.I., Gibbon, M., Guyer, M.E., Howes, M.J., Jin, R., Vega, W.A., Walters, E.E., Wang, P., Zaslavsky, A., Zheng, H. (2004). Clinical calibration of DSM-IV diagnoses in the World Mental Health (WMH) version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). The International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 13(2), 122-139.

Kessler, R.C., Koretz, D., Merikangas, K.R., Wang, P.S. (2004). The epidemiology of adult mental disorders. In B.L. Levin, J. Petrilia, & K.D. Hennessy (Eds.), Mental Health Services: A Public Health Perspective, Second Edition. New York: Oxford University Press.

Breslau, N., Novak, S.P., Kessler, R.C. (2004). Daily smoking and the subsequent onset of psychiatric disorders. Psychological Medicine, 34, 323-333. PubMed Abstract

Breslau, N., Novak, S.P., Kessler, R.C. (2004). Psychiatric disorders and stages of smoking. Biological Psychiatry, 55(1), 69-76. PubMed Abstract

Full text Wang, P.S., Berglund, P.A., Olfson, M., Kessler, R.C. (2004). Delays in initial treatment contact after first onset of a mental disorder. Health Services Research, 39(2), 393-415. PubMed Abstract

The WHO World Mental Health Survey Consortium (2004). Prevalence, severity, and unmet need for treatment of mental disorders in the World Mental Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. Journal of the American Medical Association, 291(21), 2581-2590. Appendix tables

Kessler, R.C., Walters, E.E., Wittchen, H.-U. (2004). Epidemiology. In R.G. Heimberg, C.L. Turk, & D.S. Mennin (Eds.), Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Advances in Research and Practice. New York: Guilford Press.

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Kessler, R.C. (2003). The impairments caused by social phobia in the general population: Implications for intervention. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 417(Suppl.), 19-27. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Ormel, H., Demler, O., Stang, P.E. (2003). Comorbid mental disorders account for the role impairment of commonly-occurring chronic physical disorders: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 45(12), 1257-1266. PubMed Abstract

Greenberg, P.E., Kessler, R.C., Birnbaum, H.G., Leong, S.A., Lowe, S.W., Berglund, P.A., Corey-Lisle, P.K. (2003). The economic burden of depression in the United States: How did it change between 1990-2000? The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 64(12), 1465-1475. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Merikangas, K.R., Berglund, P., Eaton, W.W., Koretz, D., Walters, E.E. (2003). Mild disorders should not be eliminated from the DSM-V. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60(11), 1117-1122. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Berglund, P., Demler, O., Jin, R., Koretz, D., Merikangas, K.R., Rush, A.J., Walters, E.E., Wang, P.S. (2003). The epidemiology of major depressive disorder: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Journal of the American Medical Association, 289(23), 3095-3105. Appendix table, PubMed Abstract

Andrade, L.H., Berglund, P., Bijl, R.V., Caraveo-Anduaga, J.J., de Graaf, R., Dragomirecka, E., Kohn, R., Keller, M., Kawakami, N., Kessler, R.C., Kilic, C., Offord, D.R., Ustun, T.B., Vollebergh, W., Wittchen, H.-U. (2003). The epidemiology of major depressive episodes: Results from the International Consortium of Psychiatric Epidemiology (ICPE) surveys. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 12(1), 3-21. Appendix

Kessler, R.C., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Andrade, L., Bijl, R., Borges, G., Caraveo-Anduaga, J.J., DeWit, D.J., Kolody, B., Merikangas, K.R., Molnar, B.E., Vega, W.A., Walters, E.E., Wittchen, H.-U. (2003). Cross-national comparisons of comorbidities between substance use disorders and mental disorders: Results from the International Consortium in Psychiatric Epidemiology. In W.J. Bukoski & Z. Sloboda (Eds.), Handbook for Drug Abuse Prevention Theory, Science, and Practice. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation.

Furukawa, T.A., Kessler, R.C., Slade, T., Andrews, G. (2003). The performance of the K6 and K10 screening scales for psychological distress in the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being. Psychological Medicine, 33, 357-362. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (2003). The epidemiology of women and depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 74, 5-13. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Barker, P.R., Colpe, L.J., Epstein, J.F., Gfroerer, J.C., Hiripi, E., Howes, M.J, Normand, S-L.T., Manderscheid, R.W., Walters, E.E., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2003). Screening for serious mental illness in the general population. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60(2), 184-189. PubMed Abstract, Appendix

Bijl, R.V., de Graaf. R., Hiripi, E., Kessler, R.C., Kohn, R., Offord, D.R., Ustun, T.B., Vicente, B., Vollegergh, W.A.M., Walters, E.E., Wittchen, H.-U. (2003). The prevalence of treated and untreated mental disorders in five countries. Health Affairs, 22(3), 122-133. PubMed Abstract

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Kessler, R.C. & Walters, E.E. (2002). The National Comorbidity Survey. In M.T. Tsuang, M. Tohen, & G.E.P. Zahner (Eds.), Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Second Edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Kessler, R.C., Andrade , L.H., Bijl, R.V., Offord, D.R., Demler, O.V., Stein, D.J. (2002). The effects of comorbidity on the onset and persistence of generalized anxiety disorder in the ICPE surveys. Psychological Medicine, 32(7), 1213-1225. Appendix, PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Andrews, G., Colpe, L.J., Hiripi, E., Mroczek, D.K., Normand, S.-L.T., Walters, E.E., Zaslavsky, A.M. (2002). Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in nonspecific psychological distress. Psychological Medicine, 32(6), 959-976. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (2002). The categorical versus dimensional assessment controversy in the sociology of mental illness. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 43(2), 171-188. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., & Greenberg, P.E. (2002). The economic burden of anxiety and stress disorders. In K.L. Davis, D. Charney, J.T. Coyle, & C. Nemeroff (Eds.), Neuropsychopharmacology: The Fifth Generation of Progress. Philadelphia, PA: The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Kessler, R.C. (2002). Epidemiological perspectives for the development of future diagnostic systems. Psychopathology, 35(2-3), 158-161. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (2002). The epidemiology of depression. In I.H. Gotlib & C.L. Hammen (Eds.), Handbook of Depression and its Treatment. New York: The Guilford Press.

Kessler, R.C., & Wittchen H.-U. Patterns and correlates of generalized anxiety disorder in community samples. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 63(Suppl 8), 4-10. PubMed Abstract

Edlund, M., Wang, P.S., Berglund, P., Katz, S.J., Lin, E., Kessler, R.C. (2002). Dropping out of mental health treatment: Patterns and predictors among epidemiological survey respondents in the United States and Ontario. American Journal of Psychiatry, 159(5), 845-851. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (2002). Current issues in psychiatric epidemiology. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 15, 181-186.

Full text Wang, P.S., Demler, O., Kessler, R.C. (2002). The adequacy of treatment for serious mental illness in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 92(1), 92-98. PubMed Abstract

Vega, W.A., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Andrade, L., Bijl, R.V., Borges, G., Caraveo-Anduaga, J.J., DeWit, D.J., Heeringa, S.G., Kessler, R.C., Kolody, B., Merikangas, K.R., Molnar, B.E., Walters, E.E., Warner, L.A., Wittchen, H.-U. (2002). Prevalence and age of onset for drug use in seven international sites: Results from the International Consortium of Psychiatric Epidemiology. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 68(3), 285-297. PubMed Abstract

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Breslau, N., Johnson, E.O., Hiripi, E., Kessler, R.C. (2001). Nicotine dependence in the United States: Prevalence, trends, and smoking persistence. Archives of General Psychiatry, 58(9), 810-816. Pubmed Abstract

Full text Gilman, S.E., Cochran, S.D., Mays, V.M., Hughes, M., Ostrow, D., Kessler, R.C. (2001). Risk of psychiatric disorders among individuals reporting same-sex sexual partners in the National Comorbidity Survey. American Journal of Public Health, 91(6), 933-939. Pubmed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (2001). Comorbidity of depression and anxiety disorders. In S. Montgomery & H. Den Bore (Eds.), SSRI's in Depression and Anxiety: Second Edition (pp. 87-106). West Sussex, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Kessler, R.C. (2001). Comorbidity. In N.J. Smelser & P.B. Baltes (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (pp. 2389-2393). Amsterdam, NY: Elsevier Science Ltd.

Kessler, R.C., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Andrade, L., Bijl, R.V., Borges, G., Caraveo-Anduaga, J.J., DeWit, D.J., Kolody, B., Merikangas, K.R., Molnar, B.E., Vega, W.A., Walters, E.E., Wittchen, H-U., Ustun, T.B. (2001). Mental-substance comorbidities in the ICPE surveys. Psychiatria Fennica, 32, (suppl. 2), 62-79.

Kessler, R.C., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Berglund, P.A., Caraveo-Anduaga, J.J., DeWit, D.J., Greenfield, S.F., Kolody, B., Olfson, M., Vega, W.A. (2001). Patterns and predictors of treatment seeking after onset of a substance use disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 58(11), 1065-1071. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Avenevoli, S., Merikangas, K.R. (2001). Mood disorders in children and adolescents: An epidemiologic perspective. Biological Psychiatry, 49(12), 1002-1014. PubMed Abstract

Full text Kessler, R.C., Berglund, P.A., Bruce, M.L., Koch, J.R., Laska, E.M., Leaf, P.J., Manderscheid, R.W., Rosenheck, R.A., Walters, E.E., Wang, P.S. (2001). The prevalence and correlates of untreated serious mental illness. Health Services Research, 36, 987-1007. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Costello, E.J., Merikangas, K.R., Üstün, T.B. (2001). Psychiatric epidemiology: Recent advances and future directions. In R.W. Manderscheid & M.J. Henderson (Eds.), Mental Health, United States, 2000 (pp. 29-42). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Kessler, R.C., Greenberg, P.E., Mickelson, K.D., Meneades, L.M., Wang, P.S. (2001). The effects of chronic medical conditions on work loss and work cut back. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 43, 218-225. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Keller, M.B., Wittchen, H.-U. (2001). The epidemiology of generalized anxiety disorder. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 24, 19-40. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Mickelson, K.D., Barber, C., Wang, P. (2001). The association between chronic medical conditions and work impairment. In A.S. Rossi (Ed.), Caring and Doing for Others: Social Responsibility in the Domains of Family, Work, and Community (pp. 403-426). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Kessler, R.C., Molnar, B., Feurer, I.D., Appelbaum, M. (2001). Patterns and mental health predictors of domestic violence in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Society. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 24(4-5), 487-508. PubMed Abstract

Full text Molnar, B.E., Buka, S.L., Kessler, R.C. (2001). Child sexual abuse and subsequent psychopathology: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey. American Journal of Public Health, 91, 753-760. PubMed Abstract

Simon, G.E., Barber, C., Birnbaum, H.G., Frank, R.G., Greenberg, P.E., Rose, R.M., Wang, P., Kessler, R.C. (2001). Depression and work productivity: The comparative costs of treatment versus nontreatment. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 43, 2-9. PubMed Abstract

Wethington, E., Almeida, D., Brown, G.W., Frank, E., Kessler, R.C. (2001). The assessment of stressor exposure. In L.R. Temoshok (Series Ed.) & A. Vingerhoets (Vol. Ed.), Biobehavioural Perspectives on Health and Disease Prevention: Vol. 5. Assessment in Behavioral Medicine (pp. 113-134). New York: Taylor & Francis Inc.

Wittchen, H.-U., Kessler, R.C., Ustun, B. (2001). Properties of the Composite International (CIDI) for measuring mental health outcome. In G. Thornicroft & M. Tansella (Eds.), Mental Health Outcome Measures: Second Edition (pp. 212-227). London: Gaskell.

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Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alegria, M., Andrade, L., Bijl, R., Caraveo-Anduaga, J.J., DeWit, D.J., Kolody, B., Kessler, R.C., Ustun, T.B., Vega, W., Wittchen, H.-U. (2000). The International Consortium in Psychiatric Epidemiology. In E. Dragomireck, A. Palcová, & H. Papezová (Eds.), Social Psychiatry in Changing Times (pp. 86-95). Prague, Czech Republic: Prague Psychiatric Center.

Alegria, M., Bijl, R.V., Lin, E., Walters, E.E., Kessler, R.C. (2000). Income differences in persons seeking outpatient treatment for mental disorders: A comparison of the US with Ontario and the Netherlands. Archives of General Psychiatry, 57, 383-391. PubMed Abstract

Alegria, M., Kessler, R.C., Bijl, R., Lin, E., Heeringa, S.G., Takeuchi, D.T. Kolody, B. (2000). Comparing data on mental health service use between countries. In G. Andrews & S. Henderson (Eds.), Unmet Need in Psychiatry: Problems, Resources, Responses. (pp. 97-118). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Borges, G., Walters, E.E., Kessler, R.C. (2000). Associations of substance use, abuse and dependence with subsequent suicidal behavior. American Journal of Epidemiology, 151, 781-789. PubMed Abstract

Heimberg, R.G., Stein, M.B., Hiripi, E., Kessler, R.C. (2000). Trends in the prevalence of social phobia in the US: A synthetic cohort analysis of changes over four decades. European Psychiatry, 15, 29-37. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (2000). Gender and mood disorders. In M. Goldman & M. Hatch (Eds.), Women and Health (pp. 997-1009). San Diego: Academic Press.

Kessler, R.C. (2000). Burden of depression. In S. Kasper & A. Carlsson (Eds.), Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors 1990-2000: A Decade of Developments (pp. 1-14).

Kessler, R.C. (2000). The long-term effects of childhood adversities on depression and other psychiatric disorders. In T.O. Harris (Ed.), Where Inner and Outer Worlds Meet (pp.227-244). London: Routledge Ltd.

Kessler, R.C. (2000). Gender differences in major depression: Epidemiologic findings. In E. Frank (Ed.), Gender and Its Effect on Psychopathology (pp. 61-84). Washington DC: American Psychiatric Press.

Kessler, R.C. (2000). Posttraumatic stress disorder: The burden to the individual and society. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 61(suppl. 5), 4-12. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (2000). Gender differences in the prevalence and correlates of mood disorders in the general population. In M. Steiner, K.A. Yonkers, & E. Eriksson (Eds.), Mood Disorders in Women (pp. 15-33). London: Martin Dunitz Ltd.

Kessler, R.C. (2000). Psychiatric epidemiology: Selected recent advances and future directions. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 78, 464-474. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (2000). Sociology and psychiatry. In B.J. Sadock & V.A. Sadock (Eds.), Kaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry / VII Seventh Edition (pp. 476-484). Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Kessler, R.C., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alegria, M., Andrade, L., Bijl, R., Caraveo-Anduaga, J.J., DeWitt, D.J., Kolody, B., Ustun, T.B., Vega, W.A., Wittchen, H.-U. (2000). The International Consortium in Psychiatric Epidemiology. Psychiatrie, 1, 15-20.

Kessler, R.C., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alegria, M., Andrade, L., Bijl, R., Caraveo-Anduaga, J.J., DeWit, D.J., Kolody, B., Ustun, T.B., Vega, W., Wittchen, H.-U. (2000). The International Consortium of Psychiatric Epidemiology. In E. Dragomirecká, A. Palcová, & H. Papezová (Eds), Social Psychiatry in Changing Times (pp.86-96). Psychiatrické centrum Praha.

Kessler, R.C., Wittchen, H.-U., Abelson, J., Zhao, S. (2000). Methodological issues in assessing psychiatric disorders with self-reports. In A.A. Stone, C.A. Turrkan, C.A. Bachrach, H.S. Kurtzman, & V.S. Cain, (Eds.), The Science of Self-Reports: Implications for Research and Practice (pp. 229-255). New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Roy-Byrne, P.P., Stang, P., Wittchen, H.-U., Ustun, B., Walters, E.E., Kessler, R.C. (2000). Lifetime panic-depression comorbidity in the National Comorbidity Survey: Association with symptoms, impairment, course and help-seeking. British Journal of Psychiatry, 176, 229-235. PubMed Abstract

WHO International Consortium of Psychiatric Epidemiology (2000). Cross-national comparisons of the prevalences and correlates of mental disorders: An ICPE study. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 78, 413-426.

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Breslau, N., Peterson, E.L., Kessler, R.C., Schultz, L.R. (1999). Short screening scale for DSM-IV posttraumatic stress disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156, 908-911. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (1999). Comorbidity of unipolar and bipolar depression with other psychiatric disorders in a general population survey. In M. Tohen (Ed.), Comorbidity in Affective Disorders (pp. 1-25). New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.

Kessler, R.C. (1999). The World Health Organization International Consortium in Psychiatric Epidemiology (ICPE): Initial work and future directions--the NAPE Lecture 1998. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 99, 2-9. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (1999). Comentarios sobre el artículo Comorbilidad de por vida de la angustia y la depressión, en la Encuesta Nacional sobre. Trabajos Distinguidos Psiquitría, 4, 58-59.

Kessler, R.C. (1999). Comorbilidad permanente de la angustia y la depresión. Salud I Ciencia, 8, 22.

Kessler, R.C., Borges, G., Walters, E.E. (1999). Prevalence of and risk factors for lifetime suicide attempts in the National Comorbidity Survey. Archives of General Psychiatry, 56, 617-626. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., DuPont, R.L., Berglund, P., Wittchen, H.-U. (1999). Impairment in pure and comorbid generalized anxiety disorder and major depression in two national surveys. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156, 1915-1923. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. & Forthofer, M.S. (1999). The effects of psychiatric disorders on family formation and stability. In J. Brooks-Gunn & M. Cox, (Eds.), Conflict and Cohesion in Families: Causes and Consequences (pp. 301-320). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Kessler, R.C., Mroczek, D.K., Belli, R.F. (1999). Retrospective adult assessment of childhood psychopathology. In D. Shaffer, C.P. Lucas, & J.E. Richters (Eds.), Diagnostic Assessment in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (pp. 256-284). New York: Guilford Press.

Kessler, R.C., Sonnega, A., Bromet, E., Hughes, M., Nelson, C.B., Breslau, N. (1999). Epidemiological risk factors for trauma and PTSD. In R. Yehuda (Ed.), Risk Factors for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (pp.23-59). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association Press.

Kessler, R.C., Stang, P., Wittchen H.-U., Stein, M., Walters, E.E. (1999). Lifetime comorbidities between social phobia and mood disorders in the U.S. National Comorbidity Survey. Psychological Medicine, 29, 555-567. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. & Wang, P. (1999). Screening measures for behavioral health assessment. In G. Hyner, K. Peterson, J. Travis, J. Foerster, & E. Framer (Eds.) SPM Handbook of Health Assessment Tools (pp. 33-40). Pittsburgh: Society of Prospective Medicine.

Kessler, R.C. & Zhao, S. (1999). The prevalence of mental illness. In A.V. Horowitz & T.L. Scheid (Eds.), A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health (pp. 58-78). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Kessler, R.C. & Zhao, S. (1999). Overview of descriptive epidemiology of mental disorders. In C.A. Anashensel & J.C. Phelan (Eds.), Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health (pp. 127-150). New York: Plenum.

Kessler, R.C., Zhao, S., Katz, S.J., Kouzis, A.C., Frank, R.G., Edlund, M., Leaf, P. (1999). Past-year use of outpatient services for psychiatric problems in the National Comorbidity Survey. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156, 115-123. PubMed Abstract

Knäuper, B., Cannell, C.F., Schwarz, N., Bruce, M.L., Kessler, R.C. (1999). Improving accuracy of major depression age-of-onset reports in the US National Comorbidity Survey. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 8, 39-48.

Kessler, R.C., Mickelson, K.D., Williams, D.R. (1999). The prevalence, distribution, and mental health correlates of perceived discrimination in the United States. Journal of Health & Social Behavior, 40, 208-230. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Berglund, P.A., Walters, E.E., Leaf, P.J., Kouzis, A.C., Bruce, M.L., Friedman, R.M., Grosser, R.C., Kennedy, C., Kuehnel, T.G., Laska, E.M., Manderscheid, R.W., Narrow, W.E., Rosenheck, R.A., Schneier, M. (1999). Population-based analyses: A methodology for estimating the 12-month prevalence of serious mental illness. In R.W. Manderscheid & M.J. Henderson (Eds.), Mental Health, United States 1998 (pp. 99-109). Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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Blazer, D.G., Kessler, R.C., Swartz, M.S. (1998). Epidemiology of recurrent major and minor depression with a seasonal pattern: The National Comorbidity Survey. British Journal of Psychiatry, 172, 164-167. PubMed Abstract

Bromet, E., Sonnega, A., Kessler, R.C. (1998). Risk factors for DSM-III-R Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Findings from the National Comorbidity Survey. American Journal of Epidemiology, 147, 353-361. PubMed Abstract

Curtis, G.C., Magee, W.J., Eaton, W.W., Wittchen, H.-U., Kessler, R.C. (1998). Specific fears and phobias: Epidemiology and classification. British Journal of Psychiatry, 173, 212-217. PubMed Abstract

Jayakody, R., Danziger, S., Kessler, R.C. (1998). Early-onset psychiatric disorders and male socioeconomic status. Social Science Research, 27, 371-387.

Judd, L.L., Kessler, R.C., Paulus, M.P., Zeller, P.V., Wittchen, H.-U., Kunovac, J.L. (1998). Comorbidity as a fundamental feature of generalized anxiety disorders: Results from the National Comorbidity Study (NCS). Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 98(Suppl. 393), 6-11. PubMed Abstract

Full text Katz, S.J., Kessler, R.C., Lin, E., Wells, K.B. (1998). Medication management of depression in the United States and Ontario. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 13, 77-85. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (1998). Sex differences in DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey. Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, 53, 148-158.

Kessler, R.C., Andrews, G., Mroczek, D., Ustun, B., Wittchen, H.-U. (1998). The World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview Short Form (CIDI-SF). International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 7, 171-185.

Kessler, R.C., Olfson, M., Berglund, P.A. (1998) Patterns and predictors of treatment contact after first onset of psychiatric disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 155, 62-69. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Stang, P.E., Wittchen, H.-U., Ustun, T.B., Roy-Byrne, P.P., Walters, E.E. (1998). Lifetime panic-depression comorbidity in the National Comorbidity Survey. Archives of General Psychiatry, 55, 801-808. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Stein, M.B., Berglund, P. (1998). Social phobia subtypes in the National Comorbidity Survey. American Journal of Psychiatry, 155, 613-619. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. & Walters, E.E. (1998). Epidemiology of DSM-III-R major depression and minor depression among adolescents and young adults in the National Comorbidity Survey. Depression and Anxiety, 7, 3-14. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Walters, E.E., Forthofer, M.S. (1998). The social consequences of psychiatric disorders, III: Probability of marital stability. American Journal of Psychiatry, 155, 1092-1096. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Wittchen, H.-U., Abelson, J.M., McGonagle, K., Schwarz, N., Kendler, K.S., Knäuper, B., Zhao, S. (1998). Methodological studies of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) in the US National Comorbidity Survey. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 7, 33-55.

Merikangas, K.R., Rajni, L.M., Molnar, B.E., Walters, E.E., Swendsen, J.D., Aguilar-Gaziola, S., Bijl, R., Borges, G., Caraveo-Anduaga, J.J., Dewit, D.J., Kolody, B., Vega, W.A., Wittchen, H.-U., Kessler, R.C. (1998). Comorbidity of substance use disorders with mood and anxiety disorders: Results of the International Consortium in Psychiatric Epidemiology (ICPE). Addictive Behaviors, 23, 893-907. PubMed Abstract

Nelson, C.B., Heath, A.C., Kessler, R.C. (1998). Temporal progression of alcohol dependence symptoms in the U.S. household population: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66, 474-483. PubMed Abstract

Olfson, M., Kessler, R.C., Berglund, P.A., Lin, E. (1998). Psychiatric disorder onset and first treatment contact in the United States and Ontario. American Journal of Psychiatry, 155, 1415-1422. PubMed Abstract

Regier, D.A., Kaelber, C.T., Rae, D.S., Farmer, M.E., Knuper, B., Kessler, R.C., Norquist, G.S. (1998). Limitations of diagnostic criteria and assessment instruments for mental disorders: Implications for research and policy. Archives of General Psychiatry, 55, 109-115. PubMed Abstract

Sullivan, P.F., Kessler, R.C., Kendler, K.S. (1998). Latent class analysis of lifetime depressive symptoms in the National Comorbidity Survey. American Journal of Psychiatry, 155, 1398-1406. PubMed Abstract

Swendsen, J.D., Merikangas, K.R., Canino, G.J., Kessler, R.C., Rubio-Stipec, M., Angst, J. (1998). The comorbidity of alcoholism with anxiety and depressive disorders in four geographic communities. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 39, 176-184. PubMed Abstract

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Ettner, S.L., Frank, R.G., Kessler, R.C. (1997). The impact of psychiatric disorders on labor market outcomes. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 51, 64-81.

Kandel, D., Chen, K., Warner, L.A., Kessler, R.C., Grant, B. (1997). Prevalence and demographic correlates of symptoms of last year dependence on alcohol, nicotine, marijuana and cocaine in the U.S. population. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 44, 11-29. PubMed Abstract

Katz, S.J., Kessler, R.C., Frank, R.G., Leaf, P., Lin, E. (1997). Mental health care use, morbidity, and socioeconomic status in the United States and Ontario. Inquiry, 34, 38-49. PubMed Abstract

Full text Katz, S.J., Kessler, R.C., Frank, R.G., Leaf, P., Lin, E., Edlund, M. (1997). The use of outpatient mental health services in the United States and Ontario: The impact of mental morbidity and perceived need for care. American Journal of Public Health, 87, 1136-1143.

Kendler, K.S., Davis, C.G., Kessler, R.C. (1997). The familial aggregation of common psychiatric and substance use disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey: A family history study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 170, 541-548. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (1997). The effects of stressful life events on depression. In J. Spence (Ed.), Annual Review of Psychology (pp. 191- 214). Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews Inc.

Kessler RC. (1997). The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity. In S. Wetzler & W.C. Sanderson (Eds.), Treatment Strategies for Patients with Psychiatric Comorbidity (pp. 23-48). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Kessler, R.C., Anthony, J.C., Blazer, D.G., Bromet, E., Eaton, W.W., Kendler, K., Swartz, M., Wittchen, H.-U., Zhao, S. (1997). The US National Comorbidity Survey: Overview and future directions. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, 6, 4-16. Bibliography

Kessler, R.C., Berglund, P.A., Foster, C.L., Saunders, W.B., Stang, P.E., Walters, E.E. (1997) Social consequences of psychiatric disorders, II: Teenage Parenthood. American Journal of Psychiatry, 154, 1405-1411. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Crum, R.M., Warner, L.A., Nelson, C.B., Schulenberg, J., Anthony J.C. (1997). Lifetime co-occurrence of DSM-III-R alcohol abuse and dependence with other psychiatric disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey. Archives of General Psychiatry, 54, 313-321. Bibliography, PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. & Frank, R.G. (1997). The impact of psychiatric disorders on work loss days. Psychological Medicine, 27, 861-873. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Gillis-Light, J., Magee, W.J., Kendler, K.S., Eaves, L.J. (1997). Childhood adversity and adult psychopathology. In I.H. Gotlib & B. Wheaton (Eds.), Stress and Adversity Over the Life Course: Trajectories and Turning Points (pp. 29-49). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Kessler, R.C., Rubinow, D.R., Holmes, C., Abelson, J.M., Zhao, S. (1997). The epidemiology of DSM-III-R bipolar I disorder in a general population survey. Psychological Medicine, 27, 1079-1089. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Zhao, S., Blazer, D.G., Swartz, M. (1997) Prevalence, correlates, and course of minor depression and major depression in the National Comorbidity Survey. Journal of Affective Disorders, 45, 19-30. PubMed Abstract

Little, R.J.A., Lewitzky, S., Heeringa, S., Lepkowski, J., Kessler, R.C. (1997). Assessment of weighting methodology for the National Comorbidity Survey. American Journal of Epidemiology, 146, 439-449. PubMed Abstract

Mickelson, K.D., Kessler, R.C., Shaver, P.R. (1997). Adult attachment in a nationally representative sample. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 1092-1106. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Frank, R.G., Edlund, M., Katz, S.J., Lin, E., Leaf, P.J. (1997). Differences in the use of psychiatric outpatient services between the United States and Ontario. New England Journal of Medicine, 336, 551-557. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Davis, C.G., Kendler, K.S. (1997). Childhood adversity and adult psychiatric disorder in the U.S. National Comorbidity Survey. Psychological Medicine, 27, 1101-1119. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R. C., Mickelson, K. D., Zhao, S. (1997). Patterns and correlates of self-help group membership in the United States. Social Policy, 27, 27-46.

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Forthofer, M.S., Kessler, R.C., Story, A.L., Gotlib, I.H. (1996). The effects of psychiatric disorders on the probability and timing of first marriage. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 37, 121-132. PubMed Abstract

Forthofer, M.S., Markman, H.J., Cox, M., Stanley, S., Kessler, R.C. (1996). Associations between marital distress and work loss in a national sample. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 58, 597-605.

Greenberg, P.E., Kessler, R.C., Nells, T.L., Finkelstein, S.N., Berndt, E.R. (1996). Depression in the workplace: An economic perspective. In J.P. Feighner & W.F. Boyer (Eds.), Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors: Advances in Basic Research and Clinical Practice, Second Edition (pp. 327-363). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Kendler, K.S., Gallagher, T.J., Abelson, J.M., Kessler, R.C. (1996) Lifetime prevalence, demographic risk factors and diagnostic validity of nonaffective psychosis as assessed in a US community sample: The National Comorbidity Survey. Archives of General Psychiatry, 53, 1022-1031. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Berglund, P.A., Zhao, S., Leaf, P.J., Kouzis, A.C., Bruce, M.L., Friedman, R.M., Grosser, R.C., Kennedy, C., Kuehnel, T.G., Laska, E.M., Manderscheid, R.W., Narrow, W.E., Rosenheck, R.A., Santoni, T.W., Schneier, M. (1996). The 12-month prevalence and correlates of Serious Mental Illness (SMI). In R.W. Manderscheid & M.A. Sonnenschein (Eds.), Mental Health, United States, 1996 (pp. 59-70). Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office.

Kessler, R.C., Magee, W.J., Nelson, C.B. (1996). Analysis of psychosocial stress. In H.B. Kaplan (Ed.), Psychosocial Stress: Perspectives on Structure, Theory, Life Course, and Methods (pp. 333-366). Orlando, FL: Academic Press.

Kessler, R.C., Nelson, C.B., McGonagle, K.A., Edlund, M.J., Frank, R.G., Leaf, P.J. (1996). The epidemiology of co-occurring addictive and mental disorders: Implications for prevention and service utilization. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 66, 17-31. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Nelson, C.B., McGonagle, K.A., Liu, J., Swartz, M., Blazer, D.G., (1996). Comorbidity of DSM-III-R Major Depressive Disorder in the general population: Results from the US National Comorbidity Survey. British Journal of Psychiatry, 168(Suppl. 30), 17-30. PubMed Abstract

Magee, W.J., Eaton, W.W., Wittchen, H.-U., McGonagle, K.A., Kessler, R.C. (1996). Agoraphobia, simple phobia, and social phobia in the National Comorbidity Survey. Archives of General Psychiatry, 53, 159-168. PubMed Abstract

Nelson, C.B., Little, R.J.A., Heath, A.C., Kessler, R.C. (1996). Patterns of DSM-III-R alcohol dependence symptom progression in a general population survey. Psychological Medicine, 26, 449-460. PubMed Abstract

Wittchen, H.-U., Zhao, S., Abelson, J.M., Abelson, J.L., Kessler, R.C. (1996). Reliability and procedural validity of UM-CIDI DSM-III-R phobic disorders. Psychological Medicine, 26, 1169-1177. PubMed Abstract

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Kessler, R.C. (1995). Epidemiology of psychiatric comorbidity. In M.T. Tsuang, M. Tohan, & G.E.P. Zahner (Eds.), Textbook of Psychiatric Epidemiology (pp. 179-197). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Kessler, R.C., Foster, C.L., Saunders, W.B., Stang, P.E. (1995). Social consequences of psychiatric disorders, I: Educational attainment. American Journal of Psychiatry, 152, 1026-1032. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Little, R.J.A., Groves, R.M. (1995). Advances in strategies for minimizing and adjusting for survey nonresponse. Epidemiologic Reviews, 17, 192-204. PubMed Abstract

Warner, L.A., Kessler, R.C., Hughes, M., Anthony, J.C., Nelson, C.B. (1995). Prevalence and correlates of drug use and dependence in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey. Archives of General Psychiatry, 52, 219-229. PubMed Abstract

Wittchen, H.-U., Kessler, R.C., Zhao, S., Abelson, J. (1995). Reliability and clinical validity of UM-CIDI DSM-III-R generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 29, 95-110. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., Sonnega, A., Bromet, E., Hughes, M., Nelson, C.B. (1995). Posttraumatic stress disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey. Archives of General Psychiatry, 52, 1048-1060. PubMed Abstract

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Anthony, J.C., Warner, L.A., Kessler, R.C. (1994). Comparative epidemiology of dependence on tobacco, alcohol, controlled substances, and inhalants: Basic findings from the National Comorbidity Survey. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2, 244-268.

Blazer, D.G., Kessler, R.C., McGonagle, K.A., Swartz, M.S. (1994). The prevalence and distribution of major depression in a national community sample: The National Comorbidity Survey. American Journal of Psychiatry, 151, 979-986. PubMed Abstract

Eaton, W.W., Kessler, R.C., Wittchen, H.-U., Magee, W.J. (1994). Panic and panic disorder in the United States. American Journal of Psychiatry, 151, 413-420. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (1994). The National Comorbidity Survey: Preliminary results and future directions. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 4, 114.1-114.13.

Kessler, R.C. (1994). Building on the ECA: The National Comorbidity Survey and the Children's ECA. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 4, 81-94.

Kessler, R.C. (1994). The National Comorbidity Survey of the United States. International Review of Psychiatry, 6, 365-376.

Kessler, R.C., McGonagle, K.A., Zhao, S., Nelson, C.B., Hughes, M., Eshleman, S., Wittchen H.-U., Kendler, K.S. (1994). Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey. Archives of General Psychiatry, 51, 8-19. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., McGonagle, K.A., Nelson, C.B., Hughes, M., Swartz, M., Blazer, D.G. (1994). Sex and depression in the National Comorbidity Survey. II: Cohort effects. Journal of Affective Disorders, 30, 15-26. PubMed Abstract

Wittchen, H.-U., Knuper, B., Kessler, R.C. (1994). Lifetime risk of depression. British Journal of Psychiatry, 165(Suppl. 26), 16-22. PubMed Abstract

Wittchen, H.-U., Zhao, S., Kessler, R.C., Eaton, W.W. (1994). DSM-III-R generalized anxiety disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey. Archives of General Psychiatry, 51, 355-364. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. (1994). The U.S. National Comorbidity Survey: Onset, chronicity and comorbidity patterns of mood disorders in the general population. In S.Z. Langer, N. Brunello, G. Racagni, & J. Mendlewicz (Eds.), Critical Issues in the Treatment of Affective Disorders (pp. 154-157). Basel: Karger.

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Kessler, R.C. & Magee, W.J. (1993). Childhood adversities and adult depression: Basic patterns of association in a US National Survey. Psychological Medicine, 23, 679-690. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C. & Price, R.H. (1993). Primary prevention of secondary disorders: A proposal and agenda. American Journal of Community Psychology, 21, 607-634. PubMed Abstract

Kessler, R.C., McGonagle, K.A., Swartz, M., Blazer, D.G., Nelson, C.B. (1993). Sex and depression in the National Comorbidity Survey I: Lifetime prevalence, chronicity, and recurrence. Journal of Affective Disorders, 29, 85-96. PubMed Abstract

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