Global Perspectives on Mental-Physical Comorbidity in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

This volume on the World Mental Health Surveys focuses on the epidemiology of coexisting physical and mental illness around the world.

Michael R. Von Korff (Edited by), Kate M. Scott (Edited by), Oye Gureje (Edited by)

9780521199599, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 31 July 2009

340 pages, 24 b/w illus. 71 tables
26 x 18 x 2.5 cm, 0.75 kg

'This book is the reflection of a groundbreaking effort that provides us with a lot of new insights on mental-physical comorbidity. … [It] will become a standard work of reference and is therefore compulsory reading for clinicians, policy makers, researchers and [others] working in the field of psychosomatic medicine.' Psychological Medicine

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 mental disorders in countries throughout the world. This volume focuses on the epidemiology of coexisting physical and mental illness around the world. This book includes surveys from 17 discrete countries on six continents, covering epidemiology, risk factors, consequences, and implications for research, clinical work, and policy. Many physical and mental illnesses share a relationship with one another and often occur simultaneously. Clinicians from the disciplines of both psychiatry and medicine are increasingly faced with both challenges on a daily basis, making this an ideal book for a wide range of health professionals. This is the first book devoted to this topic on such a wide-ranging scale.

1. Global perspectives on mental-physical comorbidity Michael R. Von Korff
Part I. An Epidemiological Map of Mental-Physical Comorbidity: 2. The global burden of chronic physical disease Michael R. Von Korff
3. The global burden of chronic pain Adley Tsang and Sing Lee
4. World Mental Health Survey methods for studying mental-physical comorbidity Gemma Vilagut, Kathleen Saunders, and Jordi Alonso
5. The pattern and nature of mental-physical comorbidity: specific or general Oye Gureje
6. Age patterns in the prevalence of depressive and anxiety disorders by physical comorbidity status Kate M. Scott
Part II. Risk Factors for Mental-Physical Comorbidity: 7. The development of mental-physical comorbidity Kate M. Scott
8. Childhood adversity, early-onset mental disorders and adult-onset asthma Kate M. Scott
9. Childhood adversities, mental disorders and heart disease Huibert Burger
10. Early childhood adversities and later hypertension Dan Stein, Kate M. Scott, and Michael R. Von Korff
11. Early life psychosocial factors and adult-onset diabetes Carmen Lara
12. Psychosocial stressors in childhood and adult-onset arthritis Michael R. Von Korff
13. The role of childhood adversities in adult-onset spinal pain Koen Demyttenaere and Ronny Bruffaerts
14. Childhood adversities and adult obesity Ronny Bruffaerts and Koen Demyttenaere
15. Linking depression-anxiety disorders and headache in a developmental perspective: the role of childhood family adversities Adley Tsang and Sing Lee
16. Women, depression and mental-physical comorbidity: chronic pain as a mediating factor Oye Gureje
Part III. Consequences of Mental-Physical Comorbidity: 17. Understanding consequences of mental-physical comorbidity Michael R. Von Korff
18. Disability and treatment of specific mental and physical disorders Johan Ormel, Maria Petukhova, Michael R. Von Korff, and Ronald C. Kessler
19. Mental-physical comorbidity and its relationship with disability Kate M. Scott
20. Disability in 'pure' vs. 'comorbid' mental and physical conditions Paul K. Crane
21. Labor force participation, unemployment and mental-physical comorbidity Michael R. Von Korff
22. Perceived stigma and mental-physical comorbidity Jordi Alonso, Andrea Buron, and Gemma Vilagut
23. How physical comorbidity affects treatment of major depression in developing and developed countries Oye Gureje
24. Mental-physical comorbidity and predicted mortality Huibert Burger
Part IV. Implications: 25. Research implications Evelyn Bromet and Michael R. Von Korff
26. Clinical implications Gregory E. Simon
27. Policy implications Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola
Appendices.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Psychiatry [MMH], Epidemiology & medical statistics [MBNS], Personal & public health [MBNH]