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| H MeltzerSummaryAffiliation: University of Leicester Country: UK Publications
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Relationship between parental psychopathology, parenting strategies and child mental health--findings from the GB national studyPanos Vostanis
University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:509-14. 2006..As most previous studies included clinical samples, the purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between parental psychopathology and parenting strategies with child psychiatric disorders in a national survey population...
The relationship between personal debt and specific common mental disordersHoward Meltzer
Department of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, University of Leicester, UK
Eur J Public Health 23:108-13. 2013..We aim to estimate the prevalence of 'specific' mental disorders based on ICD-10 research diagnostic criteria by type of debt and quantify the additional influence of addictive behaviours...- Feelings of loneliness among adults with mental disorderHoward Meltzer
Department of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, University of Leicester, 22 28 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 48:5-13. 2013.... - Children who run away from home: risks for suicidal behavior and substance misuseHoward Meltzer
Department of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
J Adolesc Health 51:415-21. 2012.... - Physical ill health, disability, dependence and depression: results from the 2007 national survey of psychiatric morbidity among adults in EnglandHoward Meltzer
Department of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
Disabil Health J 5:102-10. 2012..Both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have clearly shown that medical illness and physical disability are strongly associated with depression... - Job insecurity, socio-economic circumstances and depressionH Meltzer
Department of Health Sciences, Medical School, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Psychol Med 40:1401-7. 2010..The relationship between job insecurity and poor mental health is known. However, we do not know how this relationship is affected by individual socio-economic circumstances... - Children's specific fearsH Meltzer
Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Child Care Health Dev 35:781-9. 2009..Our aim is to present the prevalence of specific fears among children in the Great Britain, their socio-demographic correlates, in particular their association with ethnicity... - Personal debt and suicidal ideationH Meltzer
Department of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, University of Leicester, UK
Psychol Med 41:771-8. 2011..The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between personal debt and suicidal ideation in the context of sociodemographic factors, employment and income, lifestyle behaviours, and recently experienced traumatic events... - Children's perceptions of neighbourhood trustworthiness and safety and their mental healthHoward Meltzer
Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 48:1208-13. 2007..Our objective was to examine one aspect of social capital--perceived neighbourhood trust and safety in relation to childhood psychopathology... - Victims of bullying in childhood and suicide attempts in adulthoodH Meltzer
Department of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, University of Leicester, 22 28, Princess Road West, Leicester LE1 6TP, UK
Eur Psychiatry 26:498-503. 2011..To examine whether self-reported exposure to bullying during childhood is associated with suicide attempts over the life course, and if so, what mechanisms could account for this relationship... - Service utilization by children with conduct disorders: findings from the 2004 Great Britain child mental health surveyRaghuram Shivram
Child Psychiatry, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 18:555-63. 2009..Involvement of specialist child mental health services should be requested in the presence of mental health co-morbidity... - Psychosis in the community and in prisons: a report from the British National Survey of psychiatric morbidityTraolach Brugha
University of Leicester, Department of Health Sciences, Brandon Mental Health Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Rd, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
Am J Psychiatry 162:774-80. 2005..Longitudinal research is needed to better understand these prevalence differences... - Age and birth cohort differences in depression in repeated cross-sectional surveys in England: the National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys, 1993 to 2007N Spiers
Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
Psychol Med 42:2047-55. 2012..This article focuses on depression and tests the hypothesis that successive birth cohorts experience the same prevalence of depression as they age... - The spectrum of suicidal ideation in Great Britain: comparisons across a 16-74 years age rangeMichael Dennis
Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
Psychol Med 37:795-805. 2007..However, associations with the presence of psychiatric disorder across the age range are unclear. Representative epidemiological estimates are needed... - Worry content across the lifespan: an analysis of 16- to 74-year-old participants in the British National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity 2000James Lindesay
Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
Psychol Med 36:1625-33. 2006..Previous studies suggest that worry content and prevalence may vary as a function of age, but evidence is limited... - Service utilisation by children with conduct disorders--findings from the GB National StudyPanos Vostanis
University of Leicester, Greenwood Institute of Child Health, Westcotes House, Westcotes Drive, Leicester LE3 0QU, UK
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 12:231-8. 2003..Children with conduct disorders and their families come into contact with a range of community and specialist agencies... - Epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders in adults in the community in EnglandTraolach S Brugha
Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, England
Arch Gen Psychiatry 68:459-65. 2011..If the prevalence of autism is increasing, rates in older adults would be expected to be lower than rates among younger adults... - Primary group size, social support, gender and future mental health status in a prospective study of people living in private households throughout Great BritainTraolach S Brugha
University of Leicester, Department of Health Sciences, Brandon Mental Health Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
Psychol Med 35:705-14. 2005..Previous research suggests that associations between social network size and later common mental disorder status may differ according to sex and initial mental state... - Trends in service use and treatment for mental disorders in adults throughout Great BritainTraolach S Brugha
Brandon Mental Health Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
Br J Psychiatry 185:378-84. 2004..Trends in health treatments and outcomes in the general population may be used to monitor achievement of health targets... - Risk factors and the prevalence of neurosis and psychosis in ethnic groups in Great BritainTraolach Brugha
University of Leicester, Section of Social and Epidemiological Psychiatry, Department of Health Sciences, Brandon Mental Health Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 39:939-46. 2004..97; 95% CI: 0.66, 13.36). CONCLUSIONS: The excess of psychosis in Africans and Afro-Caribbeans in Great Britain appears to be partly explained by socio-economic disadvantage, but larger studies are needed to confirm this... - Validating two survey methods for identifying cases of autism spectrum disorder among adults in the communityT S Brugha
Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
Psychol Med 42:647-56. 2012..We tested the validity of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule module-4 (ADOS-4) and the 20-item Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ-20)... - The relative importance of child, family, school and neighbourhood correlates of childhood psychiatric disorderTamsin Ford
Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 39:487-96. 2004..Different disorders have distinctive correlates. Many of the best known "risk factors" are not independently related to childhood psychiatric disorder, and are, therefore, acting distally in the causal pathway or irrelevant... - Recent trends in UK child and adolescent mental healthBarbara Maughan
PO46MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King s College London Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 43:305-10. 2008..Past studies have documented rising levels of conduct problems among UK adolescents in the last quarter of the twentieth century, and increased rates of emotional difficulties between the 1980s and 1990s... - A prospective study of childhood psychopathology: independent predictors of change over three yearsTamsin Ford
Institute of Health Service Research, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Peninsula Medical School, St Luke s Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX2 2LU, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 42:953-61. 2007.... - The impact of physical illnesses on non-psychotic psychiatric morbidity: data from the household survey of psychiatric morbidity in Great BritainDebbie Cooke
Centre for Behavioural and Social Sciences in Medicine, University College London, UK
Br J Health Psychol 12:463-71. 2007..2) To compare psychiatric morbidity between respondents with one of the 11 illnesses to those with more than one physical illness... - Age variation in life events and their relationship with common mental disorders in a national survey populationVesna Jordanova
Health Service and Population Research Dept, King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 42:611-6. 2007..Life events (LEs) are recognised to be important risk factors for common mental disorders (CMD). Their prominence may vary across age groups but this issue has received little systematic investigation... - Psychiatric disorder among British children looked after by local authorities: comparison with children living in private householdsTamsin Ford
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Br J Psychiatry 190:319-25. 2007.... - Incidence, prognosis, and risk factors for fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome in adolescents: a prospective community studyKatharine A Rimes
King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Section of General Hospital Psychiatry, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Rd, London SE5 9RJ, United Kingdom
Pediatrics 119:e603-9. 2007..The objective of this study was to describe the incidence, prevalence, risk factors, and prognosis of fatigue, chronic fatigue, and chronic fatigue syndrome in 11- to 15-year-olds... - Insomnia comorbidity and impact and hypnotic use by age group in a national survey population aged 16 to 74 yearsRobert Stewart
King s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, UK
Sleep 29:1391-7. 2006..To compare age-group differences in somatic/psychiatric comorbidity, impact, and pharmacotherapy associated with sleep disturbance across a broad adult age range... - The British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey 1999: the prevalence of DSM-IV disordersTamsin Ford
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London SE58AF, England
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:1203-11. 2003..To describe the prevalence of DSM-IV disorders and comorbidity in a large population-based sample of British children and adolescents... - Conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder in a national sample: developmental epidemiologyBarbara Maughan
MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 45:609-21. 2004..Despite an expanding epidemiological evidence base, uncertainties remain over key aspects of the epidemiology of the 'antisocial' disorders in childhood and adolescence... - Prevalence and correlates of self-reported psychotic symptoms in the British populationLouise C Johns
Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK
Br J Psychiatry 185:298-305. 2004..The psychosis phenotype is generally thought of as a categorical entity. However, there is increasing evidence that psychosis exists in the population as a continuum of severity rather than an all-or-none phenomenon... 
Mental health problems of children in the community: 18 month follow upRobert Goodman
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London SE5 8AF
BMJ 324:1496-7. 2002- Psychiatric and social aspects of suicidal behaviour in prisonsRachel Jenkins
WHO Collaborating Centre, David Goldberg Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London
Psychol Med 35:257-69. 2005..Suicidal behaviour and completed suicide are serious problems within British prisons, leading to significant morbidity and mortality, and are the focus of major efforts towards their prevention... - Literacy difficulties and psychiatric disorders: evidence for comorbidityJulia M Carroll
Department of Psychology, University of York, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 46:524-32. 2005..Literacy difficulties show high levels of comorbidity with both disruptive and emotional disorders, but questions remain over the nature and specificity of these links... - Preadolescent conduct problems in girls and boysJulie Messer
MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 45:184-91. 2006..To examine sex differences in correlates of disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs) in preadolescent children using indicators of a wide range of well-established risk factors for DBDs and outcomes 3 years after initial assessment... - Obsessive-compulsive disorder: prevalence, comorbidity, impact, and help-seeking in the British National Psychiatric Morbidity Survey of 2000Albina R Torres
Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
Am J Psychiatry 163:1978-85. 2006..The authors aimed to establish obsessive-compulsive disorder prevalence and its clinical typology among adults in private households in Great Britain and to obtain generalizable estimates of impairment and help-seeking... - Self-reported psychotic symptoms in the general population: results from the longitudinal study of the British National Psychiatric Morbidity SurveyNicola J Wiles
Academic Unit of Psychiatry, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, The Grange, 1 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1AU, UK
Br J Psychiatry 188:519-26. 2006..Scarce longitudinal data exist on the occurrence of psychotic symptoms in the general population... - Predictors of mental health service utilization in the 12 months before imprisonment: analysis of results from a national prisons surveyMichael Farrell
Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, London, UK
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 40:548-53. 2006..To describe the self-reported history of health service utilization and help-seeking to those who are drug-dependent in the period of time prior to imprisonment... - Parental concerns about their child's emotions and behaviour and referral to specialist services: general population surveyTamsin Ford
King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF
BMJ 331:1435-6. 2005 - Treatment seeking by individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder from the british psychiatric morbidity survey of 2000Albina R Torres
Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Botucatu Medical School, Universidade Estadual Paulista UNESP, Distrito de Rubião Jr, Botucatú São Paulo, Brazil, 18618 970
Psychiatr Serv 58:977-82. 2007..However, data on treatment seeking from community samples are scant. This study analyzed service use by adults with OCD living in private households in Great Britain... - Sex differences in developmental reading disability: new findings from 4 epidemiological studiesMichael Rutter
Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College, Denmark Hill, London, England
JAMA 291:2007-12. 2004..An influential article published in 1990 claimed that the increased rate of reading disability in boys was a consequence of referral bias... - Using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) multi-informant algorithm to screen looked-after children for psychiatric disordersRobert Goodman
Dept of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College, P085, London SE5 8AF, UK
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 13:II25-31. 2004..Child psychiatric disorders are common among children in foster and residential care, but often go undetected and therefore untreated... - Psychosis, victimisation and childhood disadvantage: evidence from the second British National Survey of Psychiatric MorbidityPaul E Bebbington
Department of Mental Health Sciences, 48 Riding House Street, London W1N 8EY, UK
Br J Psychiatry 185:220-6. 2004..Adverse early circumstances may be more common in people who later develop psychotic disorders... - Obsessive-compulsive disorder and personality disorder: evidence from the British National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity 2000Albina R Torres
Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Botucatu Medical School, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil, and Department of Forensic Psychiatry, St Bartholomew s Hospital, London, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:862-7. 2006..We analysed the prevalence of screen positive personality disorder in a representative sample of adults with OCD living in private households in the UK... - Patterns of drinking in the UK Armed ForcesNicola T Fear
Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health, King s College London, London, UK
Addiction 102:1749-59. 2007..To examine patterns of drinking in the UK Armed Forces, how they vary according to gender and other demographics, and to make comparisons with the general population... - Impact on contraceptive practice of making emergency hormonal contraception available over the counter in Great Britain: repeated cross sectional surveysCicely Marston
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London W6 8RP
BMJ 331:271. 2005..To examine the impact on contraceptive practice of making emergency hormonal contraception available over the counter... - Mental disorders in prisonersNicola Singleton
Lancet 360:572-3; author reply 573. 2002