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Prevalence and correlates of bipolar spectrum disorder in the world mental health survey initiativeKathleen R Merikangas
National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 68:241-51. 2011..There is limited information on the prevalence and correlates of bipolar spectrum disorder in international population-based studies using common methods...
Mania with and without depression in a community sample of US adolescentsKathleen Ries Merikangas
National Institute of Mental Health Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch Bldg 35, Room 1A201, 35 Convent Dr, MSC 3720, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 69:943-51. 2012..There are limited data on the manifestations of mania in general community samples of adolescents...- Structure of major depressive disorder in adolescents and adults in the US general populationFemke Lamers
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 3720, USA
Br J Psychiatry 201:143-50. 2012..Although techniques such as latent class analysis have been used to derive empirically based subtypes of depression in adult samples, there is limited information on subtypes of depression in youth... - The epidemiology of mood disordersKathleen Ries Merikangas
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Curr Psychiatry Rep 6:411-21. 2004.... 
The 'true' prevalence of bipolar II disorderKathleen R Merikangas
Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 3720, USA
Curr Opin Psychiatry 25:19-23. 2012..The aim of this study is to review the recent literature on the prevalence, correlates, consequences, and treatment patterns of bipolar II disorder...- Magnitude and impact of comorbidity of mental disorders from epidemiologic surveysKathleen R Merikangas
National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Curr Opin Psychiatry 20:353-8. 2007..To consider comorbidity across multiple classes of disorders in data derived from recent large-scale community surveys... - Prevalence and treatment of mental disorders among US children in the 2001-2004 NHANESKathleen Ries Merikangas
Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Pediatrics 125:75-81. 2010.... - Comorbidity in anxiety disordersKathleen Ries Merikangas
Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, 35 Convent Drive, MSC 3720, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2:37-59. 2010..Throughout each of these aims, implications of the comorbidity are explored, including whether these patterns reflect a need for redefining the disorders or rather an etiologic or even causal path... - Service utilization for lifetime mental disorders in U.S. adolescents: results of the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A)Kathleen Ries Merikangas
Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 50:32-45. 2011.... - Magnitude, impact, and stability of primary headache subtypes: 30 year prospective Swiss cohort studyKathleen R Merikangas
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Bethesda, MD 20892 3720, USA
BMJ 343:d5076. 2011..To determine the prevalence, impact, and stability of different subtypes of headache in a 30 year prospective follow-up study of a general population sample... - Genomic priorities and public healthKathleen Ries Merikangas
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Science 302:599-601. 2003..We propose that complex diseases with the strongest evidence for genetic etiology, limited ability to modify exposure or risk factors, and high public health impact should have the highest priority for genetics research... - The familial aggregation of cannabis use disordersKathleen R Merikangas
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20814 3720, USA
Addiction 104:622-9. 2009..The aim of this paper is to examine the familial aggregation of cannabis use disorders and other psychiatric conditions among first-degree relatives and spouses of probands with a cannabis use disorder... - Genetic epidemiology: bringing genetics to the population--the NAPE Lecture 2001K Merikangas
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Acta Psychiatr Scand 105:3-13. 2002..To present an overview of the status of genetics of mental disorders and to describe the role of genetic epidemiology in the future of the implementation of the human genome initiative... - Epidemiology of mental disorders in children and adolescentsKathleen Ries Merikangas
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Dialogues Clin Neurosci 11:7-20. 2009.... - Will the genomics revolution revolutionize psychiatry?Kathleen Ries Merikangas
NIMH Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Psychiatry 160:625-35. 2003 - Lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in U.S. adolescents: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication--Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A)Kathleen Ries Merikangas
Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 49:980-9. 2010..To present estimates of the lifetime prevalence of DSM-IV mental disorders with and without severe impairment, their comorbidity across broad classes of disorder, and their sociodemographic correlates... - Specificity of bipolar spectrum conditions in the comorbidity of mood and substance use disorders: results from the Zurich cohort studyKathleen R Merikangas
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, 1A201 35 Convent Dr, MSC 3720, Bethesda, MD 20892 2670, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:47-52. 2008.... - The impact of comorbidity of mental and physical conditions on role disability in the US adult household populationKathleen R Merikangas
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health, 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 3720, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:1180-8. 2007..There is limited information that accounts for comorbidity on the impact of role disability associated with a wide range of mental and physical disorders in population-based samples... - Longitudinal trajectories of depression and anxiety in a prospective community study: the Zurich Cohort StudyKathleen Ries Merikangas
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:993-1000. 2003.... - Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of bipolar spectrum disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey replicationKathleen R Merikangas
Intramural Research Program, Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:543-52. 2007..There is growing recognition that bipolar disorder (BPD) has a spectrum of expression that is substantially more common than the 1% BP-I prevalence traditionally found in population surveys... - Shyness versus social phobia in US youthMarcy Burstein
Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Pediatrics 128:917-25. 2011.... - The spectrum of social phobia in the Zurich cohort study of young adultsKathleen Ries Merikangas
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Biol Psychiatry 51:81-91. 2002..Application of the spectrum concept provides coverage of treated but undiagnosed cases of social phobia as well as those who vacillate across the diagnostic threshold over time... - Prevalence of enuresis and its association with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder among U.S. children: results from a nationally representative studySrirangam Shreeram
Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 3720, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 48:35-41. 2009..This study sets out to describe the prevalence, demographic correlates, comorbidities, and service patterns for enuresis in a representative sample of U.S. children... - The comorbidity of migraineNancy C P Low
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program of the Intramural Research Program at the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services in Bethesda, Maryland MD 20892-2670, USA
CNS Spectr 8:433-4, 437-44. 2003..Further research is indicated and necessary to elucidate the precise mechanism of migraine comorbidity... - Vulnerability factors for anxiety disorders in children and adolescentsKathleen Ries Merikangas
National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 14:649-79, vii. 2005..In this article, the major risk factors for the development of anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence are reviewed... - Implications of high-risk family studies for prevention of depressionShelli Avenevoli
Division of Pediatric Translational Research and Treatment Development, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:S126-35. 2006.... - Alcohol expectancies, alcohol consumption, and problem drinking: the moderating role of family historyKevin P Conway
Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Suite 5151 MSC 9589, Bethesda, MD 20892 9589, USA
Addict Behav 28:823-36. 2003..The findings are discussed in terms of the interaction of alcohol-related risk factors and the importance of using multiple indicators of familial vulnerability... - Personality, drug of choice, and comorbid psychopathology among substance abusersKevin P Conway
Departments of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, 40 Temple Street, Suite 7B, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 65:225-34. 2002.... - Sociodemographic predictors of transitions across stages of alcohol use, disorders, and remission in the National Comorbidity Survey ReplicationAmanda Kalaydjian
Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20893, USA
Compr Psychiatry 50:299-306. 2009..Although much is known about risk factors for the initiation of alcohol use, abuse, and dependence, few population-based studies have examined the predictors of transitions across these stages... - Headache and biomarkers predictive of vascular disease in a representative sample of US childrenKarin B Nelson
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bldg 31, Room 8A03, Bethesda, MD 20892 2450, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:358-62. 2010..To examine the association of childhood headache disorders with markers of risk for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease... - Secondhand smoke exposure and mental health among children and adolescentsFrank C Bandiera
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 165:332-8. 2011.... - Startle reactivity in children at risk for migraineRoman Duncko
Developmental Genetic Epidemiology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH Bldg 35, Room 1A 110, 35 Convent Dr, MSC 3720, Bethesda, MD 20892 3720, USA
Clin Neurophysiol 119:2733-7. 2008..This study investigated psychophysiological responses to aversive acoustic stimuli in children at risk for migraine... - First psychiatric hospitalizations in the US military: the National Collaborative Study of Early Psychosis and Suicide (NCSEPS)Richard Herrell
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, NIMH, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892-3720, USA
Psychol Med 36:1405-15. 2006..8, 95% CI 0.7-0.9) and MDD (RR 0.8, 95% CI 0.8-0.9), but a higher rate of schizophrenia (RR 1.5, 95% CI 1.3-1.7). CONCLUSIONS: This study underscores the human and financial burden that psychiatric disorders place on the US Armed Forces... - The significance of social connectedness: comment on Slomkowski et al. 2005Kathleen R Merikangas
National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-3720, USA
Addiction 100:442-3; discussion 443-4. 2005 - Spousal concordance for substance use and anxiety disordersNancy Low
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892 3720, USA
J Psychiatr Res 41:942-51. 2007.... - Acute exposure to stress improves performance in trace eyeblink conditioning and spatial learning tasks in healthy menRoman Duncko
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Learn Mem 14:329-35. 2007..Our results directly extend findings from animal studies and suggest potential physiological mechanisms underlying stress and learning... - Psychiatric comorbidity and acculturation stress among Puerto Rican substance abusersKevin P Conway
Division of Clinical Neuroscience and Behavioral Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 9589, USA
Am J Prev Med 32:S219-25. 2007..Although acculturation to the United States has been associated with an increase in substance, mood, and anxiety disorders in Latino populations, few studies have examined this concept relative to comorbidity among these syndromes... - Fear-potentiated startle to threat, and prepulse inhibition among young adult nonsmokers, abstinent smokers, and nonabstinent smokersChristian Grillon
Unit of Affective Psychophysiology, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 2670, USA
Biol Psychiatry 62:1155-61. 2007..The objective of this study was to examine affective and attentional responses in young adult smokers using fear-potentiated startle and prepulse inhibition... - Replicating genotype-phenotype associationsStephen J Chanock
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4605, USA
Nature 447:655-60. 2007 - Families at high and low risk for depression: a three-generation startle studyChristian Grillon
Mood and Anxiety Disorder Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 2670, USA
Biol Psychiatry 57:953-60. 2005.... - Are sleep difficulties associated with migraine attributable to anxiety and depression?Angeliki Vgontzas
National Institute of Mental Health Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, Bethesda, MD, USA
Headache 48:1451-9. 2008..To examine whether sleep complaints reported by migraineurs can be attributed to comorbid anxiety and/or depression... - Familial influences on adolescent smokingShelli Avenevoli
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH DHHS, 15 K North Drive, MSC 2670, Bethesda, MD 20892 2670, USA
Addiction 98:1-20. 2003..Integration of the risk factor approach within the family study design may enrich both approaches to elucidate familial influences on smoking... - The importance of adolescence in the development of nicotine dependence: comments on part VKathleen Ries Merikangas
National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, 15K North Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-2670, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1021:198-201. 2004 - Commentary: understanding sources of complexity in chronic diseases--the importance of integration of genetics and epidemiologyKathleen Ries Merikangas
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, 35 Convent Drive, MSC#3720, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Int J Epidemiol 35:590-2; discussion 593-6. 2006 - Future of genetics of mood disorders researchKathleen R Merikangas
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Biol Psychiatry 52:457-77. 2002..To prepare for shifts to more complex genetic models, the committee recommended that the NIMH develop new interdisciplinary training strategies to prepare for the next generation of genetics research... - Prevalence and correlates of eating disorders in adolescents. Results from the national comorbidity survey replication adolescent supplementSonja A Swanson
Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 68:714-23. 2011..Eating disorders are severe conditions, but little is known about the prevalence or correlates of these disorders from population-based surveys of adolescents... - Is the association of alcohol use disorders with major depressive disorder a consequence of undiagnosed bipolar-II disorder?Jules Angst
Zurich University Psychiatric Hospital, Lenggstrasse 31, Mail Box 1931, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 256:452-7. 2006....