… They also ignored the fact that anxiety disorders were the most prevalent disorders in WMH
surveys, 2 and that prevalence estimates of serious mental illness were much lower (0.8% to …

… The global burden of mental disorders: an update from the … de 1997 a 2009. J Bras Psiquiatr
2010; 59(3): 238-46. , 19 19. … variations in burden according to type of mental disorder, age, …

… Response rate may not strongly affect the prevalence estimates of mental disorders in a
community-based survey of the prevalence of common mental disorders during a particular time …

… health planning. These estimates are important for public health policy and planning, because
mental disorders … an important proportion of the global burden of disease and to be costly …

… Global Burden of disease (GBd) reports that have posited that mental health problems are
… meaning of symptoms of a mental disorder (Biehl & Moran-Thomas, 2009). an assumption of …

… by mental illnesses, the proportion who are treated ranges from 30.5% in the USA (Kessler
et al… care, this review also drew upon the work of the WPA Task Force (2009–2010) on ‘Steps, …

… may have been more reluctant to participate in the survey, thus our results may even be an
underestimate the real prevalence of mental disorders in the general population. Secondly, …

… on Global Mental Health sought to draw attention to the worldwide burden of mental illness.
… colleagues in this issue indicate that mental health disorders might affect far more people …

… the disability associated with several health conditions, the … of mental disorders in the public
health scenario, as psychiatric … psychiatric morbidity and its contribution to the global burden …

… (http://www.who.int/healthinfo/survey/whsresults/en/ index.html). Major depression was the
only mental disorder included in the World Health Survey. The 12-month prevalence of major …