Kathleen R. Merikangas

The Future of Genetic Studies of Complex Human Diseases

The identification of the genetic basis of complex human diseases such as schizophrenia and diabetes has proven difficult. In their Perspective, Risch and Merikangas propose tha...

The Epidemiology of Major Depressive Disorder

Major depressive disorder is a common disorder, widely distributed in the population, and usually associated with substantial symptom severity and role impairment. While the rec...

Lifetime Prevalence of Mental Disorders in U.S. Adolescents: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication–Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A)

Prevalence and Treatment of Mental Disorders Among US Children in the 2001–2004 NHANES

OBJECTIVE: This article presents the 12-month prevalence estimates of specific mental disorders, their social and demographic correlates, and service use patterns in children an...

The National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS‐R): background and aims

Abstract The National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS‐R) is a new nationally representative community household survey of the prevalence and correlates of mental disorders i...

National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A): I. Background and Measures

National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A): III. Concordance of DSM-IV/CIDI Diagnoses With Clinical Reassessments

National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A): II. Overview and Design

Design and field procedures in the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS‐A)

Abstract An overview is presented of the design and field procedures of the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS‐A), a US face‐to‐face household...