National Institute of Mental Health

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

Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

Characterized primarily by a low body-mass index, anorexia nervosa is a complex and serious illness¹, affecting 0.9-4% of women and 0.3% of men^2-4, with tw...

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

Violent communities, family choices, and children's chances: An algorithm for improving the odds

Abstract Data are presented concerning the early predictors of adaptational success and failure among 72 children attending their 1st years of elementary school in a violent Was...

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...