Mental disorder comorbidity and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys International College Student initiative

• Published in: International journal of methods in psychiatric research Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. e1752 - n/a
• Main Authors: Auerbach, Randy P., Mortier, Philippe, Bruffaerts, Ronny, Alonso, Jordi, Benjet, Corina, Cuijpers, Pim, Demyttenaere, Koen, Ebert, David D., Green, Jennifer Greif, Hasking, Penelope, Lee, Sue, Lochner, Christine, McLafferty, Margaret, Nock, Matthew K., Petukhova, Maria V., Pinder‐Amaker, Stephanie, Rosellini, Anthony J., Sampson, Nancy A., Vilagut, Gemma, Zaslavsky, Alan M., Kessler, Ronald C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2019; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Affective disorders; Anxiety; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; college student mental health; College students; Comorbidity; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Female; Humans; Hyperactivity; Latent Class Analysis; Male; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Mental Disorders - psychology; Mental health; Sociodemographics; Special Issue; Special Issues; Students - psychology; Students - statistics & numerical data; Suicidal Ideation; Suicide; suicide thoughts and behaviors; Suicide, Attempted - psychology; Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data; Suicides & suicide attempts; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; college student mental health; comorbidity; suicide thoughts and behaviors; mental disorders

Objectives Comorbidity is a common feature of mental disorders. However, needs assessment surveys focus largely on individual disorders rather than on comorbidity even though the latter is more important for predicting suicidal thoughts and behaviors. In the current report, we take a step beyond thi...