Browsing by Author "Williams, David"
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Association between childhood adversities and long-term suicidality among South Africans from the results of the South African Stress and Health study: a cross-sectional study
Bruwer, Belinda; Govender, Ravi; Bishop, Melanie; Williams, David R; Stein, Dan J; Seedat, Soraya (BMJ Publishing Group, 2014)Objective: Suicide and suicidal behaviours are significant public health problems and a leading cause of death worldwide and in South Africa. We examined the association between childhood adversities and suicidal behaviour ... -
The Association between Hypertension and Depression and Anxiety Disorders: Results from a Nationally-Representative Sample of South African Adults
Grimsrud, Anna; Stein, Dan J.; Seedat, Soraya; Williams, David; Myer, Landon; Miranda, J. Jaime (Public Library of Science, 2009)Objective Growing evidence suggests high levels of comorbidity between hypertension and mental illness but there are few data from low- and middle-income countries. We examined the association between hypertension and ... -
Association between parental psychopathology and suicidal behavior among adult offspring: results from the cross-sectional South African Stress and Health survey
Atwoli, Lukoye; Nock, Matthew K; Williams, David R; Stein, Dan J (BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Prior studies have demonstrated a link between parental psychopathology and offspring suicidal behavior. However, it remains unclear what aspects of suicidal behavior among adult offspring are predicted by ... -
The Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Obesity in a Population-Based Multiracial and Multiethnic Adult Sample
Williams, David; Hunte, Haslyn (American Public Health Association, 2009)OBJECTIVES: We examined whether perceived chronic discrimination was related to excess body fat accumulation in a random, multiethnic, population-based sample of US adults. METHODS: We used multivariate multinomial logistic ... -
Associations between lifetime potentially traumatic events and chronic physical conditions in the South African Stress and Health Survey: a cross-sectional study
Atwoli, Lukoye; Platt, Jonathan M.; Basu, Archana; Williams, David R.; Stein, Dan J.; Koenen, Karestan C. (BioMed Central, 2016)Background: This study examined the association between the type, and cumulative number of lifetime potentially traumatic events (PTEs), and chronic physical conditions, in a South African sample. PTE exposures have been ... -
Associations Between Traumatic Events and Suicidal Behavior in South Africa
Sorsdahl, Katherine; Stein, Dan J.; Williams, David; Nock, Matthew K. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2011)Research conducted predominantly in the developed world suggests that there is an association between trauma exposure and suicidal behaviour. However, there are limited data available investigating whether specific traumas ... -
Changes in regional gray matter volume in women with chronic pelvic pain: A voxel-based morphometry study
As-Sanie, Sawsan; Harris, Richard E.; Napadow, Vitaly J.; Kim, Jieun; Neshewat, Gina; Kairys, Anson; Williams, David; Clauw, Daniel J.; Schmidt-Wilcke, Tobias (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2012)Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a highly prevalent pain condition, estimated to affect 15-20% of women in the United States. Endometriosis is often associated with CPP, however other factors, such as pre-existing or concomitant ... -
Community Development Efforts Offer A Major Opportunity To Advance Americans' Health
Williams, David; Marks, Jordan (Health Affairs, 2011)Large differences in the opportunities and resources that Americans have to be healthy have led to sizable variations in health by geography, race and ethnicity, income level, and education. By enhancing the opportunities ... -
Comparison of Prevalence and Types of Mutations in Lung Cancers Among Black and White Populations
Campbell, Joshua David; Lathan, Christopher Scott; Sholl, Lynette Marie; Ducar, Matthew; Vega, Mikenah; Sunkavalli, Ashwini; Lin, Ling; Hanna, Megan; Schubert, Laura; Thorner, Aaron; Faris, Nicholas; Williams, David; Osarogiagbon, Raymond U.; van Hummelen, Paul; Meyerson, Matthew Langer; MacConaill, Laura Eleanor (American Medical Association (AMA), 2017)Importance Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in all ethnic and racial groups. The overall death rate from lung cancer is higher in black patients than in white patients. Objective ... -
Cross-National Analysis of the Associations between Traumatic Events and Suicidal Behavior: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
Alonso, Jordi; Borges, Guilherme; Bromet, Evelyn; Bruffaerts, Ronny; de Girolamo, Giovanni; Florescu, Silvia; Gureje, Oye; He, Yanling; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Levinson, Daphna; Matschinger, Herbert; Mneimneh, Zeina; Nakamura, Yosikazu; Ormel, Johan; Posada-Villa, Jose; Sagar, Rajesh; Scott, Kate M.; Tomov, Toma; Viana, Maria Carmen; Stein, Daniel Brookner; Chiu, Wai Tat; Hwang, Irving; Kessler, Ronald; Sampson, Nancy A.; Williams, David; Nock, Matthew K. (Public Library of Science, 2010)Background Community and clinical data have suggested there is an association between trauma exposure and suicidal behavior (i.e., suicide ideation, plans and attempts). However, few studies have assessed which traumas are ... -
Cross-national prevalence and risk factors for suicidal ideation, plans and attempts
Nock, Matthew K.; Borges, G.; Bromet, E. J.; Alonso, Jose Luis; Angermeyer, M.; Beautrais, A.; Bruffaerts, R.; Chiu, Wai Tat; de Girolamo, G.; Gluzman, S.; de Graaf, R.; Gureje, O.; Haro, J. M.; Huang, Y.; Karam, E.; Kessler, Ronald; Lepine, J. P.; Levinson, D.; Medina-Mora, M. E.; Ono, Y.; Posada-Villa, J.; Williams, David (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2008)Background Suicide is a leading cause of death world-wide; however, the prevalence and risk factors for the immediate precursors to suicide: suicidal ideation, plans and attempts, are not well-known, especially in ... -
Days out of role due to mental and physical illness in the South African stress and health study
Mall, Sumaya; Lund, Crick; Vilagut, Gemma; Alonso, Jordi; Williams, David R.; Stein, Dan J. (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014)Background: Both mental and physical disorders can result in role limitation, such as ‘days out of role’, which have an important impact on national productivity losses. This paper analyses data from the South African ... -
The effects of Obama's political success on the self-rated health of Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites
Malat, Jennifer; Timberlake, Jeffrey; Williams, David (International Society on Hypertention in Blacks, 2011)Stress in the social environment can affect individual health. Election of the first Black President of the United States provides an opportunity to assess how a positive change in the macro-political climate impacts the ... -
Job Strain, Job Insecurity, and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in the Women’s Health Study: Results from a 10-Year Prospective Study
Slopen, Natalie; Glynn, Robert J.; Buring, Julie Elizabeth; Lewis, Tené T.; Williams, David; Albert, Michelle A. (Public Library of Science, 2012)Objectives: Research about work-related stressors and cardiovascular disease (CVD) has produced mixed findings. Moreover, a paucity of data exists regarding the long-term associations between job strain and job insecurity ... -
The Mental Health Impact of AIDS-Related Mortality in South Africa: A National Study
Williams, David; Myer, L; Seedat, S; Stein, D; Moomal, H (BMJ, 2009)BACKGROUND: Few data exist on how the HIV/AIDS epidemic may influence population mental health. The associations were examined between knowing someone who died of HIV/AIDS and common mental disorders among South African ... -
No sweat: African American adolescent girls’ opinions of hairstyle choices and physical activity
Woolford, Susan J.; Woolford-Hunt, Carole J.; Sami, Areej; Blake, Natalie; Williams, David R. (BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Obesity prevalence is higher among African American adolescent (AAA) girls than among non-black girls. Lower levels of physical activity (PA) likely contribute to this disparity; this may be impacted by hairstyle ... -
Past horrors, present struggles: The role of stigma in the association between war experiences and psychosocial adjustment among former child soldiers in Sierra Leone
Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Agnew-Blais, Jessica; Gilman, Stephen Edward; Williams, David; Ellis, B Heidi (Elsevier BV, 2010)Upon returning to their communities, children formerly associated with armed forces and armed groups–commonly referred to as child soldiers–often confront significant community stigma. Much research on the reintegration ... -
PAST INSIGHTS, FUTURE PROMISES: Race and Health in the Twenty-First Century
Takeuchi, David T.; Williams, David (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2011)Over one hundred years ago, W. E. B. Du Bois (1899) documented large, pervasive, and persistent racial inequities in health. While the current demography of racial groups in the United States is radically different compared ... -
Perceived Discrimination and Self-Rated Health in South Korea: A Nationally Representative Survey
Kim, Seung-Sup; Williams, David (Public Library of Science, 2012)Background: There is mounting evidence that discriminatory experiences can harm health. However, previous research has mainly focused on the health effects of racial discrimination in U.S. or European countries although ... -
Police killings and their spillover effects on the mental health of black Americans: a population-based, quasi-experimental study
Bor, Jacob; Venkataramani, Atheendar S; Williams, David; Tsai, Alexander C (Elsevier BV, 2018-07)Background: Police kill more than 300 black Americans-at least a quarter of them unarmed-each year in the USA. These events might have spillover effects on the mental health of people not directly affected. Methods: In ...