Background Global development goals increasingly rely on country-specific estimates for
benchmarking a nation's progress. To meet this need, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, …

Background Knowledge about the natural history of self-harm is scarce, especially during the
transition from adolescence to young adulthood, a period characterised by a sharp rise in …

Importance Understanding global variation in firearm mortality rates could guide prevention
policies and interventions. Objective To estimate mortality due to firearm injury deaths from …

Adolescents detained within the criminal justice system are affected by complex health problems,
health-risk behaviours, and high rates of premature death. We did a global synthesis of …

Background Non-fatal outcomes of disease and injury increasingly detract from the ability of
the world's population to live in full health, a trend largely attributable to an epidemiological …

Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 provides
an up-to-date synthesis of the evidence for risk factor exposure and the attributable burden …

Background Existing knowledge about the consequences of personality disorders is
substantially derived from the study of clinical populations. To gain a fuller understanding of the …

Objective: To examine suicide rates among adolescents from six large cities in Brazil and to
analyze the relationship between adolescent suicide rates and socioeconomic indicators …

Over the last half-century, the women’s health movement has been a powerful driver in
health policy linking gender norms to sex differences in health and wellbeing. Even though …

The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) is witnessing an increase in chronic disorders,
including mental illness. With ongoing unrest, this is expected to rise. This is the first study to …