TY - JOUR AU - Baxter, Amanda J. AU - Charlson, Fiona J. AU - Somerville, Adele J. AU - Whiteford, Harvey A. PY - 2011 DA - 2011/12/16 TI - Mental disorders as risk factors: assessing the evidence for the Global Burden of Disease Study JO - BMC Medicine SP - 134 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - Mental disorders are associated with a considerable burden of disease as well as being risk factors for other health outcomes. The new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study will make estimates for both the disability and mortality directly associated with mental disorders, as well as the burden attributable to other health outcomes. Herein we discuss the process by which health outcomes in which mental disorders are risk factors are selected for inclusion in the GBD Study. We make suggestions for future research to strengthen the body of evidence for mental disorders as risk factors. SN - 1741-7015 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-9-134 DO - 10.1186/1741-7015-9-134 ID - Baxter2011 ER -