ArticlePsychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2020
Implementing Technology-Supported Care for Depression and Alcohol Use Disorder in Primary Care in Colombia: Preliminary Findings.
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- Perceived access to general and mental healthcare in primary care in Colombia during COVID-19: A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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- Relationship between the sociodemographic characteristics of participants in the DIADA project and the rate of compliance with follow-up assessments in the initial stage of the intervention.Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria · 2021Article
- Network of actors involved in the identification, care, and follow-up of unhealthy alcohol use in primary care in Colombia.Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria · 2021Article
- Implementing a Redcap-based research data collection system for mental health.Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria · 2021Article
- The DIADA project: A technology-based model of care for depression and risky alcohol use in primary care centres in Colombia.Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria · 2021Article
- Global mental health and the DIADA project.Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria · 2021Article
- Barriers and facilitators to the diagnosis and treatment of depression in primary care in Colombia: Perspectives of providers, healthcare administrators, patients and community representatives.Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria · 2021Article
- Identifying challenges and recommendations for advancing global mental health implementation research: A key informant study of the National Institute of Mental Health Scale-Up Hubs.Asian journal of psychiatry · 2021Article
- Workshop on Implementation Science and Digital Therapeutics for Behavioral Health.JMIR mental health · 2021Article
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- The emergence of digital mental health in low-income and middle-income countries: A review of recent advances and implications for the treatment and prevention of mental disorders.Journal of psychiatric research · 2021Review
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objectiveDepression and alcohol use disorder are among the most common causes of disability and death worldwide. Health care systems are seeking ways to leverage technology to screen, evaluate, and treat these conditions, because workforce interventions alone, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, are insufficient. This article reports data from the first year of implementation of a technology-supported, systematic approach to identify and care for persons with these disorders in primary care in Colombia.
methodsA care process that includes waiting room kiosks to screen primary care patients, decision support tablets to guide doctors in diagnosis and treatment, and access to digital therapeutics as a treatment option was implemented in two primary care clinics, one urban and one in a small town. The project collected data on the number of people screened, diagnosed, and engaged in the research and their demographic characteristics.
resultsIn the first year, 2,656 individuals were screened for depression and unhealthy alcohol use in the two clinics. Primary care doctors increased the percentage of patients diagnosed as having depression and alcohol use disorder from next to 0% to 17% and 2%, respectively.
conclusionsEarly experience with implementing technology-supported screening and decision support for depression and alcohol use disorder into the workflow of busy primary care clinics in Colombia indicates that this care model is feasible and leads to dramatically higher rates of diagnoses of these conditions. Diagnosis in these settings appeared to be easier for depression than for alcohol use disorder.
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