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ReviewEuropean psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists2023

Improving mental health care in depression: A call for action.

Julia Eder, Geert Dom, Philip Gorwood, Hikka Kärkkäinen, Andre Decraene, Ulrike Kumpf, Julian Beezhold, Jerzy Samochowiec, Tamas Kurimay, Wolfgang Gaebel and 2 more

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Review in European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Exploring the Relationship Between Heart, Brain, and Depression.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2025
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  4. Psychotherapeutic treatments for depression in older adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  7. Understanding symptom profiles of depression with the PHQ-9 in a community sample using network analysis.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2024
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  9. The new European Medicines Agency guideline on antidepressants: a guide for researchers and drug developers.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Julia EderDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1330-804X
Geert DomCollaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6492-0429
Philip GorwoodUniversité Paris Cité, GHU Paris (Sainte Anne hospital, CMME) & INSERM UMR1266, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0003-1845-3676
Hikka KärkkäinenGlobal Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks-Europe, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0001-4630-3117
Andre DecraeneEUFAMI, the European Organisation representing Families of persons affected by severe Mental Ill Health, Leuven, Belgium.
Ulrike KumpfDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5005-0709
Julian BeezholdNorfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, UK, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9857-1669
Jerzy SamochowiecDepartment of Psychiatry, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1438-583X
Tamas KurimayNorth-Central Buda Center, New Saint John Hospital and Outpatient Clinic, Buda Family Centered Mental Health Centre, Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Teaching Department of Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-5996-8417
Wolfgang GaebelDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, WHO Collaborating Centre DEU-131, Germany.
Livia De PickerCollaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6883-0559
Peter FalkaiDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2873-8667

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Depressive disorders have one of the highest disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of all medical conditions, which led the European Psychiatric Association to propose a policy paper, pinpointing their unmet health care and research needs. The first part focuses on what can be currently done to improve the care of patients with depression, and then discuss future trends for research and healthcare. Through the narration of clinical cases, the different points are illustrated. The necessary political framework is formulated, to implement such changes to fundamentally improve psychiatric care. The group of European Psychiatrist Association (EPA) experts insist on the need for (1) increased awareness of mental illness in primary care settings, (2) the development of novel (biological) markers, (3) the rapid implementation of machine learning (supporting diagnostics, prognostics, and therapeutics), (4) the generalized use of electronic devices and apps into everyday treatment, (5) the development of the new generation of treatment options, such as plasticity-promoting agents, and (6) the importance of comprehensive recovery approach. At a political level, the group also proposed four priorities, the need to (1) increase the use of open science, (2) implement reasonable data protection laws, (3) establish ethical electronic health records, and (4) enable better healthcare research and saving resources.

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DepressionMental DisordersHumansMental Healthdepressive disordersFuture trends inpsychiatrypolicy paperpolitical framework

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PMID37534402
PMCPMC10486253

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