The prevalence and impact of depressive disorders in developed countries are associated
with certain population characteristics, including socioeconomic status. The aim of this …

Introduction Telepsychiatric modalities are used widely in the treatment of many mental
illnesses. It has also been proposed that telepsychiatric modalities could be a way to reduce …

Background Comorbidity of psychiatric and medical illnesses among older adult populations
is highly prevalent and associated with adverse outcomes. Care management is a common …

Background Antipsychotic medications (AP) are inappropriately prescribed to young people.
The goal of this pragmatic trial was to test a four‐component approach to improved targeting …

Introduction Nearly 50% of depressed primary care patients referred to mental health
services do not initiate mental health treatment. The most promising interventions for …

For more than a century, epidemiology has seen major shifts in both focus and methodology.
Taking into consideration the explosion of “big data,” the advent of more sophisticated data …

Many in health and technology research opt to focus on those who are already “engaged”,
not those who are considered “hard-to-reach” or “unreached”. This exacerbates the digital …

Objective: Depression is a highly prevalent clinical condition. The use of technologies in the
clinical care of depressive disorders may increase the reach of clinical services for these …

Background Patients with depression often have limited access to outpatient psychotherapy
following inpatient treatment. The objective of the study was to evaluate the long-term …

Background: There are a couple of independent studies examining the effectiveness of
telephone based therapy for the treatment of depression. However, up-to-date systematic …