Daniel Vigo
A5044568466- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Health disparities and outcomes
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
Harvard University
2016-2025
University of British Columbia
2018-2025
University of British Columbia Hospital
2021-2025
Harvard Global Health Institute
2016-2025
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red
2024
Simon Fraser University
2017-2022
UNSW Sydney
2022
Boston University
2021
BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services
2021
Asociación Psicoanalítica de Buenos Aires
2020
Psychiatry has always been characterized by a range of different models and approaches to mental disorder, which have sometimes brought progress in clinical practice, but often also accompanied critique from within without the field. Psychiatric nosology particular focus debate recent decades; successive editions DSM ICD strongly influenced both psychiatric practice research, led assertions that psychiatry is crisis, advocacy for entirely new paradigms diagnosis assessment. When thinking...
Importance Accurate baseline information about the proportion of people with mental disorders who receive effective treatment is required to assess success quality improvement initiatives. Objective To examine and substance use receiving guideline-consistent in multiple countries. Design, Setting, Participants In this cross-sectional study, World Mental Health (WMH) surveys were administered representative adult (aged 18 years older) household samples 21 Data collected between 2001 2019...
BackgroundDisorders affecting mental health are highly prevalent, can be disabling, and associated with substantial premature mortality. Yet national system responses frequently under-resourced, inefficient, ineffective, leading to an imbalance between disease burden expenditures. We estimated the in Americas caused by disorders health. This measure was adjusted include mental, neurological, behavioural that not included estimates of burden. propose a framework for assessing...
<h3>Importance</h3> The perceived helpfulness of treatment is an important patient-centered measure that a joint function whether professionals are as helpful and patients persist in help-seeking after previous unhelpful treatments. <h3>Objective</h3> To examine the prevalence factors associated with 2 main components representative sample individuals lifetime history of<i>DSM-IV</i>major depressive disorder (MDD). <h3>Design, Setting, Participants</h3> This study examined results...
Background Public health emergencies like epidemics put enormous pressure on care systems while revealing deep structural and functional problems in the organization of care. The current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic illustrates this at a global level. sudden increased demand delivery puts unique pressures pre-established pathways. These extraordinary times require efficient tools for smart governance resource allocation. Objective aim study is to develop an innovative web-based...
Keywords access to care, barriers treatment, e-mental health, telepsychiatry, psychotherapy, mental health services
Background The health of populations living in extreme poverty has been a long-standing focus global development efforts, and continues to be priority during the Sustainable Development Goal era. However, there not systematic attempt quantify magnitude causes burden this specific population for almost two decades. We estimated disease rates by cause world’s poorest billion compared these those high-income populations. Methods defined using multidimensional index. used national-level...
Background University attendance represents a transition period for students that often coincides with the emergence of mental health and substance use challenges. Digital interventions have been identified as promising means supporting due to their scalability, adaptability, acceptability. Minder is mobile app was codeveloped university students. Objective This study aims examine effectiveness in improving outcomes general population Methods A 2-arm, parallel-assignment, single-blinded,...
Abstract Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Shortfalls in treatment quantity quality are well-established, but the specific gaps pharmacotherapy psychotherapy poorly understood. This paper analyzes gap coverage for MDD identifies critical bottlenecks. Methods Seventeen surveys were conducted across 15 countries by World Health Organization-World Mental Surveys Initiative. Of 35 012 respondents, 3341 met DSM-IV criteria 12-month MDD. The...
Patient‐reported helpfulness of treatment is an important indicator quality in patient‐centered care. We examined its pathways and predictors among respondents to household surveys who reported ever receiving for major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, specific post‐traumatic stress bipolar or alcohol use disorder. Data came from 30 community epidemiological – 17 high‐income countries (HICs) 13 low‐ middle‐income (LMICs) carried out as part the World Health...
High unmet need for treatment of mental disorders exists throughout the world. An understanding barriers to is needed develop effective programs address this problem. Data on were obtained from face-to-face interviews in 22 community surveys across 19 countries (n = 102,812 respondents aged ≥ 18 years, 57.7% female, median age [interquartile range]: 43 [31–57] years; 68.5% weighted average response rate) World Mental Health (WMH) surveys. We focus n 5,136 with 12-month DSM-IV anxiety, mood,...
Abstract Background Estimating the indirect mortality due to COVID-19 is of utmost importance develop adequate public health policy during future outbreaks. Methods From province-wide administrative datasets, we identified British Columbians who tested negative for first wave and never positive throughout 2020. We obtained a pre-pandemic (2018) cohort matched on age, sex, history non-communicable disorders (NCDs), multimorbidity, severity/acuity, implemented doubly robust estimation effect...