A5006574060- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Aging, Health, and Disability
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Public Health and Social Inequalities
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Disaster Response and Management
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Millennium Institute for Research in Depression and Personality
2016-2025
Douglas Mental Health University Institute
2025
McGill University
2024-2025
Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne
2021-2024
Université de Sherbrooke
2021-2024
Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec
2024
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
2015-2023
Clínica Alemana
2023
World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas
2023
Universidad del Desarrollo
2023
There is a bi-directional relationship between depression and chronic illnesses such as diabetes hypertension. This comorbidity associated with higher mortality risk diminishes the efficacy of interventions. The specific mechanisms this mutual influence are still not fully understood, most intervention protocols address these conditions separately. study aims to improve our understanding relationship. We interviewed 18 patients 24 health care professionals, focusing on different ways in...
Background: Population-attributable risk (PAR) may help estimate the potential contribution of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to serious clinical presentations depression, characterized by suicidality, previous psychiatric admissions, and episode recurrence. Objective: To determine PAR ACEs for depression (high suicide risk, recurrent depression) in outpatients with ICD-10 depression. Method: Systematic chart review 1,013 adults who were assessed and/or treated a mental health clinic...
Abstract Mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique of paramount importance in Proteomics, and developments this field have been possible owing to novel MS instrumentation, experimental strategies, bioinformatics tools. Today it identify determine relative expression levels thousands proteins biological system by analysis peptides produced proteolytic digestion. In some situations, however, the precise characterization particular peptide species very complex mixture needed. While single‐fragment...
Background: Despite evidence on efficacious interventions, a great proportion of depressed adolescents do not receive evidence-based treatment and have no access to specialized mental health care. Remote collaborative depression care (RCDC) may help reduce the gap between needs services. Objective: The objective this study was assess feasibility, acceptability, effectiveness an RCDC intervention for with major depressive disorder (MDD) living in Araucanía Region, Chile. Methods: A cluster...
Realizamos una revisión de alcance sobre la prevalencia síntomas psicológicos, factores asociados a salud mental, barreras y facilitadores para búsqueda ayuda, efectividad intervenciones mental en estudiantes educación superior Chile. Buscamos reportes indexados hasta el 15 octubre 2019 las bases datos CINAHL, Google Scholar, PubMed, Virtual Health Library/BIREME Web of Science. Evaluamos calidad los estudios exploramos combinada psicológicos mediante meta-análisis. Incluimos 32 publicados,...
Background: In the treatment of depression, primary care teams have an essential role, but they are most effective when inserted into a collaborative model for disease management. rural areas, shortage specialized mental health resources may hamper management depressed patients. Objective: The aim was to test feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness remote program patients with depression living in areas. Methods: nonrandomized, open-label (blinded outcome assessor), two-arm clinical...
Introduction: Evidence from developed countries shows the efficacy of computer-assisted cognitive-behavioral therapy (cCBT) in addressing adolescent depression home and/or school settings. This paper presents results a randomized controlled trial (RCT) brief therapist-guided cCBT intervention for resource-constrained primary health care (PHC) Material and methods: A multicenter, two-arm parallel-group, individually RCT with 1:1 allocation ratio assigned 216 depressed adolescents (aged 15-19)...
Barriers restricting postpartum depression treatment in Chile
In Chile, Laws 19366 and 20000, implemented in 1995 2005 respectively, regulated sanctioned cannabis' personal use, cultivation trafficking.
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) is an instrument to assess child abuse and neglect Aim: adapt confirm the psychometric properties of Spanish version CTQ-SF in Chile.The was applied 89 clinically depressed subjects (77.5% women) who consulted at outpatient mental health clinic. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), reliability (Cronbach's α) tests, convergent validity analyses with clinical markers complex depression were carried out.The Chilean demonstrated acceptable fit a...
International evidence has shown the complex interaction between depression and chronic physical diseases. Depression in scenarios involving multiple comorbidities not received enough attention Chile.To characterize depressed people who consult at Primary Health Care Centers (PHCCs), taking into account presence of or psychiatric comorbidity.A secondary analysis databases used a clinical trial. Two hundred fifty six adults seeking professional help were recruited four PHCCs located...
Objective to develop a predictive model evaluate the factors that modify access treatment for Postpartum Depression (PPD). Methods prospective study with mothers who participated in monitoring of child health primary care centers. For initial assessment and during 3 months, it was considered: sociodemographic data, gyneco-obstetric data on services provided, depressive symptoms according Edinburgh Scale (EPDS) quality life Short Form-36 Health Status Questionnaire (SF-36). The diagnosis...
Objective To assess the impact of tobacco control regulations and policy implementation on smoking cessation tendencies in cigarette users born between 1982 1991 Chile. Design Longitudinal cross-sectional study. Setting National level. Participants Data from Survey Drug Consumption (Service Prevention Rehabilitation for Alcohol Consumption). A pseudo-cohort smokers (N=17 905) was tracked 2002 to 2016. Primary secondary outcomes measures outcome tendency cease conceptualised as report using...
Public health concerns regarding pregnant women's after the enactment of Cannabis Act in Canada (CAC) (a law that allowed non-medical cannabis use), and potential impact COVID-19 pandemic, call for a contemporary assessment these two events. Our study measured associations between CAC, pandemic monthly prevalence rates cannabis-, all drug- alcohol-related diagnosed disorders among women province Quebec.
Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) is a public health issue, and appropriate screening may lead to clinical gains.
Abstract Background There remains a dearth of cross-city comparisons on the impact climate change through extreme temperature and precipitation events road safety. We examined trends in traffic fatalities, injuries property damage associated with high temperatures heavy rains Boston (USA) Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). Methods Official publicly available data daily outcomes weather conditions during warm season (May to September) were used for (2002–2015) (2013–2017). Daily maximum mean...