Search:
Scroll to top
Tag: Latin America
08/17/2023

Dartmouth’s Latin American Community Explores Innovation

Article Excerpt: Over the past decade, Dartmouth has formed multiple partnerships in Latin America. The center that (Lisa) Marsch directs— the only National Institute on Drug Abuse-designated center of excellence in digital therapeutics—is collaborating with researchers, insurers, and patient advocacy groups in Latin America as well as government organizations, such as the Ministry of Health in Colombia and National Institute of Mental Health in Peru, to create a new mental health service delivery model for Latin America that will provide better evidence-based care.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/r9wpyxzz

Article Source: Dartmouth News

Posted in: Dissemination & Implementation, Regulation & Policy // Tagged: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
03/10/2023

‘Simple but Effective’: Colombia Turns to Algorithms to Bolster Mental Health Services

Article Excerpt: At the age of 70, Carmen Suárez* is finally coming to terms with an event that happened five decades ago. It was a trauma that changed the course of her life and left her with depression. “I used to cry uncontrollably,” she says. “I was told to seek help, but I had neither the time nor the money. I realise now that I was stuck reliving the incident.” Over the course of a year, the Diada project (detection and integrated care for depression and alcohol use), an innovative project aimed at identifying people with or at risk of developing a mental health or alcohol use disorder, helped her recover.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/2jrfnkdt

Article Source: The Guardian

Posted in: Epidemiology // Tagged: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
11/18/2021

Kudos: Harnessing the Human Heartbeat and More

Article Excerpt: A team of researchers, including Lisa Marsch, the Andrew G. Wallace Professor of psychiatry and biomedical data science and director of the Dartmouth Center for Technology and Behavioral Health; William Torrey, the Raymond Sobel Professor of Psychiatry and interim chair of the Department of Psychiatry, have received Colombian National Academy of Medicine Award for their work implementing a new primary care model that provides widespread access to diagnosis and treatment of depression and unhealthy alcohol use.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/yww5y84n

Article Source: Dartmouth News

Posted in: News // Tagged: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
10/29/2021

La Salud Mental: ¿Una Nueva Pandemia?

Article Excerpt: ¿Será posible que se considere la salud mental como una nueva pandemia? ¿conoce alguna información sobre los últimos hallazgos científicos en Colombia al respecto? Lo invitamos a conectarse a este espacio creado de la mano de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana y EL TIEMPO, donde resolveremos estas y otras preguntas con relación al cuidado de la salud mental. Conozca cuál es el panorama actual que se vive en el país, las recomendaciones y acciones que se deben tener en cuenta para un sano cuidado del bienestar y la salud mental de los colombianos.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/fhce4tfk

Article Source: Facebook El Tiempo En Vivo

Posted in: News // Tagged: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
10/28/2021

Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Researchers Receive Prestigious Colombian National Academy of Medicine Award

Article Excerpt: Today, researchers from the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H), and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, received an award—one of that country’s most prestigious in medicine—from Colombia’s National Academy of Medicine for their work implementing a new primary care model for widespread access to diagnosis and treatment of depression and unhealthy alcohol use. This care model harnesses mobile health technology to increase the reach of science-based mental health care.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/5h295edb

Article Source: Geisel School of Medicine News

Posted in: News // Tagged: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Psychiatry Chair and Team Receive Prestigious Colombian National Academy of Medicine Award

Article Excerpt: Researchers from Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H), the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, have received an award from Colombia’s National Academy of Medicine for their work implementing a new primary care model for widespread access to diagnosis and treatment of depression and unhealthy alcohol use. This care model harnesses mobile health technology to increase the reach of science-based mental health care.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/4reb8tfe

Article Source: Dartmouth-Hitchcock News

Posted in: News // Tagged: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
10/27/2021

Una Nueva Ruta Para Mejorar La Atención De La Depresión Y El Alcoholismo

Article Excerpt: Un modelo de atención de depresión y al uso riesgoso de alcohol ganó la mayor distinción en los Premios Academia Nacional de Medicina a la Investigación Científica. DIADA, como se llama, fue diseñado e implementado por investigadores de la U. Javeriana y el Dartmouth College de EE. UU.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/hxrex6w

Article Source: El Espectador

Posted in: News // Tagged: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
10/26/2021

Premio a La Javeriana Enorgullece a Caldas

Article Excerpt: Los premios anuales de la Academia Nacional de Medicina (ANM) tocan este 2021 a Caldas. El galardón a un proyecto con enfoque clínico, de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, expuso el trabajo como investigador principal de Carlos Gómez-Restrepo, que tiene familia en Manizales. El estudio que él comandó tiene por nombre Escalando intervenciones en salud mental para la depresión y el uso riesgoso de alcohol en Colombia – Proyecto DIADA (Detección y Atención Integrada de la Depresión y Uso de Alcohol en Atención Primaria).

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/ke2s5vvk

Article Source: La Patria

Posted in: News // Tagged: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;