Utilizing natural language processing for precision prevention of mental health disorders among youth: A systematic review

Computers in Biology and Medicine, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 188, P. 109859 - 109859

Published: Feb. 21, 2025

Language: Английский

Increasing Follow-up for Adolescents With Depressive Symptoms

PEDIATRICS, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 154(5)

Published: Oct. 24, 2024

BACKGROUND Prompt follow-up for positive depression screen results is important in providing high-quality care adolescents. We sought to improve within 30 days adolescents (≥12 years) with Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores ≥10, or those a question 9, from 25% 40%. METHODS conducted quality improvement project at 6 primary locations serving ∼33,300 patients (70% Black, 7.3% Hispanic, 80% Medicaid-enrolled). Our team identified key drivers and iteratively tested interventions, including contacting after antidepressant medication initiation, scheduling during index visits, collaborating integrated psychologists expedite therapy higher-risk patients, reaching out without scheduled follow-ups. RESULTS Pre-intervention, 13.3% (589 of 4427) adolescent encounters met the criteria days, 25.8% had documented days. During intervention period, 12.3% (764 6224) mean rate increased 43.1%. By monitoring process measures, we visits 18.9% encounter. Outreach remainder led 32.6% these completing follow-up. balancing measure psychology visit volumes remained stable. CONCLUSIONS The application methods practices frequency high-risk screen.

Language: Английский

Adolescent, caregivers, and therapists’ experiences of youth and family suicide intervention: A qualitative study

Psychotherapy Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 19

Published: Nov. 4, 2024

Objective This study explores the experience of an individual and family therapy youth suicide intervention from perspectives seven psychotherapy triads (young people aged 12–18, their parents/caregivers therapists).

Language: Английский