2024
Integration of passive sensing technology to enhance delivery of psychological interventions for mothers with depression: the StandStrong study
van Heerden A, Poudyal A, Hagaman A, Maharjan S, Byanjankar P, Bemme D, Thapa A, Kohrt B. Integration of passive sensing technology to enhance delivery of psychological interventions for mothers with depression: the StandStrong study. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 13535. PMID: 38866839, PMCID: PMC11169515, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63232-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychological interventionsDepressive symptomsDelivery of psychological interventionsNon-specialist providersTreat maternal depressionLow-resource settingsBeck Depression InventoryPersonalized psychological interventionsDepression interventionsMaternal depressionMHealth solutionsRural NepalDepression InventoryYoung mothersInterventionDepressionData collectionMothersPassive sensingIncreased movementNon-specialistsPassive sensing technologyMHealthSymptomsCare
2021
What Does Social Support Sound Like? Challenges and Opportunities for Using Passive Episodic Audio Collection to Assess the Social Environment
Poudyal A, van Heerden A, Hagaman A, Islam C, Thapa A, Maharjan SM, Byanjankar P, Kohrt BA. What Does Social Support Sound Like? Challenges and Opportunities for Using Passive Episodic Audio Collection to Assess the Social Environment. Frontiers In Public Health 2021, 9: 633606. PMID: 33855008, PMCID: PMC8039317, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.633606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative social interactionsSocial environmentSocial interactionSocial supportMental healthNegative stimuliSpeech exposureQuality of interactionPositive soundsAdult speechInfant babblingQualitative interviewsAccuracy scoresSpeechPre-trained modelCommon soundsSocial isolationYoung mothersAudio clipsAudio dataSoundAudio collectionsAudioLaughterHealth outcomes
2018
Suicide in Nepal: Qualitative Findings from a Modified Case-Series Psychological Autopsy Investigation of Suicide Deaths
Hagaman AK, Khadka S, Wutich A, Lohani S, Kohrt BA. Suicide in Nepal: Qualitative Findings from a Modified Case-Series Psychological Autopsy Investigation of Suicide Deaths. Culture, Medicine, And Psychiatry 2018, 42: 704-734. PMID: 29881930, PMCID: PMC6286252, DOI: 10.1007/s11013-018-9585-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPublic health gapsAnthropological scholarshipMigrant labourFamily membersCross-cultural researchAnthropological approachPower dynamicsSpousal abuseCircumstances of suicidePsychological autopsy approachLack of educationCultural narrativesFamily disputesSouth AsiaQualitative findingsSocial stigmaSuicide narrativesImmediate family membersResearch approachSuicide deathsRural NepalSurvivors of suicideNarrative reconstructionHealth gapAutopsy approach
2017
Suicide in Nepal: a modified psychological autopsy investigation from randomly selected police cases between 2013 and 2015
Hagaman AK, Khadka S, Lohani S, Kohrt B. Suicide in Nepal: a modified psychological autopsy investigation from randomly selected police cases between 2013 and 2015. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology 2017, 52: 1483-1494. PMID: 28856382, PMCID: PMC5705471, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-017-1433-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research