2021
Utilizing a church-based platform for mental health interventions: exploring the role of the clergy and the treatment preference of women with depression
Iheanacho T, Nduanya UC, Slinkard S, Ogidi AG, Patel D, Itanyi IU, Naeem F, Spiegelman D, Ezeanolue EE. Utilizing a church-based platform for mental health interventions: exploring the role of the clergy and the treatment preference of women with depression. Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health 2021, 8: e5. PMID: 34026236, PMCID: PMC8127631, DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2021.4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthy Beginning InitiativeTreatment preferencesMental health interventionsMental disordersHealth interventionsCommon mental disordersMental health screeningHealth-seeking behaviourResource-limited settingsHealth manpower shortagesMiddle-income countriesHealth screeningHealth beliefsHealth advisorsTherapyFree-listing exercisesDisordersWomenDepressionFocus group discussionsInterventionExerciseCommunity ChurchEffective strategyGroup discussionsDigital training for non-specialist health workers to deliver a brief psychological treatment for depression in India: Protocol for a three-arm randomized controlled trial
Naslund JA, Tugnawat D, Anand A, Cooper Z, Dimidjian S, Fairburn CG, Hollon SD, Joshi U, Khan A, Lu C, Mitchell LM, Muke S, Nadkarni A, Ramaswamy R, Restivo JL, Shrivastava R, Singh A, Singla DR, Spiegelman D, Bhan A, Patel V. Digital training for non-specialist health workers to deliver a brief psychological treatment for depression in India: Protocol for a three-arm randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2021, 102: 106267. PMID: 33421650, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvidence-based psychological treatmentsHealthy Activity ProgramNon-specialist health workersPsychological treatmentMental health knowledgeDigital trainingBrief psychological treatmentFace training programFace trainingTraining programChange of competenceJob satisfactionManualized psychotherapyConventional faceWorker motivationHealth worker motivationCompetency measuresCoaching supportTrainingDepressionActivity programPrimary careOutcome variablesHealth workersThree-armDepression, Religiosity, and Telomere Length in the Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health (SSSH)
Isehunwa OO, Warner ET, Spiegelman D, Zhang Y, Palmer JR, Kanaya AM, Cole SA, Tworoger SS, Shields LO, Gu Y, Kent BV, De Vivo I, Shields AE. Depression, Religiosity, and Telomere Length in the Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health (SSSH). International Journal Of Mental Health And Addiction 2021, 20: 1465-1484. PMID: 35747346, PMCID: PMC9211376, DOI: 10.1007/s11469-020-00455-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRelative leukocyte telomere lengthCohort-specific analysesTelomere lengthLeukocyte telomere lengthEthnic populationsQuantitative polymerase chain reactionProspective studyPolymerase chain reactionEffect modificationRace/ethnic populationsProspective associationsDepressionChain reactionAssociationEuropean ancestry populationsAncestry populationsHealthModifying influenceFurther researchPopulationResources of resilienceMixed resultsCohort
2002
Demographic, family, and occupational characteristics associated with major depression: the Harvard study of moods and cycles
Harlow BL, Cohen LS, Otto MW, Liberman RF, Spiegelman D, Cramer DW. Demographic, family, and occupational characteristics associated with major depression: the Harvard study of moods and cycles. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2002, 105: 209-217. PMID: 11939975, DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.1o102.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressionNon-depressed womenStructured Clinical InterviewHistory of depressionCommunity-based samplePast major depressionOccupational characteristicsStudy enrollmentDepressed womenClinical InterviewDSM-IVAge 18Past depressionWomenDepressionDemographic differencesHarvard StudySibship size