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Amit Dias
Researcher at Goa Medical College
Publications - 29
Citations - 4521
Amit Dias is an academic researcher from Goa Medical College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychological intervention & Depression (differential diagnoses). The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 29 publications receiving 1661 citations. Previous affiliations of Amit Dias include Chatham University.
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Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission.
Gill Livingston,Gill Livingston,Jonathan Huntley,Andrew Sommerlad,Andrew Sommerlad,David Ames,Clive Ballard,Sube Banerjee,Carol Brayne,Alistair Burns,Jiska Cohen-Mansfield,Claudia Cooper,Sergi G. Costafreda,Amit Dias,Nick C. Fox,Laura N. Gitlin,Robert Howard,Helen C. Kales,Mika Kivimäki,Eric B. Larson,Adesola Ogunniyi,Vasiliki Orgeta,Karen Ritchie,Kenneth Rockwood,Elizabeth L Sampson,Quincy M. Samus,Lon S. Schneider,Geir Selbæk,Linda Teri,Naaheed Mukadam +29 more
TL;DR: Author(s): Livingston, Gill; Huntley, Jonathan; Sommerlad, Andrew ; Sommer Glad, Andrew; Ames, David; Ballard, Clive; Banerjee, Sube; Brayne, Carol; Burns, Alistair; Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska; Cooper, Claudia; Costafreda, Sergi G; Dias, Amit; Fox, Nick; Gitlin, Laura N; Howard, Robert; Kales, Helen C;
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The Effectiveness of a Home Care Program for Supporting Caregivers of Persons with Dementia in Developing Countries: A Randomised Controlled Trial from Goa, India
Amit Dias,Michael E. Dewey,Jean D'Souza,Rajesh Dhume,DD Motghare,K. S. Shaji,Rajiv Menon,Martin Prince,Vikram Patel +8 more
TL;DR: Home based support for caregivers of persons with dementia, which emphasizes the use of locally available, low-cost human resources, is feasible, acceptable and leads to significant improvements in caregiver mental health and burden of caring.
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Early Intervention to Reduce the Global Health and Economic Burden of Major Depression in Older Adults
Charles F. Reynolds,Pim Cuijpers,Vikram Patel,Alex S. Cohen,Amit Dias,Neerja Chowdhary,Olivia I. Okereke,Mary Amanda Dew,Stewart J. Anderson,Sati Mazumdar,Frank Lotrich,Steven M. Albert +11 more
TL;DR: It is suggested in this review that the time is right for research into the translation of depression-prevention strategies for use in LMICs, a form of task shifting already shown to be effective in the treatment of common mental disorders inLMICs.
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Scrub typhus in patients reporting with acute febrile illness at a tertiary health care institution in Goa.
Kedareshwar P S Narvencar,Savio Rodrigues,Ramnath P Nevrekar,Lydia M. Dias,Amit Dias,Marina Vaz,Edwin Gomes +6 more
TL;DR: The results showed that scrub typhus should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute febrile illness associated with gastrointestinal symptoms, rash, myalgia, including those with organ dysfunctions such as hepatorenal syndrome, coagulopathy or ARDS.
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Closing the treatment gap for dementia in India
Amit Dias,Vikram Patel +1 more
TL;DR: An alternate model of care which involved training lay health workers to provide home-based care for people with dementia under the supervision of a psychiatrist was successfully implemented and evaluated in a randomized controlled trial which showed clear benefits.