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Helena Verdeli
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 12
Citations - 1704
Helena Verdeli is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anxiety & Depression (differential diagnoses). The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 12 publications receiving 1453 citations. Previous affiliations of Helena Verdeli include University of York.
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Offspring of Depressed Parents: 30 Years Later
Myrna M. Weissman,Priya Wickramaratne,Marc J. Gameroff,Virginia Warner,Daniel J. Pilowsky,Rajni Gathibandhe Kohad,Helena Verdeli,Jamie Skipper,Ardesheer Talati +8 more
TL;DR: The offspring of depressed parents constitute a high-risk group for psychiatric and medical problems, which begin early and continue through adulthood, and early detection seems warranted.
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Building capacity in mental health interventions in low resource countries: an apprenticeship model for training local providers
Laura K. Murray,Shannon Dorsey,Paul Bolton,Mark J. D. Jordans,Atif Rahman,Judith K. Bass,Helena Verdeli +6 more
TL;DR: An apprenticeship model for lay counselor training and supervision in mental health treatments in LMIC is presented, developed and used by the authors in a range of mental health intervention studies conducted over the last decade in various low-resource settings.
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Lay health worker led intervention for depressive and anxiety disorders in India: impact on clinical and disability outcomes over 12 months
Vikram Patel,Helen A. Weiss,Neerja Chowdhary,Smita Naik,Sulochana Pednekar,Sudipto Chatterjee,Bhargav Bhat,Ricardo Araya,Michael King,Gregory E. Simon,Helena Verdeli,Betty R. Kirkwood +11 more
TL;DR: Trained lay counsellors working within a collaborative-care model can reduce prevalence of common mental disorders, suicidal behaviour, psychological morbidity and disability days among those attending public primary care facilities.
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Measuring depression and anxiety in sub-saharan Africa.
TL;DR: The goal of this paper is to assess the cross‐cultural validity of brief psychiatric screening instruments in sub‐Saharan Africa, identify best practices, and discuss implications for clinical management and scale‐up of mental health treatment in resource‐poor settings.
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The Healthy Activity Program lay counsellor delivered treatment for severe depression in India: systematic development and randomised evaluation.
Neerja Chowdhary,Arpita Anand,Sona Dimidjian,Sachin Shinde,Benedict Weobong,Madhumitha Balaji,Steven D. Hollon,Atif Rahman,G. Terence Wilson,Helena Verdeli,Ricardo Araya,Michael King,Mark J. D. Jordans,Christopher G. Fairburn,Betty R. Kirkwood,Vikram Patel +15 more
TL;DR: The Healthy Activity Program is an acceptable and effective brief psychological treatment for patients with severe depression delivered by lay counsellors in primary care and could be extended to other mental disorders.