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Varidel M, Hickie IB, Prodan A, Skinner A, Marchant R, Cripps S, Oliveria R, Chong MK, Scott E, Scott J, Iorfino F. Dynamic learning of individual-level suicidal ideation trajectories to enhance mental health care. NPJ MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH 2024; 3:26. [PMID: 38849429 PMCID: PMC11161660 DOI: 10.1038/s44184-024-00071-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024]
Abstract
There has recently been an increase in ongoing patient-report routine outcome monitoring for individuals within clinical care, which has corresponded to increased longitudinal information about an individual. However, many models that are aimed at clinical practice have difficulty fully incorporating this information. This is in part due to the difficulty in dealing with the irregularly time-spaced observations that are common in clinical data. Consequently, we built individual-level continuous-time trajectory models of suicidal ideation for a clinical population (N = 585) with data collected via a digital platform. We demonstrate how such models predict an individual's level and variability of future suicide ideation, with implications for the frequency that individuals may need to be observed. These individual-level predictions provide a more personalised understanding than other predictive methods and have implications for enhanced measurement-based care.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mathew Varidel
- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Human Technology Institute, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Human Technology Institute, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Academic Psychiatry, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Dimitropoulos G, Bassi EM, Bright KS, Gondziola J, Bradley J, Fersovitch M, Stamp L, LaMonica HM, Iorfino F, Gaskell T, Tomlinson S, Johnson DW. Implementation of an Electronic Mental Health Platform for Youth and Young Adults in a School Context Across Alberta, Canada: Thematic Analysis of the Perspectives of Stakeholders. JMIR Ment Health 2024; 11:e49099. [PMID: 38231558 PMCID: PMC10831665 DOI: 10.2196/49099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Youth, aged 15 to 24 years, are more likely to experience mental health (MH) or substance use issues than other age groups. This is a critical period for intervention because MH disorders, if left unattended, may become chronic and serious and negatively affect many aspects of a young person's life. Even among those who are treated, poor outcomes will still occur for a percentage of youth. Electronic MH (eMH) tools have been implemented in traditional MH settings to reach youth requiring assistance with MH and substance use issues. However, the utility of eMH tools in school settings has yet to be investigated. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to gain an understanding of the perspectives of key school staff stakeholders regarding barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the Innowell eMH platform in secondary schools across the province of Alberta, Canada. METHODS Guided by a qualitative descriptive approach, focus groups were conducted to elicit stakeholder perspectives on the perceived implementation challenges and opportunities of embedding the Innowell eMH platform in secondary school MH services. In total, 8 focus groups were conducted with 52 key school staff stakeholders. RESULTS Themes related to barriers and facilitators to youth and school MH care professional (MHCP) capacity in implementing and using eMH tools were identified. With respect to youth capacity barriers, the following themes were inductively generated: (1) concerns about some students not being suitable for eMH services, (2) minors requiring consent from parents or caregivers to use eMH services as well as confidentiality and privacy concerns, and (3) limited access to technology and internet service among youth. A second theme related to school MHCP barriers to implementation, which included (1) feeling stretched with high caseloads and change fatigue, (2) concerns with risk and liability, and (3) unmasking MH issues in the face of limited resources. In contrast to the barriers to youth and MHCP capacity, many facilitators to implementation were discussed. Youth capacity facilitators included (1) the potential for youth to be empowered using eMH tools, (2) the platform fostering therapeutic relationships with school personnel, and (3) enhancing access to needed services and resources. MHCP capacity facilitators to implementation were (1) system transformation through flexibility and problem-solving, (2) opportunities for collaboration with youth and MHCPs and across different systems, and (3) an opportunity for the continuity of services. CONCLUSIONS Our findings highlight nuanced school MHCP perspectives that demonstrate critical youth and MHCP capacity concerns, with consideration for organizational factors that may impede or enhance the implementation processes for embedding eMH in a school context. The barriers and facilitators to implementation provide future researchers and decision makers with challenges and opportunities that could be addressed in the preimplementation phase.
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- Gina Dimitropoulos
- Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Calgary Eating Disorders Program, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Community, and Education, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Heroes in Mind, Advocacy, and Research Consortium (HiMARC), Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Provincial Addiction and Mental Health, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Provincial Addiction and Mental Health, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Provincial Addiction and Mental Health, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Provincial Addiction and Mental Health, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Provincial Addiction and Mental Health, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Provincial Addiction and Mental Health, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Maternal Newborn Child and Youth Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Capon W, Hickie IB, Fetanat M, Varidel M, LaMonica HM, Prodan A, Piper S, Davenport TA, Mughal S, Shah JL, Scott EM, Iorfino F. A multidimensional approach for differentiating the clinical needs of young people presenting for primary mental health care. Compr Psychiatry 2023; 126:152404. [PMID: 37524044 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES There is an ongoing necessity to match clinical interventions with the multidimensional needs of young people. A key step toward better service planning and the design of optimal models of care is to use multidimensional assessment to understand the clinical needs of those presenting to primary mental health care. METHODS 1284 people aged 12-25 years presenting to primary youth mental health services completed an online assessment at service entry. Latent class analysis was conducted for seven scales assessing anxiety, depression, psychosis, mania, functioning (indexed by Work and Social Adjustment Scale), and suicidality. RESULTS A three-class solution was identified as the optimal solution. Class 1 (n = 305, 23.75%), an early illness stage group, had low and mixed symptomatology with limited functional impairment, class 2 (n = 353, 27.49%) was made up of older persons with established depression and functional impairment, and class 3 (n = 626, 48.75%) had very high and complex needs, with functional impairment, suicidality, and at-risk mental states (psychosis or mania). Additional differentiating characteristics included psychological distress, circadian disturbances, social support, mental health history, eating disorder behaviours, and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. CONCLUSIONS A large proportion of help-seeking young people present with symptoms and functional impairment that may exceed the levels of care available from basic primary care or brief intervention services. These subgroups highlight the importance of multidimensional assessments to determine appropriate service pathways and care options.
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Affiliation(s)
- William Capon
- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Australia.
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Australia.
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Australia.
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Australia.
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Australia; Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Australia; School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences, Western Sydney University, Australia.
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Australia.
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- McGill University, Department of Psychiatry, Montreal, Canada.
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- McGill University, Department of Psychiatry, Montreal, Canada.
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Australia.
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Iorfino F, Varidel M, Marchant R, Cripps S, Crouse J, Prodan A, Oliveria R, Carpenter JS, Hermens DF, Guastella A, Scott E, Shah J, Merikangas K, Scott J, Hickie IB. The temporal dependencies between social, emotional and physical health factors in young people receiving mental healthcare: a dynamic Bayesian network analysis. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci 2023; 32:e56. [PMID: 37680185 PMCID: PMC10539737 DOI: 10.1017/s2045796023000616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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AIMS The needs of young people attending mental healthcare can be complex and often span multiple domains (e.g., social, emotional and physical health factors). These factors often complicate treatment approaches and contribute to poorer outcomes in youth mental health. We aimed to identify how these factors interact over time by modelling the temporal dependencies between these transdiagnostic social, emotional and physical health factors among young people presenting for youth mental healthcare. METHODS Dynamic Bayesian networks were used to examine the relationship between mental health factors across multiple domains (social and occupational function, self-harm and suicidality, alcohol and substance use, physical health and psychiatric syndromes) in a longitudinal cohort of 2663 young people accessing youth mental health services. Two networks were developed: (1) 'initial network', that shows the conditional dependencies between factors at first presentation, and a (2) 'transition network', how factors are dependent longitudinally. RESULTS The 'initial network' identified that childhood disorders tend to precede adolescent depression which itself was associated with three distinct pathways or illness trajectories; (1) anxiety disorder; (2) bipolar disorder, manic-like experiences, circadian disturbances and psychosis-like experiences; (3) self-harm and suicidality to alcohol and substance use or functioning. The 'transition network' identified that over time social and occupational function had the largest effect on self-harm and suicidality, with direct effects on ideation (relative risk [RR], 1.79; CI, 1.59-1.99) and self-harm (RR, 1.32; CI, 1.22-1.41), and an indirect effect on attempts (RR, 2.10; CI, 1.69-2.50). Suicide ideation had a direct effect on future suicide attempts (RR, 4.37; CI, 3.28-5.43) and self-harm (RR, 2.78; CI, 2.55-3.01). Alcohol and substance use, physical health and psychiatric syndromes (e.g., depression and anxiety, at-risk mental states) were independent domains whereby all direct effects remained within each domain over time. CONCLUSIONS This study identified probable temporal dependencies between domains, which has causal interpretations, and therefore can provide insight into their differential role over the course of illness. This work identified social, emotional and physical health factors that may be important early intervention and prevention targets. Improving social and occupational function may be a critical target due to its impacts longitudinally on self-harm and suicidality. The conditional independence of alcohol and substance use supports the need for specific interventions to target these comorbidities.
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- Frank Iorfino
- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Human Technology Institute, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Human Technology Institute, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Computer Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Birtinya, QLD, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Division of Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Academic Psychiatry, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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