Publications by authors named "Alberto Liria"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to analyze trends in diagnosing and treating mental disorders in primary care after introducing a collaborative care intervention in Florianópolis, Brazil, from 2005 to 2015.
- Using a dynamic cohort design and retrospective data analysis, researchers examined over 3 million medical visits to calculate changes in mental disorder diagnosis and antidepressant prescriptions through logistic regression.
- Results showed a significant increase in mental disorder diagnoses during the first stage of the intervention (13% per year) but a decrease in the second stage (5% per year), while antidepressant prescriptions rose by 7% annually during stage 1, largely due to an increase in selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
Collaborative care between mental health and primary care is effective in improving health outcomes. The matrix support has similarities with collaborative care little explored in the literature. This article compares the two models and analyzes the matrix support from evidence on collaborative care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aim: To assess the prevalence and correlates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depression and anxiety disorders other than PTSD, among three samples with different level of exposure to the March 11, 2004 terrorist attacks in Madrid.
Method: We sampled three groups of persons-those injured in the attacks, the residents of Alcala de Henares, and police officers involved with the rescue effort-with different exposure to the March 11, 2004 terrorist attacks, using random sampling from comprehensive censuses of all three groups. In person interviews were conducted with all three groups between 5 and 12 weeks after March 11, 2004.