Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence (IDEA) King's-Brazil-Nepal-Nigeria network
Lead Research Organisation:
King's College London
Abstract
Depression is a common mental disorder that will affect up to one out of five people around the world during their lifetimes and tends to start in adolescence. Depression is an especially debilitating mental illness because it often begins early in life and has a chronic course with many depressive episodes occurring throughout one's lifetime. Many people lack access to depression care and this is especially true in the world's poorest countries. Our proposed collaboration aims to bring a high-income country's expertise in research, where most of the scientific knowledge about depression and other mental health problems has been produced, to developing countries, where 9 out of 10 children and adolescents live. This collaboration between King's College London in the UK and researchers from Brazil, Nepal and Nigeria intends to find new ways to identify which adolescents are at risk of depression, what protects young people from developing depression, and are these factors the same or different in these contrasting contexts. Such information is crucial to help us understand how to intervene early in a range of settings to prevent a lifetime of suffering.
In order to achieve this, we propose to do the following: First, we will bring together researchers with different types of expertise from high (UK), middle (Brazil and Nigeria) and low (Nepal) income countries to reach a consensus about how to measure risk and protective factors for depression in comparable ways among adolescents in these different countries. We will then draw upon existing datasets of youth who have participated in research at multiple time points during their childhood and adolescence to run initial tests to see whether similar or different factors predict the development of depression in each country. This collaborative network will then apply for funding to conduct a new research project to assess much larger numbers of adolescents in each country with the consensus measures to identify the biological, social, psychological, and environmental factors that predict which adolescents will develop depression and which will not in each of these settings. Finally, we will scope out potential gaps in equipment, expertise, and policies in each country so that we know what needs to be put in place before such a large-scale research project can be successfully conducted. In order to begin the process of rectifying these gaps, we will deliver online training and offer hands-on apprenticeships to increase the skills of researchers in Brazil, Nepal and Nigeria to enable them to effectively conduct the research themselves.
Ultimately, this research will generate new knowledge on how to identify and prevent depression among youth, which would substantially decrease the personal, social and economic costs associated with the disorder in these countries and around the globe.
In order to achieve this, we propose to do the following: First, we will bring together researchers with different types of expertise from high (UK), middle (Brazil and Nigeria) and low (Nepal) income countries to reach a consensus about how to measure risk and protective factors for depression in comparable ways among adolescents in these different countries. We will then draw upon existing datasets of youth who have participated in research at multiple time points during their childhood and adolescence to run initial tests to see whether similar or different factors predict the development of depression in each country. This collaborative network will then apply for funding to conduct a new research project to assess much larger numbers of adolescents in each country with the consensus measures to identify the biological, social, psychological, and environmental factors that predict which adolescents will develop depression and which will not in each of these settings. Finally, we will scope out potential gaps in equipment, expertise, and policies in each country so that we know what needs to be put in place before such a large-scale research project can be successfully conducted. In order to begin the process of rectifying these gaps, we will deliver online training and offer hands-on apprenticeships to increase the skills of researchers in Brazil, Nepal and Nigeria to enable them to effectively conduct the research themselves.
Ultimately, this research will generate new knowledge on how to identify and prevent depression among youth, which would substantially decrease the personal, social and economic costs associated with the disorder in these countries and around the globe.
Technical Summary
Depression is a leading contributor to the global burden of disease and, for most individuals, depression has its onset in adolescence and young adulthood. Youth in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), who comprise 90% of the world's child and adolescent populations, bear the greatest burden of depression. Moreover, one out of every three suicides each year are among adolescents and young adults in LMICs, accounting for ~300,000 deaths each year. To combat this global public health challenge, more research is needed to identify risk and resiliency factors to detect and prevent depression during adolescence, especially within the LMIC context.
The key aims of King's College London's proposal are: to consolidate a recently formed multidisciplinary UK-Brazil-Nepal-Nigeria network of early and mid-career researchers, and build capacity within LMICs to pave the way to apply for more substantive grants to increase understanding of biopsychosocial risk and resiliency factors for depression in adolescence. This would greatly improve early detection of depression across the globe, and ultimately lead to the development of context-specific treatments and preventive interventions. This will be achieved through:
(1) Two in-person networking meetings of early- and mid-career researchers and clinicians from King's, universities in Brazil and Nigeria, and an NGO in Nepal, will be held to discuss harmonisation of measures across existing cohorts, reach consensus on a uniform set of assessments for future large-scale research in these settings, and develop a substantive grant application.
(2) Undertaking pilot analyses of replicability of a Brazilian depression risk score in adolescents from cohorts in the UK, Nepal and Nigeria.
(3) Conducting scoping exercises to ascertain the viability of conducting large-scale neurobiological psychiatric research in the 3 LMICs.
(4) Building capacity by providing virtual training and apprenticeships to researchers in each LMIC
The key aims of King's College London's proposal are: to consolidate a recently formed multidisciplinary UK-Brazil-Nepal-Nigeria network of early and mid-career researchers, and build capacity within LMICs to pave the way to apply for more substantive grants to increase understanding of biopsychosocial risk and resiliency factors for depression in adolescence. This would greatly improve early detection of depression across the globe, and ultimately lead to the development of context-specific treatments and preventive interventions. This will be achieved through:
(1) Two in-person networking meetings of early- and mid-career researchers and clinicians from King's, universities in Brazil and Nigeria, and an NGO in Nepal, will be held to discuss harmonisation of measures across existing cohorts, reach consensus on a uniform set of assessments for future large-scale research in these settings, and develop a substantive grant application.
(2) Undertaking pilot analyses of replicability of a Brazilian depression risk score in adolescents from cohorts in the UK, Nepal and Nigeria.
(3) Conducting scoping exercises to ascertain the viability of conducting large-scale neurobiological psychiatric research in the 3 LMICs.
(4) Building capacity by providing virtual training and apprenticeships to researchers in each LMIC
Planned Impact
LMIC populations: The consolidation of the Identifying Depression in Early Adolescence (IDEA) network, a partnership between King's College London in the UK and organisations in Brazil, Nepal and Nigeria, will enable promotion and dissemination of technical knowledge and build research skills in these low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with the potential to enhance their national scientific production capacity. These countries represent the full range of countries on the DAC list (Brazil is at the higher end of the MICs, Nigeria is at the lower end of the MICs, and Nepal is one of the least developed countries) and thus the knowledge gained during this award is likely to be relevant to the full LMIC spectrum.
The knowledge obtained from the scoping exercises, building of LMIC research capacity, and production of preliminary data, during the activities proposed in this application, together with consolidation of the IDEA multidisciplinary network, would put the network in the ideal position to apply for more substantive grants to investigate neurobiological and psychosocial risk and resiliency factors for adolescent depression across the three LMIC settings. Ultimately, this research would contribute to the development of tools for early identification of depression in adolescents across a range of LMICs, and in the longer term has the potential to improve prevention and reduce the onset of depression in adolescents. This in turn would decrease the personal, social, and economic costs associated with this disorder in these countries and around the globe. This is particularly relevant to LMICs where restricted mental health budgets demand wise allocation of resources and better-informed policymaking. The enhanced research capacity within the LMICs would facilitate the nimble development and implementation of numerous studies into other aspects of global mental health. Moreover, it would strengthen King's links with these LMICs, opening up a wealth of further research and training opportunities.
Academic beneficiaries: This project would provide an invaluable opportunity for researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience at King's College London, to extend their biosocial mental health expertise into the global health arena through working closely with partners in Brazil, Nepal and Nigeria to address the mental health challenge of adolescent depression within these LMICs. None of these King's early- or mid-career researchers has previously worked outside of the high-income country context. This would enhance not only their scientific skillset but also open up a wide range of opportunities in terms of future training, cross-cultural replications of findings, the breadth of research questions they could investigate, and expand the number of relevant grant calls they could apply to in order to build more extensive programmes of research and facilitate their transition to senior investigators. Moreover, leading this interdisciplinary network will further extend the Principal Investigator's leadership skills and ensure she is in the ideal position to lead large global mental health research projects. The proposed training would promote the development of early-career researchers across the LMIC partners and they would be supported to apply for their own fellowships/grants, thus hopefully contributing to their career advancement. Finally, collaborating on the development of a large grant application will provide the mid-career researchers in the UK and LMICs with the incredibly valuable experience of producing large-scale programme grants on global mental health, which will benefit their long-term careers in academia.
The knowledge obtained from the scoping exercises, building of LMIC research capacity, and production of preliminary data, during the activities proposed in this application, together with consolidation of the IDEA multidisciplinary network, would put the network in the ideal position to apply for more substantive grants to investigate neurobiological and psychosocial risk and resiliency factors for adolescent depression across the three LMIC settings. Ultimately, this research would contribute to the development of tools for early identification of depression in adolescents across a range of LMICs, and in the longer term has the potential to improve prevention and reduce the onset of depression in adolescents. This in turn would decrease the personal, social, and economic costs associated with this disorder in these countries and around the globe. This is particularly relevant to LMICs where restricted mental health budgets demand wise allocation of resources and better-informed policymaking. The enhanced research capacity within the LMICs would facilitate the nimble development and implementation of numerous studies into other aspects of global mental health. Moreover, it would strengthen King's links with these LMICs, opening up a wealth of further research and training opportunities.
Academic beneficiaries: This project would provide an invaluable opportunity for researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience at King's College London, to extend their biosocial mental health expertise into the global health arena through working closely with partners in Brazil, Nepal and Nigeria to address the mental health challenge of adolescent depression within these LMICs. None of these King's early- or mid-career researchers has previously worked outside of the high-income country context. This would enhance not only their scientific skillset but also open up a wide range of opportunities in terms of future training, cross-cultural replications of findings, the breadth of research questions they could investigate, and expand the number of relevant grant calls they could apply to in order to build more extensive programmes of research and facilitate their transition to senior investigators. Moreover, leading this interdisciplinary network will further extend the Principal Investigator's leadership skills and ensure she is in the ideal position to lead large global mental health research projects. The proposed training would promote the development of early-career researchers across the LMIC partners and they would be supported to apply for their own fellowships/grants, thus hopefully contributing to their career advancement. Finally, collaborating on the development of a large grant application will provide the mid-career researchers in the UK and LMICs with the incredibly valuable experience of producing large-scale programme grants on global mental health, which will benefit their long-term careers in academia.
Organisations
- King's College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Milan (Collaboration)
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- George Washington University (Collaboration)
- Federal University of São Paulo (Collaboration)
- National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents (INCT-CNPq) (Collaboration)
- Hospital of Clinics of Porto Alegre (Collaboration)
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Collaboration)
- Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) (Collaboration)
- University of California, Davis (Collaboration)
- Transcultural psychosocial Organization (Collaboration)
- Lagos State University (Collaboration)
- University of Vermont (Collaboration)
- Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) (Collaboration)
- University of Barcelona (Collaboration)
- Kathmandu University (Collaboration)
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Collaboration)
- TPO Nepal (Project Partner)
People |
ORCID iD |
Publications
Yoon L
(2023)
Frontolimbic Network Topology Associated With Risk and Presence of Depression in Adolescents: A Study Using a Composite Risk Score in Brazil.
in Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging
Yoon L
(2022)
Reward- and threat-related neural function associated with risk and presence of depression in adolescents: a study using a composite risk score in Brazil.
in Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines
Zajkowska Z
(2023)
Sex-specific inflammatory markers of risk and presence of depression in adolescents
in Journal of Affective Disorders
Zajkowska Z
(2022)
Cortisol and development of depression in adolescence and young adulthood - a systematic review and meta-analysis.
in Psychoneuroendocrinology
Zajkowska Z
(2021)
A systematic review of the association between biological markers and environmental stress risk factors for adolescent depression.
in Journal of psychiatric research
Title | Co-production of Mental Health Audio Tour of the National Gallery in London (Fisher/McPin/NG/Antenna International) |
Description | Dr Fisher co-created a mobile phone-based Mental Health Audio Tour of the National Gallery in London with the McPin Foundation, young people with lived experience of mental health issues, National Gallery staff and young producers and Antenna International, to improve understanding of mental health issues and bust mental health-related myths. |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | This has been listened to by >3000 members of the general public and our evaluation found significant increases in comfort talking about and positive attitudes towards mental health following the tour. |
URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/national-gallery-audio-tour-tackles-mental-health-myths |
Description | Citation in Lancet Commissions - Time for united action on depression: a Lancet-World Psychiatric Association Commission |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Impact | By aligning knowledge about depression from many fields, the Lancet-WPA Commission on depression has synthesised evidence from diverse contexts and generated action-oriented recommendations for a variety of stakeholders: communities and those affected by depression and their families; clinicians and public health practitioners; researchers who work to understand and address depression; and policy makers and financiers of health care. |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02141-3 |
Description | Commissioner, World Psychiatric Association/Lancet Clinical Commission on Depression |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Editorial board member, Social Science and Medicine - Mental Health |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Editorial board member, The Lancet Regional Health - Americas |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | International Editor-At-Large, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Member, Measurement of Mental Health Among Adolescents at the Population Level Technical Advisory Group, United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Member, Working Group for the Development of a Standard Set of Outcome Measures for Anxiety and Depression in Children and Young People, International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Senior Advisory Group Member, The State of the World's Children Report, United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Developing Biological Research Expertise for Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence |
Amount | £72,185 (GBP) |
Organisation | Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2020 |
End | 12/2022 |
Description | Developing a global interdisciplinary network for the early identification of depression (GCRF networking grant) |
Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | GCRFNG\100281 |
Organisation | Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2018 |
End | 09/2019 |
Description | Engagement in Science Activities Seed Fund - Co-production of a mental health tour of the National Gallery to improve mental health awareness among visitors |
Amount | £7,010 (GBP) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2019 |
End | 06/2020 |
Description | Frontiers Follow-on Funding: "Harnessing technology to improve prediction of future depression onset among Brazilian adolescents (the IDEA-TECH project)" |
Amount | £299,908 (GBP) |
Funding ID | FF\1920\1\61 |
Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2020 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | Frontiers follow-on top up grants (PI: Helen Fisher, Co-Is: Ricardo Matsumura Araujo, Christian Kieling) |
Amount | £14,305 (GBP) |
Funding ID | FTU_2223_1_111 |
Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2023 |
End | 03/2024 |
Description | IDEA-FLAME study - the role of immune pathways in the risk and development of depression in adolescence |
Amount | £300,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | MQ Mental Health Research |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2022 |
End | 01/2024 |
Description | Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence (IDEA) |
Amount | £1,257,591 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MQBF/1 |
Organisation | MQ Mental Health Research |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2018 |
End | 09/2020 |
Description | Investigating adolescents at risk for depression |
Amount | R$ 47,000 (BRL) |
Funding ID | 17/2551-0001009-4 |
Organisation | Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio Grande do Sul |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | Brazil |
Start | 12/2017 |
End | 12/2019 |
Description | King's ODA Research Partnership Seed Fund grant: "Developing the IDEA-AIR network to explore associations between air pollution and adolescent risk for depression in Nepal." (Fisher) |
Amount | £4,676 (GBP) |
Organisation | King's College London |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2019 |
End | 12/2019 |
Description | King's Together Strategic Award: "IDEA-AIR network - an interdisciplinary international collaboration to investigate the role of air pollution in the development of depression" (Fisher) |
Amount | £99,023 (GBP) |
Organisation | King's College London |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2020 |
End | 12/2020 |
Description | NIH R21 |
Amount | $346,085 (USD) |
Funding ID | 1R21MH124072-01 |
Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United States |
Start |
Description | Wellcome Trust Active Ingredients Commission 2021 |
Amount | £44,510 (GBP) |
Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2021 |
End | 12/2021 |
Title | Risk score model for identifying adolescents at risk of depression |
Description | We developed a composite risk score which predicts development of depression in adolescents in Brazil. We have externally validated it in cohorts from UK, Nepal, and New Zealand. |
Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - human |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | This risk score will allow us to identify adolescents at risk of developing depression at an early stage across different countries and in the future test interventions to reduce development of depression in these individuals. |
Description | Advancing the utility of digital sensors for mental health |
Organisation | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We provided ideas and input into the development of the application. |
Collaborator Contribution | They provided ideas and oversaw the development and writing of the application. |
Impact | Alastair van Heerden, Christian Kieling, Brandon Kohrt, Valeria Mondelli, Ricardo Matsumura Araujo and Helen Fisher were named as Co-Is on an application for a Wellcome Trust RFP for Scoping Research on Sensor Use in Mental Health entitled "Advancing the utility of digital sensors for mental health through the inclusive development of a risk prediction engine for serious mental illness" that was submitted in January 2024. |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | CHRONO-IDEA - collaboration to explore chronobiology of adolescent depression risk |
Organisation | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul |
Country | Brazil |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Kieling established the collaboration with the chronobiology researchers, provided access to the IDEA-RiSCo participants for assessment, and commented on analyses and drafts of the journal papers. |
Collaborator Contribution | The chronobiology researchers designed and administered additional assessments to the IDEA-RiSCo participants, conducted the analyses, and drafted the journal papers based on the results obtained. |
Impact | Two journal papers based on the findings have been published and a further paper has been submitted. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | CHRONO-IDEA - collaboration to explore chronobiology of adolescent depression risk |
Organisation | Hospital of Clinics of Porto Alegre |
Country | Brazil |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | Dr Kieling established the collaboration with the chronobiology researchers, provided access to the IDEA-RiSCo participants for assessment, and commented on analyses and drafts of the journal papers. |
Collaborator Contribution | The chronobiology researchers designed and administered additional assessments to the IDEA-RiSCo participants, conducted the analyses, and drafted the journal papers based on the results obtained. |
Impact | Two journal papers based on the findings have been published and a further paper has been submitted. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | CHRONO-IDEA - collaboration to explore chronobiology of adolescent depression risk |
Organisation | University of Barcelona |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Kieling established the collaboration with the chronobiology researchers, provided access to the IDEA-RiSCo participants for assessment, and commented on analyses and drafts of the journal papers. |
Collaborator Contribution | The chronobiology researchers designed and administered additional assessments to the IDEA-RiSCo participants, conducted the analyses, and drafted the journal papers based on the results obtained. |
Impact | Two journal papers based on the findings have been published and a further paper has been submitted. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Collaboration with researchers from the Brazilian High-Risk Cohort |
Organisation | Federal University of São Paulo |
Country | Brazil |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Kieling and Caye established the collaboration with the Universidade Federal de São Paulo researchers and oversaw the external validation analyses of the IDEA risk score originally developed in Pelotas, Brazil, on their dataset. They subsequently assisted with drafting a journal paper based on these results. |
Collaborator Contribution | Graccielle Cunha, Pedro Pan, Carola Ziebold and Ary Gadelha provided access to the Brazilian High-Risk Cohort data, conducted the analyses, and drafted a journal paper based on these results. |
Impact | A journal paper based on the findings has been published. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Collaboration with researchers from the Brazilian High-Risk Cohort |
Organisation | National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents (INCT-CNPq) |
Country | Brazil |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Dr Kieling and Caye established the collaboration with the Universidade Federal de São Paulo researchers and oversaw the external validation analyses of the IDEA risk score originally developed in Pelotas, Brazil, on their dataset. They subsequently assisted with drafting a journal paper based on these results. |
Collaborator Contribution | Graccielle Cunha, Pedro Pan, Carola Ziebold and Ary Gadelha provided access to the Brazilian High-Risk Cohort data, conducted the analyses, and drafted a journal paper based on these results. |
Impact | A journal paper based on the findings has been published. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Collaboration with researchers from the Great Smoky Mountains study |
Organisation | University of Vermont |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Drs Kieling and Caye established the collaboration with the University of Vermont researchers and utilised the data provided to run an external validation of the IDEA risk score originally developed in Pelotas, Brazil on their dataset. They subsequently drafted a journal paper based on these results. |
Collaborator Contribution | Ellen McGinnis and William E. Copeland provided access to the Great Smoky Mountains study data, assisted the IDEA team with understanding this dataset, and provided comments on the analyses conducted and manuscript written up for publication. |
Impact | A journal paper based on the findings has been published. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | IDEA network |
Organisation | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul |
Country | Brazil |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As the PI for this interdisciplinary cross-country IDEA network grant, I oversee the organisation of capacity buildung activities, internships, Theory of Change Workshops, harmonisation of data across cohorts, and external validation of the composite score to ascertain adolescents at risk of developing depression. My team have also hosted three LMIC early-career researcher internships and provided capacity building to researchers in Brazil, Nepal, and Nigeria. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners have participated in network meetings, provided access to stakeholders, conducted Theory of Change workshops and analysed the findings, developed the composite risk score for adolescent depression in the Brazil site, undertaken training and internships, and conducted scoping exercises in their respective countries. |
Impact | The network has secured two further grants and submitted an additional 5 funding applications. We have hosted 3 x month-long internships at King's College London for early career researchers from Brazil, Nepal, and Nigeria, and provided capacity building and mentoring to a larger number of researchers across these sites during two network meetings (one in London and one in Brazil). We have harmonised data from cohorts in the three LMICs and developed a risk calculator to provide an individualised prediction of risk for future depression among adolescents in Brazil and externally validated this in Nepal, UK, Nigeria, and New Zealand. We have submitted 3 papers for publication and have a commentary published on the network. We have also conducted Theory of Change workshops in the three LMICs with a range of stakeholders to explore how best to implement a screening tool for adolescents at risk for depression. We have also undertaken scoping exercises to assess the feasibility of conducting neurobiological research in these settings. Finally, we have highlighted to policymakers across LMICs and in the UK about the importance of undertaking research into the early detection and prevention of adolescent depression and initiated conversations about how best to facilitate conducting neurobiological psychiatric research in these contexts. The collaboration is multidisciplinary involving neuroimaging, epidemiology, psychology, biological psychiatry, medicine, genetics, cell biology, public health, and anthropology. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | IDEA network |
Organisation | George Washington University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As the PI for this interdisciplinary cross-country IDEA network grant, I oversee the organisation of capacity buildung activities, internships, Theory of Change Workshops, harmonisation of data across cohorts, and external validation of the composite score to ascertain adolescents at risk of developing depression. My team have also hosted three LMIC early-career researcher internships and provided capacity building to researchers in Brazil, Nepal, and Nigeria. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners have participated in network meetings, provided access to stakeholders, conducted Theory of Change workshops and analysed the findings, developed the composite risk score for adolescent depression in the Brazil site, undertaken training and internships, and conducted scoping exercises in their respective countries. |
Impact | The network has secured two further grants and submitted an additional 5 funding applications. We have hosted 3 x month-long internships at King's College London for early career researchers from Brazil, Nepal, and Nigeria, and provided capacity building and mentoring to a larger number of researchers across these sites during two network meetings (one in London and one in Brazil). We have harmonised data from cohorts in the three LMICs and developed a risk calculator to provide an individualised prediction of risk for future depression among adolescents in Brazil and externally validated this in Nepal, UK, Nigeria, and New Zealand. We have submitted 3 papers for publication and have a commentary published on the network. We have also conducted Theory of Change workshops in the three LMICs with a range of stakeholders to explore how best to implement a screening tool for adolescents at risk for depression. We have also undertaken scoping exercises to assess the feasibility of conducting neurobiological research in these settings. Finally, we have highlighted to policymakers across LMICs and in the UK about the importance of undertaking research into the early detection and prevention of adolescent depression and initiated conversations about how best to facilitate conducting neurobiological psychiatric research in these contexts. The collaboration is multidisciplinary involving neuroimaging, epidemiology, psychology, biological psychiatry, medicine, genetics, cell biology, public health, and anthropology. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | IDEA network |
Organisation | Harvard University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As the PI for this interdisciplinary cross-country IDEA network grant, I oversee the organisation of capacity buildung activities, internships, Theory of Change Workshops, harmonisation of data across cohorts, and external validation of the composite score to ascertain adolescents at risk of developing depression. My team have also hosted three LMIC early-career researcher internships and provided capacity building to researchers in Brazil, Nepal, and Nigeria. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners have participated in network meetings, provided access to stakeholders, conducted Theory of Change workshops and analysed the findings, developed the composite risk score for adolescent depression in the Brazil site, undertaken training and internships, and conducted scoping exercises in their respective countries. |
Impact | The network has secured two further grants and submitted an additional 5 funding applications. We have hosted 3 x month-long internships at King's College London for early career researchers from Brazil, Nepal, and Nigeria, and provided capacity building and mentoring to a larger number of researchers across these sites during two network meetings (one in London and one in Brazil). We have harmonised data from cohorts in the three LMICs and developed a risk calculator to provide an individualised prediction of risk for future depression among adolescents in Brazil and externally validated this in Nepal, UK, Nigeria, and New Zealand. We have submitted 3 papers for publication and have a commentary published on the network. We have also conducted Theory of Change workshops in the three LMICs with a range of stakeholders to explore how best to implement a screening tool for adolescents at risk for depression. We have also undertaken scoping exercises to assess the feasibility of conducting neurobiological research in these settings. Finally, we have highlighted to policymakers across LMICs and in the UK about the importance of undertaking research into the early detection and prevention of adolescent depression and initiated conversations about how best to facilitate conducting neurobiological psychiatric research in these contexts. The collaboration is multidisciplinary involving neuroimaging, epidemiology, psychology, biological psychiatry, medicine, genetics, cell biology, public health, and anthropology. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | IDEA network |
Organisation | Lagos State University |
Country | Nigeria |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As the PI for this interdisciplinary cross-country IDEA network grant, I oversee the organisation of capacity buildung activities, internships, Theory of Change Workshops, harmonisation of data across cohorts, and external validation of the composite score to ascertain adolescents at risk of developing depression. My team have also hosted three LMIC early-career researcher internships and provided capacity building to researchers in Brazil, Nepal, and Nigeria. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners have participated in network meetings, provided access to stakeholders, conducted Theory of Change workshops and analysed the findings, developed the composite risk score for adolescent depression in the Brazil site, undertaken training and internships, and conducted scoping exercises in their respective countries. |
Impact | The network has secured two further grants and submitted an additional 5 funding applications. We have hosted 3 x month-long internships at King's College London for early career researchers from Brazil, Nepal, and Nigeria, and provided capacity building and mentoring to a larger number of researchers across these sites during two network meetings (one in London and one in Brazil). We have harmonised data from cohorts in the three LMICs and developed a risk calculator to provide an individualised prediction of risk for future depression among adolescents in Brazil and externally validated this in Nepal, UK, Nigeria, and New Zealand. We have submitted 3 papers for publication and have a commentary published on the network. We have also conducted Theory of Change workshops in the three LMICs with a range of stakeholders to explore how best to implement a screening tool for adolescents at risk for depression. We have also undertaken scoping exercises to assess the feasibility of conducting neurobiological research in these settings. Finally, we have highlighted to policymakers across LMICs and in the UK about the importance of undertaking research into the early detection and prevention of adolescent depression and initiated conversations about how best to facilitate conducting neurobiological psychiatric research in these contexts. The collaboration is multidisciplinary involving neuroimaging, epidemiology, psychology, biological psychiatry, medicine, genetics, cell biology, public health, and anthropology. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | IDEA network |
Organisation | Transcultural Psychosocial Organization |
Country | Nepal |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | As the PI for this interdisciplinary cross-country IDEA network grant, I oversee the organisation of capacity buildung activities, internships, Theory of Change Workshops, harmonisation of data across cohorts, and external validation of the composite score to ascertain adolescents at risk of developing depression. My team have also hosted three LMIC early-career researcher internships and provided capacity building to researchers in Brazil, Nepal, and Nigeria. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners have participated in network meetings, provided access to stakeholders, conducted Theory of Change workshops and analysed the findings, developed the composite risk score for adolescent depression in the Brazil site, undertaken training and internships, and conducted scoping exercises in their respective countries. |
Impact | The network has secured two further grants and submitted an additional 5 funding applications. We have hosted 3 x month-long internships at King's College London for early career researchers from Brazil, Nepal, and Nigeria, and provided capacity building and mentoring to a larger number of researchers across these sites during two network meetings (one in London and one in Brazil). We have harmonised data from cohorts in the three LMICs and developed a risk calculator to provide an individualised prediction of risk for future depression among adolescents in Brazil and externally validated this in Nepal, UK, Nigeria, and New Zealand. We have submitted 3 papers for publication and have a commentary published on the network. We have also conducted Theory of Change workshops in the three LMICs with a range of stakeholders to explore how best to implement a screening tool for adolescents at risk for depression. We have also undertaken scoping exercises to assess the feasibility of conducting neurobiological research in these settings. Finally, we have highlighted to policymakers across LMICs and in the UK about the importance of undertaking research into the early detection and prevention of adolescent depression and initiated conversations about how best to facilitate conducting neurobiological psychiatric research in these contexts. The collaboration is multidisciplinary involving neuroimaging, epidemiology, psychology, biological psychiatry, medicine, genetics, cell biology, public health, and anthropology. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | IDEA network |
Organisation | University of California, Davis |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As the PI for this interdisciplinary cross-country IDEA network grant, I oversee the organisation of capacity buildung activities, internships, Theory of Change Workshops, harmonisation of data across cohorts, and external validation of the composite score to ascertain adolescents at risk of developing depression. My team have also hosted three LMIC early-career researcher internships and provided capacity building to researchers in Brazil, Nepal, and Nigeria. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners have participated in network meetings, provided access to stakeholders, conducted Theory of Change workshops and analysed the findings, developed the composite risk score for adolescent depression in the Brazil site, undertaken training and internships, and conducted scoping exercises in their respective countries. |
Impact | The network has secured two further grants and submitted an additional 5 funding applications. We have hosted 3 x month-long internships at King's College London for early career researchers from Brazil, Nepal, and Nigeria, and provided capacity building and mentoring to a larger number of researchers across these sites during two network meetings (one in London and one in Brazil). We have harmonised data from cohorts in the three LMICs and developed a risk calculator to provide an individualised prediction of risk for future depression among adolescents in Brazil and externally validated this in Nepal, UK, Nigeria, and New Zealand. We have submitted 3 papers for publication and have a commentary published on the network. We have also conducted Theory of Change workshops in the three LMICs with a range of stakeholders to explore how best to implement a screening tool for adolescents at risk for depression. We have also undertaken scoping exercises to assess the feasibility of conducting neurobiological research in these settings. Finally, we have highlighted to policymakers across LMICs and in the UK about the importance of undertaking research into the early detection and prevention of adolescent depression and initiated conversations about how best to facilitate conducting neurobiological psychiatric research in these contexts. The collaboration is multidisciplinary involving neuroimaging, epidemiology, psychology, biological psychiatry, medicine, genetics, cell biology, public health, and anthropology. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | IDEA-FLAME: the role of immune pathways in the risk and development of depression in adolescence |
Organisation | University of Milan |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am the PI of the IDEA-FLAME project and as part of this project we have obtained funding to collaborate with University of Milan to conduct gene expression analyses on samples from adolescents stratified for risk and presence of depression |
Collaborator Contribution | The partner at the University of Milan will run the laboratory analyses for gene expression and provide expertise for statistical analyses and interpretation of the data |
Impact | Research paper: Brain Behav Immun Health. 2021 Nov 27;18:100396. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100396 |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | IDEA-TECH - Harnessing technology to improve prediction of future depression onset |
Organisation | Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) |
Country | Brazil |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Several existing members of the IDEA consortium have initiated this new collaboration with computer scientists at Universidade Federal de Pelotas in Brazil and the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa. We developed an application and secured funding to support this collaboration and expand our work around predicting future onset of depression in Brazil to include information obtained from smartphones on the adolescents using both passive sensing and actively collected voice samples. |
Collaborator Contribution | Our new partners in Brazil and South Africa have collaborated with us to develop grant applications and secure funding for the first IDEA-TECH project. They have developed an app to passively collect information in real-time from adolescents and a WhatsApp chatbot to obtain samples of the adolescents' speech recorded on their smartphones, to determine whether the technologically-enhanced risk calculator prospectively predicts which adolescents develop depression. |
Impact | Yes this collaboration is multidisciplinary - involving computer scientists, psychologists, medics, epidemiologists, and psychiatrists. We have secured follow-on GCRF funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering and are currently develop two further funding applications together. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | IDEA-TECH - Harnessing technology to improve prediction of future depression onset |
Organisation | Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) |
Country | South Africa |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Several existing members of the IDEA consortium have initiated this new collaboration with computer scientists at Universidade Federal de Pelotas in Brazil and the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa. We developed an application and secured funding to support this collaboration and expand our work around predicting future onset of depression in Brazil to include information obtained from smartphones on the adolescents using both passive sensing and actively collected voice samples. |
Collaborator Contribution | Our new partners in Brazil and South Africa have collaborated with us to develop grant applications and secure funding for the first IDEA-TECH project. They have developed an app to passively collect information in real-time from adolescents and a WhatsApp chatbot to obtain samples of the adolescents' speech recorded on their smartphones, to determine whether the technologically-enhanced risk calculator prospectively predicts which adolescents develop depression. |
Impact | Yes this collaboration is multidisciplinary - involving computer scientists, psychologists, medics, epidemiologists, and psychiatrists. We have secured follow-on GCRF funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering and are currently develop two further funding applications together. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | King's - Nepal air pollution & adolescent depression network |
Organisation | Kathmandu University |
Country | Nepal |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Together with colleagues in the MRC-PHE Centre for Environment & Health at King's College London, we have initiated two network grant applications with Katmandu University to build capacity to explore associations between air pollution and adolescent risk for depression in Nepal. |
Collaborator Contribution | Colleagues at Kathmandu University have collaborated with us to produce two grant applications to faciliyate staff exchanges and training between King's and Kathmandu University, and also conduct feasibility and scoping exercises. |
Impact | Yes this collaboration is multidisciplinary - involving psychologists, environmental scientists, medics, epidemiologists, biologists, and psychiatrists. We have submitted two grant applications together - King's ODA Research Partnership Seed Fund and an Academy of Medical Sciences GCRF networking grant to support the development of this network. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | 2 x poster presentations at the 'Road to Global Mental Health Conference' London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | ZZ and RB presented posters on IDEA research (systematic review of biological risk factors for the development of depression in adolescence, and predicting the risk of depression among adolescents in Nepal) at the 'Road to Global Mental Health Conference' on the 29 October 2019 at King's College London. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-road-to-global-mental-health |
Description | 2 x poster presentations on immune and kynurenine markers in relation to risk of depression in adolescence (IDEA RiSCo cohort) PNIRS |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Poster presentation at international conference with findings from IDEA and IDEA-FLAME data showing association of immune and kynurenine biomarkers and depression in adolescence |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | 20th World Congress of Psychiatry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation of initial findings of the Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence Risk Stratified Cohort at the Presidential Symposium (Tackling the Heterogeneity of Depression in its Prevention and Treatment). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | A dialogue - postdoctoral symposium at BAP Summer Meeting (July 2021, Zajkowska) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Predictive factors of adolescent mental health and translational implications of predictive testing |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | ACAMH Podcast (Nov 2021, Swartz) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Reward- and threat-related neural function associated with depression. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.acamh.org/podcasts/reward-threat-neural-function-depression/ |
Description | BBC Radio 4 Interview for All in the mind program |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview for the program "All in the mind" for BBC Radio 4 discussing "what's going on with girls' mental health?" discussing data from our recent research on adolescent depression and biological differences linked to adolescent depression between boys and girls. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001wq87 |
Description | Blog to disseminate findings from article published in Journal Affective Disorders on "Sex-specific immune profiles in adolescent depression" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Zajwloska wrote a blog on Sex-specific immune profiles in adolescent depression disseminating scientific article results to wider lay audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.inspirethemind.org/post/sex-specific-immune-profiles-in-adolescent-depression |
Description | Building stronger future generations: Can we prevent the onset of depression in adolescence? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | A blog to introduce IDEA project and the relevance of focussing on identifying depression early in adolescence |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://medium.com/inspire-the-mind/building-stronger-future-generations-can-we-prevent-the-onset-of... |
Description | CCM Group Podcast on AI & depression (Christian Kieling & Ricardo Araújo) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | CCM Group Podcast episode 33: Inteligência artificial e sau´de mental featuring Christian Kieling and Ricardo Araújo (August 2023) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfXD_wdAYe4 |
Description | Capacity building sessions for Brazilian ECRs, students & clinicians (2021) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The IDEA team provided capacity building sessions to approximately 50 Brazilian and UK-based students, early-career researchers, and clinicians on using digital technology, neuroimaging techniques and computational psychiatry to better understand risk for and development of depression and other mental health problems in youth living in low- and middle-income countries. Sessions were held online and included 7 journal club sessions, 3 webinars, and 5 short course sessions. Participants reported increased interest in using the methods presented within their own studies, some have started applying techniques to their data, and the sessions also sparked a large amount of questions and debate. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Depressão no adolescente |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A talk by Dr Christian Kieling on adolescent depression during the 39th Brazilian Congress of Pediatrics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.sbp.com.br/especiais/congresso-brasileiro-de-pediatria/programacao09-10/cursos-pre-congr... |
Description | IDEA is a global effort with an ambitious aim |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | A blog introducing the IDEA project and the relevance of the focus on identifying depression early in adolescence |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/news-blog/post/idea-global-effort-ambitious-aim |
Description | IDEA presentations & mentoring for researchers in Porto Alegre, Brazil |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | IDEA investigators and postdocs from UK, USA, Nepal and Nigeria presented their research and progress relating to the IDEA project to 30 students, researchers, and clinicians at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil over 2 days. They also provided mentoring and supported small groups of the local researchers to develop proposals which generated new research questions to be answered in future grant applications based on the IDEA data. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | IDEA presentations & mentoring for researchers in Porto Alegre, Brazil |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | IDEA investigators and postdocs from UK, USA, Nepal and Nigeria presented their research and progress relating to the IDEA project to 30 students, researchers, and clinicians at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil over 2 days. They also provided mentoring and supported small groups of the local researchers to develop proposals which generated new research questions to be answered in future grant applications based on the IDEA data. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence: Performance of a Composite Risk Score in Diverse Settings |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Christian Kieling during the Social determinants of global mental health meeting organized by the Academy of Medical Sciences, October 31-1 November 2019, London. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://acmedsci.ac.uk/policy/policy-projects/social-determinants-of-global-mental-health |
Description | Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence: the IDEA project |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Christian Kieling provided a talk on IDEA project at the Rio Grande do Sul Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Immunopsychiatry Meetings |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Regular meetings occuring ~every 2 weeks on immunopsychiatry topics, advertised on twitter / open to all audiences. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | In-person event with IDEA-RiSCo participants & relatives at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil, October 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | The Brazilian team also held an in-person event with 30 IDEA participants and their relatives in October 2022 at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil, to present the preliminary results from the study and obtain their feedback about these and the project more broadly. Those who attended asked a wide range of questions and reported finding the event very engaging and stimulating. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Inaugural Professorial Lecture - Body Mind interaction in a galaxy far far away |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Inaugural Lecture for Professorship |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Inspire the Mind blog on adolescent depression (Zuzanna Zajkowska & Anna Viduani) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Inspire the Mind blog written by Zuzanna Zajkowska featuring Anna Viduani: "Let's talk - adolescents' perspectives on depression." (February 13, 2024) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
URL | https://www.inspirethemind.org/post/let-s-talk-adolescents-perspectives-on-depression |
Description | Interactive exhibits on IDEA project at MQ donors event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | 5 members of the IDEA team attended an MQ event for 30 current and potential donors and provided interactive exhibits (mock-up of the risk calculator, lab demo) and discussed their IDEA-related research with the attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Interview for BBC Brazil website |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Dr Christian Kieling talked about the IDEA project in Brazil. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-41935911 |
Description | Interview for Brazilian national TV network (BandNewsTV) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Christian Kieling explained the work of the IDEA network in Brazil. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.facebook.com/BandNews/videos/972848006205720 |
Description | Interview for Brazilian national TV network (SBT) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Christian Kieling explained the work of the IDEA network in Brazil. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.sbt.com.br/jornalismo/sbt-brasil/noticia/100012-pesquisador-brasileiro-conquista-verba-p... |
Description | Interview for Brazilian national website (G1) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Christian Kieling explained the work of the IDEA network in Brazil. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://g1.globo.com/educacao/noticia/em-reality-show-academico-brasileiro-ganha-1-milhao-de-libras-... |
Description | Interview for Brazilian news magazine (Revista Pesquisa Fapesp) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A profile on Dr Christian Kieling's career in which the IDEA network was mentioned. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/2018/03/20/das-redacoes-para-o-consultorio |
Description | Interview for Brazilian regional journal (Gaúcha ZH) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Christian Kieling talked about depression and suicide among adolescents. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/saude/noticia/2018/08/suicidio-de-adolescentes-o-grupo-da-escola-me-... |
Description | Interview for Brazilian regional journal (Gaúcha ZH) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Christian Kieling explained the work of the IDEA network in Brazil. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/saude/noticia/2017/11/psiquiatra-gaucho-ganha-verba-milionaria-para-... |
Description | Interview for Brazilian regional journal (Jornal Correio do Povo) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Christian Kieling talked about bullying, depression and suicide among adolescents. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.correiodopovo.com.br/not%C3%ADcias/ensino/escolas-discutem-sa%C3%BAde-mental-em-porto-al... |
Description | Interview for Medscape Brazil website |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Dr Christian Kieling talked about results of a research article on the development of a risk score for adolescent depression. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://portugues.medscape.com/verartigo/6504433 |
Description | Interview for radio program |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Christian Kieling was interviewed for a podcast on depression. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://multimidia.ufrgs.br/conteudo/frontdaciencia/Fronteiras_da_Ciencia-T09E22-2018.mp3 |
Description | Invited talk at Brain, Behavior & Emotions Congress 2023 (Anna Viduani) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Anna Viduani provided an invited talk at the Brain, Behavior & Emotions Congress 2023 in Florianópolis, Brazil, in June 2023, on "Identificando a depressão precocemente na adolescência: resultados brasileiros de um estudo internacional". There were ~1000 Brazilian clinicians and researchers present for this talk. This led to requests for further information from the audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.braincongress.com.br/2023/convidados/index.php#topo |
Description | Invited talk at Brain, Behavior & Emotions Congress 2023 (Christian Kieling) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Christian Kieling provided an invited talk at the Brain, Behavior & Emotions Congress 2023 in Florianópolis, Brazil, in June 2023, on "Aplicativos para saúde mental: da tela do desenvolvedor para a tela do usuário". There were ~1000 Brazilian clinicians and researchers present for this talk. This led to requests for further information from the audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.braincongress.com.br/2023/convidados/index.php#topo |
Description | Invited talk at Brain, Behavior & Emotions Congress 2023 (Jader Piccin) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Jader Piccin provided an invited talk at the Brain, Behavior & Emotions Congress 2023 in Florianópolis, Brazil, in June 2023, on "Florianópolis - Por que tão cedo? Suicídio na adolescência". There were ~1000 Brazilian clinicians and researchers present for this talk. This led to requests for further information from the audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.braincongress.com.br/2023/convidados/index.php#topo |
Description | Invited talk at IEPA 2023 on IDEA-RS (Christian Kieling) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Christian Kieling provided an invited talk at the IEPA 14th International Conference on Early Intervention in Mental Health, in Lausanne, Switzerland, in July 2023, on "The Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence Risk Score (IDEA-RS): Performance and Use of a Prediction Model Across the Globe". There were ~400 clinicians and researchers from around the globe present for this talk. This led to requests for further information from the audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Invited talk at Unidos pela Saúde Congress (Christian Kieling) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Christian Kieling provided an invited talk at the Unidos pela Saúde Congress: São Paulo, Brazil, in June 2023, on "Novas patologias na infância e adolescência em um mundo pós pandemia". There were ~400 Brazilian clinicians and researchers present for this talk. This led to requests for further information from the audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Invited talk on IDEA-RS at GMH Research without Borders Conference (Christian Kieling) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Christian Kieling provided an invited talk at the 12th Global Mental Health Research without Borders Conference, in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, in October 2023, on "The Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence Risk Score (IDEA-RS): Performance and use of a prediction model across the globe". There were ~200 clinicians and researchers from around the globe present for this talk. This led to requests for further information from the audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | http://www.gmhconference.com/ |
Description | Invited talk on attitudes to depression risk calculator at GMH Research without Borders Conference (Brandon Kohrt) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Brandon Kohrt provided an invited talk at the 12th Global Mental Health Research without Borders Conference, in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, in October 2023, on "No Prediction without Prevention: A global qualitative study of attitudes towards using a risk calculator to predict development of depression among adolescents". There were ~200 clinicians and researchers from around the globe present for this talk. This led to requests for further information from the audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | http://www.gmhconference.com/ |
Description | Invited talk on digital phenotypes & depression risk at GMH Research without Borders Conference (Alastair van Heerden) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Alastair van Heerden provided an invited talk at the 12th Global Mental Health Research without Borders Conference, in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, in October 2023, on "Use of digital phenotypes for risk stratification: possibilities and challenges for global mental health". There were ~200 clinicians and researchers from around the globe present for this talk. This led to requests for further information from the audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | http://www.gmhconference.com |
Description | Invited talk on immune markers & depression risk at GMH Research without Borders Conference (Valeria Mondelli) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Valeria Mondelli provided an invited talk at the 12th Global Mental Health Research without Borders Conference, in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, in October 2023, on "Immune markers in risk stratification for depression". There were ~200 clinicians and researchers from around the globe present for this talk. This led to requests for further information from the audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | http://www.gmhconference.com |
Description | Invited talk on lived experience involvement at Brain, Behavior & Emotions Congress 2023 (Helen Fisher) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Helen Fisher provided an invited talk at the Brain, Behavior & Emotions Congress 2023 in Florianópolis, Brazil, in June 2023, on "Beyond ivory towers: involving patients and the public in research and innovation". There were ~1000 Brazilian clinicians and researchers present for this talk. This led to requests for further information from the audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.braincongress.com.br/2023/convidados/index.php#topo |
Description | Keynote Lecture - Targeting inflammation: a way forward for adolescent depression and early intervention? (International Early Intervention and Prevention in Mental Health Association (IEPA) 2023) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited keynote lecture to the International Early Intervention and Prevention in Mental Health Association (IEPA) 2023 meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Lecture to the Rio Grande do Sul State Education Department in Brazil in August 2022 (Jader Piccin) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Jader Piccin gave a talk on "Depression and self-harm in children and adolescents" to the Rio Grande do Sul State Education Department in Brazil in August 2022. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | MQ Open Minds podcast on IDEA project |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Helen Fisher participated in a podcast entitled "Can science tell us who's most likely to develop depression?" as part of the MQ Open Minds series where she talked about the IDEA project and risk and protective factors for depression in adolescence. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-r8c3q-b98f36 |
Description | MQ Q&A Blog Series (Aug 2021, Viduani) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Identifying Depression in Adolescents: Update from the IDEA Project in Brazil |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/depression-in-adolescents-qanda/ |
Description | MQ blog on sex differences in adolescent depression |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Zuzanna Zajkowska wrote a blog featured on the MQ website entitled: "Depression in adolescence - consider sex differences to bring treatment equity" published online on 13 Sep 2023. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/depression-in-adolescence/ |
Description | Oral presentation at ECNP Congress (Oct 2021, Zonca) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Investigating the biological mechanisms underlying the risk of developing adolescent depression in Brazil: the IDEA Project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Oral presentation at Flux: The Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Congress (Sept 2021, Yoon) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Frontolimbic network topology associated with risk and presence of depression in adolescence: A study using a composite risk stratification score in Brazil |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Oral presentation at ISPNE Annual Meeting (Sept 2021, Zonca) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Stress during adolescence, inflammatory system, and enhanced vulnerability for depression: preclinical and clinical evidence |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Oral presentation at Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting (March 2022, Carranza) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Associations between perceived parenting, brain function, and depression symptoms in Brazilian adolescents |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Oral presentation at The University of Birmingham Lunchtime Seminar Series (April 2021, Mondelli) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Identifying Depresssion Early in Adolescence: a spotlight on the environment and immune system |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Oral presentation on "An insight into the role of inflammation and kynurenine pathway in depression" at the Neuroscience Summit Challenge Workshop Brain-Immune Interactions: Translational Implications |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Nikkheslat gave oral presentation on "An insight into the role of inflammation and kynurenine pathway in depression" at the Neuroscience Summit Challenge Workshop Brain-Immune Interactions: Translational Implications |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Oral presentation on Neuroimmune and neuroendocrine changes in depression at the Seminar EPN (European Psychoneuroimmunology Network) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Nikkheslat gave oral presentation on Neuroimmune and neuroendocrine changes in depression at the Seminar EPN (European Psychoneuroimmunology Network) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Plenary Lecture - Where are we with personalised intervention in psychiatry? (ISPNE annual meeting 2023) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation at the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology annual conference |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Policy workshop - Addressing the social determinants of global mental health in the Sustainable Development Goals era (Oct 2021, Kieling) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Addressing the social determinants of global mental health in the Sustainable Development Goals era. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://acmedsci.ac.uk/policy/policy-projects/social-determinants-of-global-mental-health |
Description | Poster & oral presentation at BAP Summer Meeting (July 2021, Zonca) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Investigating the biological mechanisms underlying the risk of developing adolescent depression in Brazil: the IDEA Project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Poster & oral presentation at SOBP (April 2021, Zajkowska) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Inflammatory pathways of depression in adolescents - Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence (IDEA) study |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Poster Presentation - Impaired reflective functioning and severity of depression in adolescence: the role of childhood trauma and inflammation - British Association of Psychopharmacology 2023 summer meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Zuzanna Zajkowska presented poster at the British Association of Psychopharmacology 2023 summer meeting - Impaired reflective functioning and severity of depression in adolescence: the role of childhood trauma and inflammation |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Poster presentation Sex-specific inflammatory markers of depression development in adolescence at ECNP 2023 meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Zuzanna Zajkowska presented poster on Sex-specific inflammatory markers of depression development in adolescence at the 2023 annual meeting of the European College of NeuroPsychopharmacology (ECNP) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Poster presentation at BAP Summer Meeting (July 2021, Gullet) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Elevated cortisol precedes major depressive disorder in adolescents - A systematic review and meta-analysis |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Poster presentation at ISPNE Annual Meeting (Sept 2021, Zajkowska) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Inflammatory pathways of depression in adolescents - Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence (IDEA) study |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Poster presentation at MQ Mental Health Science Summit (May 2021, Gullet) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Elevated cortisol precedes major depressive disorder in adolescents - A systematic review and meta-analysis |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Poster presentation at MQ Mental Health Science Summit (May 2021, Viduani) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Social isolation as a core feature of adolescent depression |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Poster presentation at MQ Mental Health Science Summit (May 2021, Zajkowska) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Inflammatory pathways of depression in adolescents - Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence (IDEA) study |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Poster presentation at MQ Mental Health Science Summit (May 2021, Zonca) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Investigating the biological mechanisms underlying the risk of developing adolescent depression in Brazil: the IDEA Project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Poster presentation at MQ virtual Mental Health Science Summit (May 2021, Latham) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Rachel Latham gave a poster presentation at the MQ Virtual Mental Health Science Summit in May 2021 entitled: "Childhood exposure to ambient air pollution and predicting individual risk of depression onset in UK adolescents". This increased her international visibility and generated requests for further information. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Poster presentation at the SRCD Virtual Biennial Meeting (April 2021, Latham) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Rachel Latham gave a poster presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development Virtual Biennial Meeting in April 2021 entitled: "Childhood exposure to ambient air pollution and predicting individual risk of depression onset in UK adolescents". Watch by approx 60 people and generated requests for further information. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.srcd.org/event/srcd-2021-biennial-meeting |
Description | Poster presentation on Sex Specific Alteration of Kynurenine Pathway in Adolescent Depression at the 2023 annual meeting of Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Nikkheslat presented poster on Sex Specific Alteration of Kynurenine Pathway in Adolescent Depression at the 2023 annual meeting of Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Poster presentation on Sex Specific Association Between Kynurenine Pathway Metabolites and Depression Risk and Remission in Adolescents at the BAP summer meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Nikkheslat presented a poster on Sex Specific Association Between Kynurenine Pathway Metabolites and Depression Risk and Remission in Adolescents at the British Association of Psychopharmacology (BAP) 2023 summer meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Poster presentations at the MQ Mental Health Science Meeting 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Three early-career members of the network presented posters at the MQ Annual Science Meeting in London on 7th February 2019: 1/. Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence (IDEA) Project - An Overview 2/. Predicting the risk of depression among adolescents exposed to traumatic life events in Nepal: The IDEA Project 3/. Biological substrates of depression in adolescents: The IDEA Project. These prompted discussions of future directions for the IDEA network's research - what an intervention could be and how to overcome potential issues with implementation of screening tool for risk for adolecent depression e.g. in schools / clinic etc. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/posts/mhsm-2019 |
Description | Presentation at Department of Psychiatry, Oxford University (2023) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk on "Immune biomarkers in psychiatry and their relevance for treatment strategies" to academics and clinicians at University of Oxford |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Presentation at Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A member of the team presented our IDEA (Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence) network at the Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit in London and discussed the importance of research in this field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation at Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A member of my team presented our IDEA (Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence) project at the Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit and discussed the importance of research in this field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation at International Conference on Child & Adolescent Mental Health Nepal |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | One of the network members presented at the International Conference on Child & Adolescent Mental Health Nepal in October 2018 a talk entitled ''Ethical Case Studies for the Role of Biological Psychiatry with Adolescents in Nepal: The Need for a National Dialogue''. This sensitised concerned stakeholders (Ministry of Health, Nepal Health Research Council, experts) to biopsychiatric research in the country and encouraged participation in theory of change workshops, stakeholder interviews & focus groups planned in Nepal in the coming months. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation at International Conference on Child & Adolescent Mental Health Nepal 2018 - ''Ethical Case Studies for the Role of Biological Psychiatry with Adolescents in Nepal: The Need for a National Dialogue'' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Sensitised concerned stakeholders (Ministry of Health, Nepal Health Research Council, experts) to biopsychiatric research in the country and encouraged participation in theory of change workshops, KIIs & focus groups planned in Nepal in the coming months |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation at Mental Wealth Festival in London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Two of the network members gave a talk at the Mental Wealth Festival in London introducing the IDEA (Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence) network to the wider public and highlighting the importance of research in this field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.mentalwealthfestival.co.uk/ |
Description | Presentation at the 6th International Conference on Youth Mental Health in Copenhagen, September 2022 (Anna Viduani) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Anna Viduani presented on "The lived experience of depression in adolescence: a systematic review of the qualitative literature" at the 6th International Conference on Youth Mental Health in Copenhagen, September 2022. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://iaymh2022.com/ |
Description | Presentation at the 6th International Conference on Youth Mental Health in Copenhagen, September 2022 (Rivka Pereira) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Rivka Pereira presented on "Self-reported Social Media Use by Adolescents in Brazil: A School-based Survey" at the 6th International Conference on Youth Mental Health in Copenhagen, September 2022. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://iaymh2022.com/ |
Description | Presentation by Helen Fisher with Anna Viduani on "Emerging findings from the IDEA interdisciplinary consortium" to SGDP Centre staff & students |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Helen Fisher and Anna Viduani gave a talk on "Emerging findings from the IDEA interdisciplinary consortium to improve identification of adolescents at risk for depression across the globe" to 70 SGDP Centre staff & students at King's College London in December 2021, which sparked discussion about mental health risk screening and multi-country collaborations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Presentation for MQ new strategy launch |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Helen Fisher gave a presentation on her work as an MQ fellow and the IDEA Project for MQ as part of the launch of their new strategy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Presentation to the Nepal Health Research Council |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | One of the network members spoke to policymakers and practitioners in Nepal to encourage the development of biopsychiatric research in Nepal, such as the use of stem cell models in mental health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation to the Nepal Health Research Council |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Encouraged development of biopsychiatric research in Nepal, such as the use of stem cell models in mental health |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Press conference on ''Mental mental health in young people - the importance of early intervention'' at the Science Media Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | I attended as expert in the field a press conference on "Mental health in young people - The importance of early intervention' at the Science Media Centre where several journalists from different newspapers (including the Guardian, Metro, Telegraph) were present and where we discussed about the importance of early detection and intervention of mental health problems in adolescents. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Press release for Rocha et al (2020) JAACAP paper |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Through the IoPPN press office we released a press release on the Rocha et al (2020) JAACAP paper on the development of a risk prediction model for future development of depression among adolescents in Brazil which was subsequently tested in the UK and New Zealand. The press release was sent out widely to journalists in the UK, Brazil and internationally. It was picked up by a variety of media organisations across the World, including the following: Sky News bulletin: Kay Burley @Breakfast Transcript: 'Researchers at King's College London have developed a tool that can identify the risk of depression among young people. They analysed data from more than 2,000 adolescents to try to pinpoint which of them were likely to experience a major depressive disorder. Talk Radio - News Transcript 'Scientists think they could spot the signs of depression in teenagers before they even develop researchers at King's College London have come up with a set of questions based on the data more than 2000 Brazilian adolescents' iRadio - News Daily Mail Online: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7908447/Scientists-create-tool-identify-young-people-risk-suffering-depression.html Medical Xpress: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-01-tool-depression-adolescence.html Russian Times: https://www.rt.com/news/478897-new-tool-dignose-teens-depression/ ArabNews24: http://www.arabnews24.ca/en/World_news/50150.html Asian News International (print) Examples of coverage in India: Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/researchers-develop-new-tool-to-identify-youths-at-high-risk-of-depression/articleshow/73517260.cms Hindustan Times: https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/this-new-tool-can-predict-depression-risk-in-teens/story-dWvhzL6fde9WBSwosQaBgJ.html Daily Excelsior: https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/new-tool-can-predict-depression-risk-in-teens-study/ |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7908447/Scientists-create-tool-identify-young-people-risk... |
Description | Press release for novel findings on sex differences in inflammatory markers associated with adolescent depression |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Press release on the results of our recently published study showing sex differences in inflammatory markers associated with adolescent depression. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Q&A for The Times & MQ |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Christian Kieling was involved in "How to deal with anxiety and depression. Your questions answered" for The Times and MQ, where the public left their questions for experts to answer in a live discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-to-deal-with-anxiety-and-depression-your-questions-answered-t... |
Description | Radio interview on BBC World Update |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This was a radio interview on BBC World Update to talk about our recent publication introducing the screening tool to identify adolescents at high risk of depression |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://twitter.com/MondelliValeria/status/1220337717852147715?s=20 |
Description | SRCD 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Multiple presentations by members of the IDEA consortium. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.srcd.org/event/srcd-2021-biennial-meeting |
Description | Seminário de Prevenção e Enfrentamento ao Suicídio na infância e na adolescência: Precisamos falar, Precisamos Agir |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Event organized by the Brazilian National House of Representatives to a variety of stakeholders in Porto Alegre, Brasil. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Symposium at IEPA Early Intervention in Mental Health Conference (Nov 2021, Fisher, Kieling, Mondelli & Kohrt) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | How does depression develop and how can we identify adolescents who are at highest risk? |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Symposium talk - Role of inflammation in increased risk and presence of depression in adolescence (European Brain and Behaviour Society meeting 2023) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk at the European Brain and Behaviour Society meeting 2023 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Symposium talk - Sex-specific inflammatory markers of depression in adolescents in the context of childhood trauma - Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence (IDEA) study - ISPNE meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Zuzanna Zajkowska presented oral presentation Sex-specific inflammatory markers of depression in adolescents in the context of childhood trauma - Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence (IDEA) study at the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) 2023 annual meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | TV interview on Sky News |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This was a brief TV interview on our recent publication introducing a screening tool to identify adolescents at high risk of depression |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://twitter.com/MondelliValeria/status/1220100966906724352?s=20 |
Description | Talk at The Brazilian Academy of Medicine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Christian Kieling gave a talk on the results of the IDEA Project at The Brazilian Academy of Medicine with attendess from all medical specialities, not just mental health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Talk at The Federal University of São Paulo |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Christian Kieling gave a talk on the results of the IDEA Project at The Federal University of São Paulo. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Talk at The National Center for Research and Innovation in Mental Health in Brazil in October 2022 (Christian Kieling) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Christian Kieling gave a talk on "Onde e quando a vida acontece: desafios na avaliação de sintomas fora do consultório" to The National Center for Research and Innovation in Mental Health (CISM) in Brazil in October 2022. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Talk at private donors house for society dinner |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Helen Fisher provided a talk on research into youth mental health including the IDEA project at a private MQ donor's house on 19th September 2019. There were 25 people present from a range of professional backgrounds. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Talk at the Brain Behavior and Emotion Congress in Brazil in June 2022 (Christian Kieling) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Christian Kieling gave a talk entitled "Onde e quando a vida acontece: desafios na avaliação de sintomas fora do consultório" at the Brain Behavior and Emotion Congress in Brazil in June 2022. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.braincongress.com.br/2022/comissoes/index.php#topo |
Description | Talk- The immune system, the brain and the mind - Porto Alegre IDEA team |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk at the Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence (IDEA) meeting with other investigators working in the IDEA project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | The Lancet-World Psychiatric Association Commission on Depression Launch Webinar (Feb 2022, Kieling, Kohrt) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Time for united action on depression: a Lancet-World Psychiatric Association Commission - key recommendations for policy-makers, practitioners and their patients for early intervention in depression. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Theory of Change workshops in Nepal, Nigeria & Brazil |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Theory of Change workshops were held in Brazil, Nepal, and Nigeria with key stakeholders to aid planning of future aspects of the IDEA Project to move towards the final aim of reducing the number of adolescents suffering from depression - these involved multiple stakeholders (health-care workers, parents, adolescents, teachers, policy-makers, etc.) to discuss feasibility / acceptability - issues / solutions regarding a risk for depression screening tool, interventions for adolescents at high-risk depression, and implementation of the screening tool and prevention strategies. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | VI Congresso Internacional e XXVI Congresso Nacional da ABENEPI. A saúde mental onde a vida acontece: ferramentas digitais para a mensuração de sintomas fora do consultório. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation on digital phenotyping (including findings from the IDEA project) in mental health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Video on top tips for better collaboration for #MentalHealthResearchMatters campaign (Helen Fisher) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Helen Fisher appeared in a video shared on Twitter explaining her "Top Tips for Better Collaboration" for the UKRI Mental Health Networks #MentalHealthResearchMatters campaign in December 2022. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://twitter.com/McPinFoundation/status/1598316131227418625 |
Description | Videos for International Day of Women & Girls in Science |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Valeria Mondelli and Helen Fisher made videos on their research, the IDEA Project and to encourage women to apply to science careers for MQ to share to as part of the International Day of Women & Girls in Science (twitter #WomenInScience) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://twitter.com/MQmentalhealth/status/1359834812140380160 |
Description | Virtual presentation at UC Global Health 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Leehyun Yoon virtually presented the IDEA Project neuroimaging results (Reward- and Threat-Related Neural Activity Associated with Risk for Depression in Adolescents in a Middle-Income Country) at a local conference based at the UC Global Health Institute, which sparked questions and discussion afterwards. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | XV Congresso Gaúcho de Psiquiatria. Curso 6 - Atualização em Psiquiatria da Infância e Adolescência - Depressão |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Congress of the Rio Grande do Sul State Psychiatric Association |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | x2 abstracts for poster presentations at National Institute of Mental Health 10th Anniversary Conference: Global Mental Health Research without Borders |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | x2 abstracts for poster presentations: 1/. Identifying adolescents at risk for major depressive disorder: Development of a composite prediction risk score 2/. Ethical Case Studies for the Role of Biological Psychiatry with Adolescents in Nepal: The Need for a National Dialogue Will showcase the development and use of the composite prediction risk score for early identification and intervention for adolescent depression / the importance of increasing biological psychiatric research in LMICs, such as Nepal and encourage discussion of future work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | x3 poster presentations at the MQ Mental Health Science Meeting 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 3 poster presentations: 1/. Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence (IDEA) Project - An Overview 2/. Predicting the risk of depression among adolescents exposed to traumatic life events in Nepal: The IDEA Project 3/. Biological substrates of depression in adolescents: The IDEA Project Prompted discussions of future work packages - what an intervention could be and how to overcome potential issues with implementation e.g. in schools / clinic etc. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |