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● projectCompleted · subnational · 2018

DIADA project: integrated detection and care for depression and alcohol use in primary care

Technology-supported care model to integrate mental health into Colombian primary care, developed by the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana with the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and funded by the NIMH (award 1U19MH109988).

Laboratory bench lined with scientific and diagnostic equipmentillustrative atlas image · Adam Bezer / Unsplash
PUPontificia Universidad Javeriana (Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística / Psiquiatría)universityGSGeisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College (Center for Technology and Behavioral Health)universityCGCarlos Gómez-RestrepoLALisa A. Marsch
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01 The context

It combines electronic screening kiosks in waiting rooms with clinical decision support tools on tablets so that general practitioners can detect and treat depression and risky alcohol use. It was implemented between February 2018 and March 2020 at six sites: Bogotá, Santa Rosa de Viterbo and Duitama (Boyacá), Guasca and Soacha (Cundinamarca) and Armero-Guayabal (Tolima), including rural primary-level centers.

02 How it works

method · Stepped care in primary caremethod · Clinical decision support for general practitionersmethod · Implementation sciencemethod · Systematic waiting room screeningtool · Electronic screening kioskstool · Tablets with diagnostic and therapeutic support software

03 What it stands on

Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
Peer-reviewed research documents this project: the strongest evidence level in the atlas.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceImplementing Technology-Supported Care for Depression and Alcohol Use Disorder in Primary Care in Colombia: Preliminary FindingsPsychiatric Services (APA) · 2020
EvidenceThe DIADA project: A technology-based model of care for depression and risky alcohol use in primary care centres in ColombiaRevista Colombiana de Psiquiatría (English Edition) · 2021