Co-Developing Tools to Support Student Mental Health: Minder App
Curious as to how Minder was designed and developed? This paper outlines the co-development process our lab used to conceptualize and create Minder. We detail the phases of development from initial to final app design to introduce all the main components of Minder, and highlight the importance of UBC student input in all aspects of […]
Suicidal ideation amongst university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Time trends and risk factors
Dr. Daniel Vigo and his coauthors analyzed 14 months of UBC student data to identify time trends in suicidal ideation over the first three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. 18.9% of students experienced suicidal ideation in the previous 30 days of survey response, and suicidal ideation was relatively stable over the course of […]
Determinants of effective treatment coverage for posttraumatic stress disorder: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys
In this publication, Dr. Daniel Vigo and other WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators analyze data from over 35,000 respondents of the WHO World Mental Health Survey to identify determinants of effective treatment coverage for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Results suggest that a majority of individuals reporting 12-month PTSD did not have adequate pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, […]
Determinants of effective treatment coverage for major depressive disorder in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
With data from 17 WHO World Mental Health Surveys conducted in 15 countries, Dr. Vigo and co-authors examined obstacles to providing or receiving care, the type of care received, and the quality and use of that care in a representative sample of individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD). The results indicate that obtaining a high […]
The True Global Disease Burden of Mental Illness: Still Elusive
This new Lancet Psychiatry article critiques the recent Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study, and re-estimates the burden of mental, neurological, substance use disorders and suicide. Vigo, Jones, Atun & Thornicroft posit that the GBD study did not capture the disability caused by somatoform and personality disorders, and did not include mortality […]
Dawn of a New Day for Mental Health Systems
June 2, 2021 Dr. Daniel Vigo has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Mental Health Systems (IJMHS). In his inaugural editorial, Dr. Vigo discusses his plans for the IJMHS to bridge the “knowledge to action” gap by encouraging translational research and implementation science through new areas of focus. “We are at the gates […]
The Differential Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries vs High-Income Countries
Vigo D, Thornicroft G, Gureje O. The Differential Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries vs High-Income Countries. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online June 11, 2020.
Burden of Mental, Neurological, Substance Use Disorders and Self-Harm in North America
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2020 Feb;65(2):87-98.
Disease Burden and Government Spending on Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders, and Self-harm
The Lancet Public Health. Published online November 13, 2018
Estimating the True Global Burden of Mental Illness
The Lancet Psychiatry. Published February 01, 2016
Dr. Daniel Vigo
Assistant Professor | Department of Psychiatry
DrPH, Harvard University (’17); MD, University of Buenos Aires (’07); Lic. in Psychology (Bachelor’s + Master’s), University of Buenos Aires (’00)