Selected Recent Publications:
Chen, S., Cao, Z., Nandi, A., Counts, N., Jiao, L., Prettner, K., Kuhn, M., Seligman, B., Tortorice, D., Vigo, D., Wang, C., & Bloom, D. E. (2024). The global macroeconomic burden of alzheimer’s disease and other dementias: Estimates and projections for 152 countries or territories. The Lancet Global Health, 12(9), e1534-e1543. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00264-X
Vereschagin, M., Wang, A. Y., Richardson, C. G., Xie, H., Munthali, R. J., Hudec, K. L., Leung, C., Wojcik, K. D., Munro, L., Halli, P., Kessler, R. C., & Vigo, D. V. (2024). Journal of medical Internet research, 26, e54287. https://doi.org/10.2196/54287
Wang, A. Y., Vereschagin, M., Richardson, C. G., Xie, H., Hudec, K. L., Munthali, R. J., Munro, L., Leung, C., Kessler, R. C., & Vigo, D. V. (2023). Evaluating the effectiveness of a codeveloped e-mental health intervention for university students: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 12, e49364-e49364. https://doi.org/10.2196/49364
Vereschagin, M., Wang, A. Y., Leung, C., Richardson, C. G., Hudec, K. L., Doan, Q., Virk, P., Halli, P., Wojcik, K. D., Munro, L., Chai, B. S., Mori, T., Sha, M., Mittertreiner, E., Farkouh, A., Sigamany, D., & Vigo, D. V. (2023). Co-developing tools to support student mental health and substance use: Minder app development from conceptualization to realization. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 33(1), 35-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbct.2023.02.002
Nandi, A., Counts, N., Chen, S., Seligman, B., Tortorice, D., Vigo, D., & Bloom, D. E. (2022). Global and regional projections of the economic burden of alzheimer’s disease and related dementias from 2019 to 2050: A value of statistical life approach. Eclinicalmedicine, 51, 101580-101580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101580
Stein, D. J., Shoptaw, S. J., Vigo, D., Lund, C., Cuijpers, P., Bantjes, J., Sartorius, N., & Maj, M. (2022). Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment in the 21st century: paradigm shifts versus incremental integration. World Psychiatry, Volume 22, Issue 3, Pages 393-414. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20998
Bruffaerts, R., Harris, M. G., Kazdin, A. E., Vigo, D. V., Sampson, N. A., Chiu, W.-T., Al-Hamzawi A., Alonso, J., Altwaijri, Y. A., Andrade, L., Benjet, C., de Girolamo, G., Florescu, S., Haro, J. M., Hu, C.-Y., Karam, A., Karam, E. G., Kovess-Masfety, V., Lee, S., McGrath, J. J., Navarro-Mateu, F., Nishi, D., O’Neill, S., Posada-Villa, J., Scott, K. M., ten Have, M., Torres, Y., Wojtyniak, B., Xavier, M., Zarkov, Z., & Kessler, R. C. (2022). Perceived Helpfulness of Treatment For Social Anxiety Disorder: Findings From The WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 57(10), 2079–2095. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02249-3
Orozco, R., Vigo, D., Benjet, C., Borges, G., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Andrade, L.H., Cia, A., Hwang, I., Kessler, R.C., Piazza, M., Posada-Villa, J., Rafful, C., Sampson, N., Stagnaro, J.C., Torres, Y., Viana, M.C., Medina-Mora, M.. Barriers to treatment for mental disorders in six countries of the Americas: A regional report from the World Mental Health Surveys, Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 303, 2022, Pages 273-285, ISSN 0165-0327, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.031.
Benjet, C., Borges, G., Orozco, R., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Andrade, L.H., Cia, A., Hwang, I., Kessler, R.C., Piazza, M., Posada-Villa, J., Sampson, N., Stagnaro, J.C., Torres, Y., Viana, M.C., Vigo, D., Medina-Mora, M., Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 303, 2022, Pages 168-179, ISSN 0165-0327, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.019.
Kessler, R.C., Kazdin, A.E., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Altwaijri, Y., Andrade, L.H., Benjet, C., Bharat, C., Borges, G., Bruffaerts, R., Bunting, B., Caldas-de-Almeida, J.M., Cardoso, G., Chiu, W.T., Cia, A., Ciutan, M., Degenhardt, L., de Girolamo, G., de Jonge, P., de Vries, Y.A., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Harris, M.G., Hu, C.Y., Karam, A.N., Karam, E.G., Karam, G., Kawakami, N., Kiejna, A., Kovess-Masfety, V., Lee, S., Makanjuola, V., McGrath, J.J., Medina-Mora, M.E., Moskalewicz, J., Navarro-Mateu, F., Nierenberg, A.N., Nishi, D., Ojagbemi, A., Oladeji, B.D., O’Neill, S., Posada-Villa, J., Puac-Polanco, V., Rapsey, C., Ruscio, A.M., Sampson, N.A., Scott, K.M., Slade, T., Stagnaro, J.C., Stein, D.J., Tachimori, H., ten Have, M., Torres, Y., Viana, M.C., Vigo, D.V., Williams, D.R., Wojtyniak, B., Xavier, M., Zarkov, Z., Ziobrowski, H.N., and on behalf of the WHO World Mental Health Survey collaborators. (2022). Patterns and correlates of patient-reported helpfulness of treatment for common mental and substance use disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 21(2), 272–286. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20971
The true global disease burden of mental illness: still elusive
Vigo, D., Jones, L., Atun, R., & Thornicroft, G. (2022). The true global disease burden of mental illness: Still elusive. The Lancet Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(22)00002-5
Perceived helpfulness of treatment for alcohol use disorders: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys
Degenhardt, L., Bharat, C., Chiu, W. T., Harris, M. G., Kazdin, A. E., Vigo, D. V., Sampson, N. A., Alonso, J., Andrade, L. H., Bruffaerts, R., Bunting, B., Cardoso, G., de Girolamo, G., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Haro, J. M., Hu, C., Karam, A. N., Karam, E. G., . . . WHO World Mental Health Survey collaborators, The WHO World Mental Health Survey collaborators are Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola. (2021). Perceived helpfulness of treatment for alcohol use disorders: Findings from the world mental health surveys. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 229(Pt B), 109158-109158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109158
Antidepressant use in low- middle- and high-income countries: a World Mental Health Surveys report.
Kazdin, A. E., Wu, C., Hwang, I., Puac-Polanco, V., Sampson, N. A., Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Andrade, L. H., Benjet, C., Caldas-de-Almeida, J., de Girolamo, G., de Jonge, P., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Haro, J. M., Harris, M. G., Karam, E. G., Karam, G., Kovess-Masfety, V., . . . the WHO World Mental Health Survey collaborators. (2023). Antidepressant use in low- middle- and high-income countries: A world mental health surveys report. Psychological Medicine, 53(4), 1583-1591. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291721003160
Addressing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to realise the promise of the UN’s “Decade of Healthy Ageing”
Vigo, D., Nandi, A., Seligman, B., Malik, S., Han, R., Counts, N., Chen, S., & Bloom, D. (2021).
Case Studies in Global Mental Health Delivery.
Raviola B, Vigo D, Patel V. MIT PRESS (Estimated Publication Date: 2021).
Burden of disease among the world’s poorest billion people: An expert-informed secondary analysis of Global Burden of Disease estimates.
Coates, M. M., Ezzati, M., Robles Aguilar, G., Kwan, G. F., Vigo, D., Mocumbi, A. O., Becker, A. E., Makani, J., Hyder, A. A., Jain, Y., Stefan, D. C., Gupta, N., Marx, A., & Bukhman, G. (2021). Burden of disease among the world’s poorest billion people: An expert-informed secondary analysis of global burden of disease estimates. PloS One, 16(8), e0253073-e0253073. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253073
The perspectives of people who use drugs regarding short term involuntary care for severe substance use disorders.
Chau, L. W., Erickson, M., Vigo, D., Lou, H., Pakhomova, T., Winston, M. L., MacPherson, D., Thomson, E., & Small, W. (2021). The perspectives of people who use drugs regarding short term involuntary substance use care for severe substance use disorders. The International Journal of Drug Policy, 97, 103208-103208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103208
Dawn of a new day for mental health systems.
Vigo, D. (2021). Dawn of a new day for mental health systems. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 15(1), 1-49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-021-00475-x
Perceived helpfulness of treatment for specific phobia: findings from the World Mental Health Surveys.
de Vries, Y. A., Harris, M. G., Vigo, D., Chiu, W. T., Sampson, N. A., Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Andrade, L. H., Benjet, C., Bruffaerts, R., Bunting, B., Caldas de Almeida, José Miguel, de Girolamo, G., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Haro, J. M., Hu, C., Karam, E. G., Kawakami, N., . . . WHO World Mental Health Survey collaborators. (2021). Perceived helpfulness of treatment for specific phobia: Findings from the world mental health surveys. Journal of Affective Disorders, 288, 199-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.04.001
Estimating the Prevalence of Mental and Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Approach to Triangulating Available Data to Inform Health Systems Planning.
Vigo, D., Jones, W., Dove, N., Maidana, D. E., Tallon, C., Small, W., & Samji, H. (2022). Estimating the prevalence of mental and substance use disorders: A systematic approach to triangulating available data to inform health systems planning. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 67(2), 107-116. https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437211006872
Investigating the effect of COVID-19 dissemination on symptoms of anxiety and depression among university students.
Vigo, D., Jones, L., Munthali, R., Pei, J., Westenberg, J., Munro, L., Judkowicz, C., Wang, A. Y., Van den Adel, B., Dulai, J., Krausz, M., Auerbach, R. P., Bruffaerts, R., Yatham, L., Gadermann, A., Rush, B., Xie, H., Pendakur, K., & Richardson, C. (2021). Investigating the effect of COVID-19 dissemination on symptoms of anxiety and depression among university students. BJPsych Open, 7(2), e69-e69. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.24
Perceived helpfulness of bipolar disorder treatment: Findings from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.
Nierenberg, A.A., Harris, M.G., Kazdin, A.E., Puac-Polanco, V., Sampson, N., Vigo, D.V., Chiu W.T., Ziobrowski, H.N., Alonso, J. Altwaijri, Y., Borges, G., Bunting, B., Caldas-de-Almeida, J.M., Haro, J.M., Hu, C.-Y., Kiejna, A., Lee, S., McGrath, J.J., Navarro-Mateu, F., Posada-Villa, J., Scott, K.M., Stagnaro, J.C., Viana, M.C., Kessler, R.C., WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators. (2021). Perceived helpfulness of bipolar disorder treatment: Findings from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. Bipolar disorders, 23(6), 565–583. https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.13066
A rapid review of home-based activities that can promote mental wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Puyat, J. H., Ahmad, H., Avina-Galindo, A. M., Kazanjian, A., Gupta, A., Ellis, U., Ashe, M. C., Vila-Rodriguez, F., Halli, P., Salmon, A., .Vigo, D, Almeida, A., & De Bono, C. E. (2020). A rapid review of home-based activities that can promote mental wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic. PloS One, 15(12), e0243125-e0243125. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243125
Toward measuring effective treatment coverage: critical bottlenecks in quality- and user-adjusted coverage for major depressive disorder.
Vigo, D., Haro, J. M., Hwang, I., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Borges, G., Bruffaerts, R., Caldas-de-Almeida, J. M., de Girolamo, G., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Karam, E., Karam, G., Kovess-Masfety, V., Lee, S., Navarro-Mateu, F., Ojagbemi, A., Posada-Villa, J., Sampson, N. A., . . . Kessler, R. C. (2022). Toward measuring effective treatment coverage: Critical bottlenecks in quality- and user-adjusted coverage for major depressive disorder. Psychological Medicine, 52(10), 1948-1958. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720003797
Perceived helpfulness of treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys.
Stein, D. J., Harris, M. G., Vigo, D. V., Tat Chiu, W., Sampson, N., Alonso, J., Altwaijri, Y., Bunting, B., Caldas‐de‐Almeida, J. M., Cía, A., Ciutan, M., Degenhardt, L., Gureje, O., Karam, A., Karam, E. G., Lee, S., Medina‐Mora, M. E., Mneimneh, Z., Navarro‐Mateu, F., . . . the WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators. (2020). Perceived helpfulness of treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: Findings from the world mental health surveys. Depression and Anxiety, 37(10), 972-994. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.23076
Our Digital Moment: Innovations and Opportunities in Digital Mental Health Care. Can J Psychiatry.
Gratzer, D., Torous, J., Lam, R. W., Patten, S. B., Kutcher, S., Chan, S., Vigo, D., Pajer, K., & Yatham, L. N. (2021). Our digital moment: Innovations and opportunities in digital mental health care. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 66(1), 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743720937833
The Differential Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries vs High-Income Countries.
Vigo, D., Thornicroft, G., & Gureje, O. (2020). The differential outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 in low- and middle-income countries vs high-income countries. JAMA Psychiatry, 77(12), 1207-1208. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.2174
Findings From World Mental Health Surveys of the Perceived Helpfulness of Treatment for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder.
Harris, M. G., Kazdin, A. E., Chiu, W. T., Sampson, N. A., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Altwaijri, Y., Andrade, L. H., Cardoso, G., Cía, A., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Hu, C., Karam, E. G., Karam, G., Mneimneh, Z., Navarro-Mateu, F., Oladeji, B. D., . . . for the WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators. (2020). Findings from world mental health surveys of the perceived helpfulness of treatment for patients with major depressive disorder. JAMA Psychiatry, 77(8), 830-841. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.1107
Emergency Response to COVID-19 in Canada: Platform Development and Implementation for eHealth in Crisis Management.
Mental Health of Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Vigo, D., Patten, S., Pajer, K., Krausz, M., Taylor, S., Rush, B., Raviola, G., Saxena, S., Thornicroft, G., & Yatham, L. N. (2020). Mental health of communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 65(10), 681-687. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743720926676
Cannabidiol as a treatment for mood disorders: A systematic review.
Pinto, J. V., Gayatri, S., Christian, F., Vigo, D., Kamyar, K., Trisha, C., Lam, R. W., Márcia, K., & Yatham, L. N. (2020). Cannabidiol as a treatment for mood disorders: A systematic review. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 65(4), 213-227. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743719895195
Patterns of care and dropout rates from outpatient mental healthcare in low-, middle- and high-income countries from the World Health Organization’s World Mental Health Survey Initiative.
Fernández, D., Vigo, D., Sampson, N. A., Hwang, I., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A. O., Alonso, J., Andrade, L. H., Bromet, E. J., de Girolamo, G., de Jonge, P., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Hinkov, H., Hu, C., Karam, E. G., Karam, G., Kawakami, N., Kiejna, A., . . . Haro, J. M. (2021). Patterns of care and dropout rates from outpatient mental healthcare in low-, middle- and high-income countries from the world health organization’s world mental health survey initiative. Psychological Medicine, 51(12), 2104-2116. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720000884
Vigo, D., Jones, L., Thornicroft, G., & Atun, R. (2020). Burden of mental, neurological, substance use disorders and self-harm in north america: A comparative epidemiology of canada, mexico, and the united states. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 65(2), 87-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743719890169
Cariprazine in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Pinto, J. V., Saraf, G., Vigo, D., Keramatian, K., Chakrabarty, T., & Yatham, L. N. (2020). Cariprazine in the treatment of bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Bipolar Disorders, 22(4), 360-371. https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12850
Mobile Apps for Medication Management: Review and Analysis.
Tabi, K., Randhawa, A. S., Choi, F., Mithani, Z., Albers, F., Schnieder, M., Nikoo, M., Vigo, D., Jang, K., Demlova, R., & Krausz, M. (2019). Mobile apps for medication management: Review and analysis. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 7(9), 13608-e13608. https://doi.org/10.2196/13608
A Partnership for Transforming Mental Health Globally.
Vigo, D. V., Patel, V., Becker, A., Bloom, D., Yip, W., Raviola, G., Saxena, S., & Kleinman, A. (2019). A partnership for transforming mental health globally. The Lancet. Psychiatry, 6(4), 350-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30434-6
Disease Burden and Government Spending on Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders, and Self-Harm: Cross-sectional, Ecological Study of Health System Response in the Americas.
Vigo, D. V., Kestel, D., Pendakur, K., Thornicroft, G., & Atun, R. (2019). Disease burden and government spending on mental, neurological, and substance use disorders, and self-harm: Cross-sectional, ecological study of health system response in the americas. The Lancet. Public Health, 4(2), e89-e96. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30203-2
The burden of mental disorders, neurological, substance use and suicide: Report on mental health priorities in Argentina.
Vigo D, Jones L, Maidana DE, Krausz M, Kestel D. Argentine Journal of Psychiatry – Vertex. 2018;XXIX(142):304‐312.
A Process Evaluation of a Web-Based Mental Health Portal (WalkAlong) Using Google Analytics.
Song, M. J., Ward, J., Choi, F., Nikoo, M., Frank, A., Shams, F., Tabi, K., Vigo, D., & Krausz, M. (2018). A process evaluation of a web-based mental health portal (WalkAlong) using google analytics. JMIR Mental Health, 5(3), e50-e50. https://doi.org/10.2196/mental.8594
Dopaminergic agents in the Treatment of Bipolar Depression: a Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis
Szmulewicz, A. G., Angriman, F., Samamé, C., Ferraris, A., Vigo, D., & Strejilevich, S. A. (2017). Dopaminergic agents in the treatment of bipolar depression: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 135(6), 527-538. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12712
Challenges to estimating the true global burden of mental disorders – Authors’ reply.
Atun, R., Vigo, D., & Thornicroft, G. (2016). Challenges to estimating the true global burden of mental disorders – authors’ reply. The Lancet. Psychiatry, 3(5), 403-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30045-1
Estimating the True Global Burden of Mental Illness.
Vigo, D., MD, Thornicroft, G., Prof, & Atun, R., Prof. (2016). Estimating the true global burden of mental illness. The Lancet. Psychiatry, 3(2), 171-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00505-2
Enduring Pain. I Nosology and Epidemiology.
Vigo, D. V., Selle, V., & Baldessarini, R. (2013). Enduring pain I. nosology and epidemiology. Vertex (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 24(111), 345.
Enduring Pain. II Treatment.
Baldessarini, R., Selle, V., & Vigo, D. V. (2013). Enduring pain II. treatment. Vertex (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 24(111), 351.
A recovery-oriented research approach for a Day Hospital Program.
Vigo, D. V. (2012). A recovery oriented research approach to a day hospital program. Vertex (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 23(102), 119.
How do Argentinean psychiatrists treat bipolar depression?
Mazaira, S., Leiderman, E. A., Nemirovsky, M., Vigo, D., & Wikinski, S. (2010). How do argentinean psychiatrists treat bipolar depression? Vertex (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 21(90), 85.
Anticonvulsants in the treatment of major depressive disorder: an overview.
Vigo, D. V., & Baldessarini, R. J. (2009). Anticonvulsants in the treatment of major depressive disorder: An overview. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 17(4), 231-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/10673220903129814
An update on the debate about the genetic or environmental nature of psychiatric disorders.
Vigo, D. V. (2008). An update on the debate about the genetic or environmental nature of psychiatric disorders. Vertex (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 19(80), 201.