Adult Mood Disorders' Research

To train and empower a Community Health workforce to achieve equity and reduce disparities in mental health.

To improve depression treatment outcomes in primary care in India through precision treatment.

A novel digital platform for measurement-based peer supervision of non-specialist providers conducting brief psychological interventions (2024 - Present).

To test a peer-supervision mobile application and evaluate its impact on the quality of depression care delivered by non-specialist community health workers.

To partner with community-based organizations in the Lower Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas (LRGV), and build their capacity to respond to mental health needs (2026-2029).

Training congregation members in churches in San Antonio, Texas, to deliver a behavioral activation (BA) intervention for depression (2024-2028).

To scale up the delivery of care for depression through community collaborations across Texas.

To scale up the delivery of the care for depression, through India's community health workforce across multiple districts of Madhya Pradesh.

Integrating evidence-based depression treatments into primary care.

Implementation of facility and community interventions to reduce the treatment gap for depression (2019 - 2025)

To determine the link between the COVID-19 pandemic and an uptick in mental health crises and suicidal behaviors

Developing a scalable digital program for stress reduction and mental health promotion for community health workers in rural India (2021-2022)