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Columbia Psychiatry Pathways 17+
The Depression Algorithm
avoMD, Inc
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Designed by expert psychiatrists from Columbia University and delivered via cutting-edge, interactive technology from avoMD, this evidence-based app provides a practical and easy-to-use treatment algorithm for major depression.
This app incorporates Columbia’s Accelerated Sequential Antidepressant Protocol (ASAP) © 2021 The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. Complete with calculators to assess depression severity (PHQ-9 and Columbia Depression Scale), bipolar screening, and suicide risk assessment, this app puts all the information you need to treat depression at your fingertips. Also included are clinical pearls such as how to titrate antidepressants and manage common side effects.
A revamp of the STAR*D Trial published in 2006, ASAP recommends rapid titrations and follow-up with a focus on the 7 best-tolerated generic antidepressants, providing a quicker and easier way to treat depression.
Columbia Psychiatry Pathways is intended for use in outpatient settings by psychiatrists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, medical students, residents, and trainees as they treat patients with depression.
FEATURES:
- Designed by experts from Columbia University's Department of Psychiatry and delivered via avoMD's next-gen decision support technology
- Regularly updated to reflect the latest research, with external links to the evidence
- Provides clinical pearls for depression treatment, including a walkthrough of titration recommendations, management of common side effects, and more
- Covers the 7 essential meds you need to know to effectively treat outpatient depression
- Includes recommendations on managing DSM-5 depression and screening for bipolar disorder and suicide risk
- Measure symptom severity using built-in calculators for Patient Health Questionnaire-9 item (PHQ-9) and the Columbia Depression Scale
- Intended for outpatient settings to aid psychiatrists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and trainees make real-time psychopharmacologic decisions
- Functions as a teaching and learning tool for program directors, residents, med
students, and other trainees
Ranked #3 in NIH funding and in the top 5 psychiatry hospitals in the country by US News, the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University has been a preeminent academic psychiatry department for over 100 years. Columbia Psychiatry faculty have led the development of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and served as leaders in the field including the current National Institutes of Mental Health Director. The inventors of this clinical algorithm are J. John Mann, MD, co-director of Columbia’s Center for the Prevention and Treatment of depression and a leading researcher in the field of mood disorders, and Ravi N. Shah, MD, MBA, a pioneer in digital mental health and the department’s Chief Innovation Officer.
avoMD transforms clinical guidelines, pathways, and algorithms into interactive, next-gen decision support apps, made available as standalone mobile and web apps and via EHR integrations. Leading academic medical centers, urgent cares, and trainee programs are using avoMD to digitize their clinical content and put them in the hands of their providers or distribute them externally. In randomized control trials and usability studies, the software has been shown to save providers time while improving clinical accuracy. Current investors and supporters include Columbia University’s Lang Entrepreneurship Center, Mount Sinai Innovation Partners’ Elementa Labs, StartUp Health, and 500 Startups. The team is led by physicians and informaticians from Columbia, Harvard, and Yale.
Subscriptions ($19.99 / year) automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off. Cancellations at least 24 hours prior to subscription renewal will not be charged. You can manage your subscription and auto-renewal from your Apple ID account settings after purchase.
What’s New
Version 3.28.7
- minor features and improvements
App Privacy
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Information
- Provider
- AvoMD, Inc.
- Size
- 35.3 MB
- Category
- Medical
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 17+ Frequent/Intense Medical/Treatment Information
- Copyright
- © 2021 AvoMD, Inc.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Individual Plan SAR 84.99