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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/72669, first published .
Development of a Recommendation Engine to University Student Mental Health Support Aligned With Stepped Care: Longitudinal Cohort Study

Development of a Recommendation Engine to University Student Mental Health Support Aligned With Stepped Care: Longitudinal Cohort Study

Development of a Recommendation Engine to University Student Mental Health Support Aligned With Stepped Care: Longitudinal Cohort Study

Pedro Velmovitsky   1, 2 , MSc, PhD ;   Charles Keown-Stoneman   3, 4 , MSc, PhD ;   Kaylen J Pfisterer   1, 5 , MSc, PhD ;   Julia Hews-Girard   6, 7, 8 , MN, PhD ;   Joseph Saliba   1, 2 , BHSc ;   Shumit Saha   1, 2, 9 , MSc, PhD ;   Scott Patten   6 , MD, PhD ;   Nathan King   10, 11 , MSc, PhD ;   Anne Duffy   10, 11, 12 , MSc, MD ;   Quynh Pham   1, 2, 13, 14 , MSc, PhD

1 Centre for Digital Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

2 Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

3 Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

4 Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada

5 Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

6 The Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

7 Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

8 Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Canada

9 Department of Biomedical Data Science, School of Applied Computational Sciences, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, United States

10 Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

11 Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

12 Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

13 Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

14 School of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

Corresponding Author:

  • Pedro Velmovitsky, MSc, PhD
  • Centre for Digital Therapeutics
  • Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
  • University Health Network
  • Toronto General Hospital/R Fraser Elliot Building, 4th Floor
  • 190 Elizabeth St
  • Toronto, ON M5G 2C4
  • Canada
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  • Email: pedro.velmovitsky@uhn.ca