{{:projects:workgroups:traced-psychiatry_wg_logo.png?nolink&200|}} ====== Psychiatry Working Group ====== ====Group Objectives==== ---- * **Data harmonization in psychiatry and neurology**: address challenges associated with harmonizing data across various domains within psychiatry to ensure consistency and accuracy in data representation. * **Vocabulary understanding and refinement**: improve understanding of the OMOP Vocabularies and effectively modify vocabulary content, facilitating better data interoperability and analysis. * **OMOP model adoption and expansion**: facilitate the transition of existing psychiatric data into the OMOP model, guaranteeing structured and standardized data for optimal utility within the framework. * **Learning and collaboration**: foster a community of practice where members can share experiences, learn from each other, and collaborate on projects to advance the field. ====Key Areas of Focus==== ---- * **Expansion of clinical vocabulary:** enhancing the clinical vocabulary related to neurology and psychiatry, including scores, scales, questionnaires, and ontologies, to accurately classify instruments based on their diagnostic use. * **Landscape analysis:** performing a comprehensive analysis of data currently available in the OMOP format, aiming to identify gaps and opportunities for further research and application. * **Comparative studies:** conducting studies to compare different treatment modalities as part of broader efforts to characterize psychiatry-specific datasets. * **Community contribution:** encouraging and integrating insights and inputs from the broader psychiatric and medical community to enrich the OMOP model's vocabulary and datasets. ====Audience==== ---- * Psychiatrists and Clinical Psychologists * Medical Researchers * Health Data Scientists * Pharmacologists and Psychopharmacologists * Healthcare Policy Makers * Educators and Students in Psychiatry and Mental Health Fields * Digital Health Technology Developers However, we //warmly invite all individuals// passionate about enhancing the OMOP CDM and Standardized Vocabularies with a focus on neurology and psychiatry, aiming to address a broad spectrum of needs and use cases. ====Meetings==== ---- Our monthly Working Group meetings take place on the first Wednesday of each month. You can find the link to join us below. [[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ae06f095aae9f4b0caec1e517d174f0ba%40thread.tacv2/1640084688365?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22a30f0094-9120-4aab-ba4c-e5509023b2d5%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22b51e3da5-58a5-41ee-9dee-846a3da15967%22%7d|OHDSI Psychiatry WG Meeting Series]] 9AM UCT-4 (EDT) ====Project Leads and Group Members==== ---- * [[https://www.ohdsi.org/who-we-are/collaborators/dmitry-dymshyts|Dmitry Dymshyts]] * [[https://forums.ohdsi.org/u/shilparatwani/|Shilpa Ratwani]] * [[https://www.ohdsi.org/who-we-are/collaborators/andrew-williams/|Andrew Williams]] * [[https://www.ohdsi.org/who-we-are/collaborators/polina-talapova/|Polina Talapova]] * [[http://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:psych-wg:members|Workgroup Members]] ====Resourses==== ---- * [[https://github.com/OHDSI/PsychiatryWG|Psychiatry WG GitHub Repo]] * [[https://github.com/OHDSI/PsychiatryWG/issues|Psychiatry WG Ongoing Tasks]] * [[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3Ae06f095aae9f4b0caec1e517d174f0ba%40thread.tacv2/General?groupId=55abe23c-f1a5-489b-8231-8e61adb78351&tenantId=|Psychiatry WG Teams Channel]] * [[documentation:psychiatry:recording|Meeting Recordings]] * [[documentation:psychiatry:forum|Forum discussions]] * [[documentation:psychiatry:presentations|Presentations]]