Differential impact of COVID-19 on the use of tele–mental health among veterans living in urban or rural areas

J Hogan, AB Amspoker, A Walder, J Hamer… - Psychiatric …, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The authors examined the use of Veterans Affairs Video Connect (VVC) for
mental health care by rural and urban veterans and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic …

Black veteran use of video telehealth for mental health care.

G Day, AH Ecker, AB Amspoker, DB Dawson… - Psychological …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Black veterans experience disparities in mental health (MH) care access and are
disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Video telehealth to home (VTH) may reduce …

Rural-Urban disparities in video telehealth use during rapid mental health care virtualization among American Indian/Alaska Native veterans

IS Kusters, AB Amspoker, K Frosio, SC Day… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance American Indian/Alaska Native veterans experience a high risk for health
inequities, including mental health (MH) care access. Rapid virtualization of MH care in …

Rates of primary care and integrated mental health telemedicine visits between rural and urban veterans affairs beneficiaries before and after the onset of the COVID …

LB Leung, C Yoo, K Chu, A O'Shea… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Telemedicine can increase access to care, but uptake has been low among
people living in rural areas. The Veterans Health Administration initially encouraged …

Getting connected: A retrospective cohort investigation of video-to-home telehealth for mental health care utilization among women veterans

JA Lindsay, A Caloudas, J Hogan, AH Ecker… - Journal of General …, 2022 - Springer
Background Increasingly, women are serving in the military and seeking care at the
Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Women veterans face unique challenges and …

The role of depression and anxiety symptom severity in remotely delivered mental health care.

AH Ecker, AB Amspoker, W Johnston… - Psychological …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
This study examined differences in mental health characteristics of Veterans who received
VA Video Connect (VVC) or audio-only care during initial phases of the COVID-19 …

Patient and provider predictors of telemental health use prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic within the Department of Veterans Affairs.

SL Connolly, KL Stolzmann, L Heyworth… - American …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
The current study examined patient and provider differences in use of phone, video, and in-
person mental health (MH) services. Participants included patients who completed≥ 1 MH …

Access to care for veterans with serious mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic

PV Raja, S Gabrielian, N Doran - Psychiatric Services, 2021 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The authors examined access to care among persons with serious mental illness
during the pandemic and disparities in use of virtual care among this population versus …

Telehealth use and COVID-19: Assessing older veterans' perspectives.

AL Weldon, L Hagemann - Psychological Services, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Video telehealth (VT) technology has increased mental health treatment access for veterans.
Although veterans report high levels of satisfaction with VT, age disparities remain. Older …

Telehealth Availability for Mental Health Care During and After the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

RK McBain, MS Schuler, J Breslau, A Kofner… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Telehealth services expanded rapidly during the COVID-19 public health
emergency (PHE). Objective To evaluate changes in availability of telehealth services at …