Comparing actual and forecasted numbers of unique patients dispensed select medications for opioid use disorder, opioid overdose reversal, and mental health …

CM Jones, GP Guy Jr, A Board - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2021 - Elsevier
Background COVID-19 community mitigation measures (eg, stay-at-home orders) may
worsen mental health and substance use-related harms such as opioid use disorder and …

[PDF][PDF] Medicare's mental health coverage: How COVID-19 highlights gaps and opportunities for improvement

B McGinty - Commonwealth Fund, 2020 - commonwealthfund.org
ABSTRACT ISSUE: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased psychological distress among
US adults and will likely increase the need for mental health services among Medicare …

Changes in diagnostic and demographic characteristics of patients seeking mental health care during the early COVID-19 pandemic in a large, community-based …

KK Ridout, M Alavi, SJ Ridout, MT Koshy… - The Journal of …, 2021 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: The early COVID-19 pandemic resulted in great psychosocial disruption and
stress, raising speculation that psychiatric disorders may worsen. This study aimed to …

Hospitalization associated with comorbid psychiatric and substance use disorders among adults with COVID-19 treated in US emergency departments from April 2020 …

LZ Schieber, C Dunphy, RA Schieber… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance During the COVID-19 pandemic, US emergency department (ED) visits for
psychiatric disorders (PDs) and drug overdoses increased. Psychiatric disorders and …

Telemedicine is associated with rapid transfer and fewer involuntary holds among patients presenting with suicidal ideation in rural hospitals: a propensity matched …

JP Vakkalanka, KK Harland, A Wittrock… - J Epidemiol …, 2019 - jech.bmj.com
Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of telemedicine in clinical
management and patient outcomes of patients presenting to rural critical access hospital …

Telehealth acceptability and feasibility among people served in a community behavioral health system during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Tse, D LaStella, E Chow, E Kingman… - Psychiatric …, 2021 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The authors examined the acceptability and feasibility of telehealth services
shortly after their rapid introduction into a community behavioral health agency as part of the …

Association of receipt of opioid use disorder–related telehealth services and medications for opioid use disorder with fatal drug overdoses among Medicare …

CM Jones, C Shoff, C Blanco, JL Losby, SM Ling… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Federal emergency authorities were invoked during the COVID-19 pandemic to
expand clinical telehealth for opioid use disorder (OUD). Objective To examine the …

Disruptions in care for medicare beneficiaries with severe mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic

AB Busch, HA Huskamp, P Raja, S Rose… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Little is known about changes in care for individuals with severe mental illness
during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective To examine changes in mental health care during …

Acute mental health service use following onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: a trend analysis

NR Saunders, A Toulany, B Deb, R Strauss… - … Open Access Journal, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: The extent to which heightened distress during the COVID-19 pandemic
translated to increases in severe mental health outcomes is unknown. We examined trends …

Increased attendance during rapid implementation of telehealth for substance use disorders during COVID-19 at the largest public hospital system in the United States

L Avalone, C King, D Popeo, C Perkel… - Substance Use & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The objective of this study is to examine differences between; telehealth and in-
person visits during COVID-19 and in a pre-COVID-19 reference period; COVID-19 televisit …