Using telemedicine technologies, off-site mental health specialists collaborating with on-site primary care physicians yielded better depression outcomes than practice-based care with staff available on-site. In this study of mostly rural, unemployed, and ... 

Objective: Practice-based collaborative care is a complex evidence-based practice that is difficult to implement in smaller primary care practices that lack on-site mental health staff. Telemedicine-based collaborative care virtually co-locates and ...

Objective: Measurement-based care involves the systematic administration of symptom rating scales and use of the results to drive clinical decision making at the level of the individual patient. This literature review examined the theoretical and empirical ...

Objective: Antidepressants are effective for treating depression, and collaborative care increases initiation of and adherence to antidepressants. Side effects of antidepressants are common and can adversely affect quality of life. Care managers address ...

Objective: Collaborative care for depression in primary care settings is effective and cost-effective. However, there is minimal evidence to support the choice of on-site versus off-site models. This study examined the cost-effectiveness of on-site ...

Objective: Depression is highly prevalent yet underdiagnosed and undertreated among patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Collaborative care models have improved depression outcomes in primary care settings, and this study aimed to ...

Objective: Measurement-based care involves the systematic administration of symptom rating scales and use of the results to drive clinical decision making at the level of the individual patient. This literature review examined the theoretical and empirical ...

Objective: The study examined the cost-effectiveness of a telemedicine-based collaborative care model designed to increase rural veterans’ engagement in evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Methods: The Telemedicine Outreach ...

Objective: Development of smartphone apps for mental health care has outpaced research on their effectiveness. This pilot study tested Moving Forward, an app designed to support problem-solving therapy (PST).Methods: Thirty-three veterans seeking mental ...

OBJECTIVE: This study sought to identify health conditions for which a primary care psychiatrist would be an appropriate treatment provider in an integrated model of health care delivery for persons with serious mental illness. A primary care psychiatrist ... 

This systematic review analyzed data from studies examining memory and cognitive function in subjects with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), compared with subjects exposed to trauma (but without PTSD). Based on analysis of 21 articles published in ...