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- Title
A Comparison of Mental Health Diagnoses Treated via Interactive Video and Face to Face in the Veterans Healthcare Administration.
- Authors
Grubbs, Kathleen M.; Fortney, John C.; Dean, Tisha; Williams, James S.; Godleski, Linda
- Abstract
Objective: This study compares the mental health diagnoses of encounters delivered face to face and via interactive video in the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA). Materials and Methods: We compiled 1 year of national-level VHA administrative data for Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12). Mental health encounters were those with both a VHA Mental Health Stop Code and a Mental Health Diagnosis (n =11,906,114). Interactive video encounters were identified as those with a Mental Health Stop Code, paired with a VHA Telehealth Secondary Stop Code. Primary diagnoses were grouped into posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, psychosis, drug use, alcohol use, and other. Results: In FY12, 1.5% of all mental health encounters were delivered via interactive video. Compared with face-to-face encounters, a larger percentage of interactive video encounters was for PTSD, depression, and anxiety, whereas a smaller percentage was for alcohol use, drug use, or psychosis. Conclusions: Providers and patients may feel more comfortable treating depression and anxiety disorders than substance use or psychosis via interactive video.
- Subjects
INTERACTIVE videos; POST-traumatic stress disorder; MENTAL depression; THERAPEUTICS; ANXIETY disorders treatment; TELEPSYCHIATRY; PSYCHIATRIC research; UNITED States. Veterans Health Administration
- Publication
Telemedicine & e-Health, 2015, Vol 21, Issue 7, p564
- ISSN
1530-5627
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/tmj.2014.0152