Treatment outcomes in depression: Comparison of remote treatment through telepsychiatry to in-person treatment

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1471-1476

  Ruskin, Paul E ^a   Silver Aylaian, Michele ^b   Kling, Mitchel A ^b   Reed, Susan A ^b   Bradham, Douglas D ^b   Hebel, J Richard ^b   Barrett, David ^b   Knowles III, Frederick ^b   Hauser, Peter ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 3342991837     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.8.1471     Document Type: Article

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