Posttraumatic stress disorder treatment for operation enduring freedom/operation iraqi freedom combat veterans through a civilian community-based telemedicine network

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 446-450

  Ziemba, Steven J ^a   Bradley, Nicola S ^a   Landry, Lori Ann P ^a   Roth, Claire H ^a   Porter, Linda S ^a   Cuyler, Robert N ^b  

^a PHOEBE PUTNEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Clinical Psychology Consultants Ltd LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral health; military medicine; telemedicine; telepsychiatry

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; TELEMEDICINE;

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES; MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENTS; MILITARY MEDICINE; OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM; OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOMS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TELEPSYCHIATRY;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELEMEDICINE; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900027015     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0312     Document Type: Article

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