Effectiveness of a telehealth service delivery model for treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A community-based randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 263-274

  Myers, Kathleen ^a,c   Vander Stoep, Ann ^a,b,c   Zhou, Chuan ^a,b,c   McCarty, Carolyn A ^a,c   Katon, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Seattle Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

mental health treatment for children in rural communities; telehealth for ADHD; telehealth with children; telemental health with children; telepsychiatry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELECONSULTATION; TELEHEALTH; TELEPSYCHIATRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOCONFERENCING; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OREGON; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION; WASHINGTON;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OREGON; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOCONFERENCING; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84925255511     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.01.009     Document Type: Article

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