Using PTSD Coach in primary care with and without clinician support: A pilot randomized controlled trial

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 94-98

  Possemato, Kyle ^a   Kuhn, Eric ^b   Johnson, Emily ^a   Hoffman, Julia E ^b   Owen, Jason E ^b   Kanuri, Nitya ^b   De Stefano, Leigha ^a   Brooks, Emily ^a  

^a SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobile applications; Primary care; PTSD; Smartphone; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERAN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 84951810522     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.09.005     Document Type: Article

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