TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Female
KW - Health Status
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Mental Disorders/diagnosis/therapy
KW - Mental Health Services/utilization
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Patient Satisfaction
KW - Primary Health Care/methods
KW - Remote Consultation/methods
KW - Rural Population
KW - Telemedicine
AU - J. D. Neufeld
AU - P. M. Yellowlees
AU - D. M. Hilty
AU - H. Cobb
AU - J. A. Bourgeois
A1 - 
AB - This article describes the University of California, Davis Medical Center eMental Health Consultation Service, a program designed to integrate tele-mental health clinical services, provider-to-provider consultation, and provider distance education. During the first year of operation, consultations were provided for 289 cases. The most common diagnoses among children were for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder-spectrum problems. Among the adult patients, mood disorders were most common. A convenience sample of 33 adult patients who completed the SF-12 health status measure showed significant improvements in mental health status at 3-6 months of follow-up. This model of comprehensive rural outpatient primary mental health care delivered at a distance shows promise for wider application and deserves further study.
BT - Psychosomatics
C5 - HIT & Telehealth; Medically Unexplained Symptoms
CP - 2
CY - United States
DO - 10.1176/appi.psy.48.2.135
IS - 2
JF - Psychosomatics
N2 - This article describes the University of California, Davis Medical Center eMental Health Consultation Service, a program designed to integrate tele-mental health clinical services, provider-to-provider consultation, and provider distance education. During the first year of operation, consultations were provided for 289 cases. The most common diagnoses among children were for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder-spectrum problems. Among the adult patients, mood disorders were most common. A convenience sample of 33 adult patients who completed the SF-12 health status measure showed significant improvements in mental health status at 3-6 months of follow-up. This model of comprehensive rural outpatient primary mental health care delivered at a distance shows promise for wider application and deserves further study.
PP - United States
PY - 2007
SN - 0033-3182; 0033-3182
SP - 135
EP - 141
EP - 
T1 - The e-Mental Health Consultation Service: providing enhanced primary-care mental health services through telemedicine
T2 - Psychosomatics
TI - The e-Mental Health Consultation Service: providing enhanced primary-care mental health services through telemedicine
U1 - HIT & Telehealth; Medically Unexplained Symptoms
U2 - 17329607
U3 - 10.1176/appi.psy.48.2.135
VL - 48
VO - 0033-3182; 0033-3182
Y1 - 2007
ER -