Virtual Mental Health Care and Suicide-Related Events
Findings from this cohort study using a retrospective quasi-experimental design found that an increase in virtual mental health visits relative to total visits was associated with a statistically significant decrease in SREs, suggesting that providing virtual mental health services may reduce suicide-related outcomes.
Authors
- Steven D. Pizer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4908-5976)
- Melissa M. Garrido (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8986-3536)
- Kiersten L. Strombotne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7457-7211)
- Kertu Tenso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8361-8292)
- Jessica Lum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2320-3403)
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- VA Boston Healthcare System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.43054
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54