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Delivery of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy via Video Telehealth

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There has been increasing interest in using video telehealth to deliver evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs). Telehealth may have numerous advantages over standard in-person care, including decreasing patients’ and providers’ costs and increasing system coverage area. However, little is known regarding the effectiveness of EBPs via video telehealth. This review had two goals, including a review of the existing literature and ongoing research on using video telehealth technologies to deliver EBPs as well as an informal survey of telehealth experts to discuss the special considerations and challenges present in adapting practices to video telehealth. Together, findings suggest that telehealth practices could represent an important component of the future of psychotherapy and clinical practice, especially in dissemination and implementation of EBPs in traditionally underserved areas and populations.

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This material is the result of work supported with resources and the use of facilities at the Ralph H. Johnson VAMC. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States government.

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  1. Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA

    Daniel F. Gros, Ron Acierno, Martha Strachan, Leonard E. Egede, Peter W. Tuerk & Hugh Myrick

  2. Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

    Daniel F. Gros, Ron Acierno, Martha Strachan, Leonard E. Egede, Peter W. Tuerk & Hugh Myrick

  3. National Center for PTSD - Pacific Islands Division, Department of Veterans Affairs Pacific Islands Healthcare System, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Leslie A. Morland

  4. Center for Health Care Evaluation, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA, USA

    Carolyn J. Greene

  5. University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, USA

    B. Christopher Frueh

  6. The Menninger Clinic, Houston, TX, USA

    B. Christopher Frueh

  7. Mental Health Service 116, Ralph H. Johnson VAMC, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, SC, 29401, USA

    Daniel F. Gros

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Gros, D.F., Morland, L.A., Greene, C.J. et al. Delivery of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy via Video Telehealth. J Psychopathol Behav Assess 35, 506–521 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-013-9363-4

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