A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Close Monitoring Program for Minor Depression and Distress

Depressive Disorders Among Cohorts of Women Veterans with Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Hypertension

“…In one randomized clinical trial, a close monitoring program was shown to be effective in reducing the likelihood of mental health issues among those with minor depression or with distress only. 67 The generally high rates of depressive disorders in chronic physical illnesses documented by our study suggest the need for a continuum of care encompassing both physical and mental illness care domains.…”

Differences in Treatment Attitudes Between Depressed African-American and Caucasian Veterans in Primary Care

“…This study was a secondary analysis of a data set collected between October 2004 and February 2006 at the Behavioral Health Laboratory (BHL) of the Philadelphia Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center (6). The goal of the original study was to test whether a program of close monitoring of symptoms helped a primary care sample of veterans with subsyndromal depression.…”

Interventions to Improve Veterans’ Access to Care: A Systematic Review of the Literature

“…Further, we identified a number of welldesigned studies that examined access interventions, but they were not included in our review because they did not include data regarding either actual or perceived access outcomes. [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] Therefore, there are studies that report on the impact of access interventions on downstream outcomes that are not included in this review. As discussed above, we suggest that future research examining access interventions collect and compare a broad range of perceived and actual access outcomes across groups.…”