| Telepsychiatry Treatment for Depression
Who is the intervention targeting?
Hispanic patients with depression
What intervention is being evaluated?
A psychiatrist provides treatment for depression through internet videoconferencing (webcam) to patients at their primary care medical home.
Where is this intervention taking place?
St. Elizabeth’s Health Center in Tucson, Arizona which serves uninsured and underinsured patients
Partnering Organizations
University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona
Why might this approach work?
The delivery of adequate specialty care to the Hispanic/Latino community is often a challenge. Specific socioeconomic, linguistic, and cultural factors create a special need for understanding and sensitivity when providing mental health care to this population. This proposal provides culturally appropriate depression care to patients in a familiar health care setting.
How will this intervention be evaluated?
The study has a randomized controlled experimental design. The webcam condition will be compared to the treatment as usual control condition to determine if webcam patients improve more in mental and physical functional ability, report greater satisfaction, and show higher percentage of completed visits and medical compliance. The project will also assess how acculturation levels, severity of illness, age, and gender may impact acceptability and clinical response. Finally, the project will assess the cost-effectiveness of implementing this intervention.
Principal Investigators:
Francisco A. Moreno, MD
Jenny Chong, PhD
For More Information
Please Contact:
Francisco A. Moreno, MD
fmoreno@email.arizona.edu |
