Weight Reduction Goal Achievement Among Veterans With Mental Health Diagnoses.

Despite the use of weight management programs among veterans, the impact of mental health diagnoses on weight reduction goal achievement is unknown. We aimed to describe the prevalence and association of mental health diagnoses with a 5% weight reduction goal achievement. Logistic regression was used to describe the association between mental health diagnoses and weight reduction goal achievement at 6, 12, and 24 months among 402 veterans enrolled in a weight management program.

Technology and rural mental health.

In addition to the specific and pervasive rural issues of isolation and suitability of services, the rural mental health system faces many of the same problems as the health system in general: access and increasing costs. The introduction of technology adds the unknown dimensions of acceptability and feasibility. Technology has the potential to decrease the gap in services and improve education, support, and connectedness between the client and the provider.