Publications by authors named "Jen Van Tiem"
Background: There are a range of effective pharmacological and behavioral treatments for depression. However, approximately one-third of patients discontinue antidepressants within the first month of treatment and 44% discontinue them by the third month of treatment. The major reasons reported for discontinuation were side effect burden, patients experiencing that the medications were not working, and patients wanting to resolve their depression without using medication.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Measurement Based Care in Mental Health Initiative launched by the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2016 is an example of an evidence-based practice that uses patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to improve patient outcomes. The acceptance of measurement-based care (MBC) among Veterans Affairs providers is relatively high. However, there are barriers to MBC for telehealth providers.
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- The study looked at how using texting and secure messaging can help people starting new antidepressants by keeping them connected with their doctors and reminding them to take their medication.
- Researchers talked to 21 people to understand how this texting helped them think about their feelings and behaviors.
- The results showed that the texting made people more aware of their actions and encouraged them to talk to family and friends about their feelings, but they had trouble getting doctors to join in on the study.