Telephone-administered cognitive behavioral therapy for veterans served by community-based outpatient clinics.

Objective: Multiple trials have found telephone-administered cognitive behavioral therapy (T-CBT) to be effective for the treatment of depression. The aim of this study was to evaluate T-CBT for the treatment of depression among veterans served by community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) outside of major urban areas.

Method: Eighty-five veterans meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.