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Telehealth in Response to the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Rural Veteran and Military Beneficiaries

2020; Wiley; Volume: 37; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/jrh.12454

1748-0361

Robert D. Shura, Timothy W. Brearly, Larry A. Tupler,

COVID-19 and Mental Health

The Journal of Rural HealthVolume 37, Issue 1 p. 200-204 COMMENTARY Telehealth in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Veteran and Military Beneficiaries Robert D. Shura PsyD, ABPP-CN, Robert D. Shura PsyD, ABPP-CN Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Durham, North Carolina Salisbury VA Medical Center, Salisbury, North Carolina Department of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North CarolinaSearch for more papers by this authorTimothy W. Brearly PsyD, Timothy W. Brearly PsyD Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MarylandSearch for more papers by this authorLarry A. Tupler PhD, Corresponding Author Larry A. Tupler PhD [email protected] [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-7372-8711 Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Durham, North Carolina Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina For further information, contact: Larry A. Tupler, PhD, Durham VA Medical Center, VISN 6 MIRECC, 3022 Croasdaile Drive, Durham, NC 27705; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected].Search for more papers by this author Robert D. Shura PsyD, ABPP-CN, Robert D. Shura PsyD, ABPP-CN Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Durham, North Carolina Salisbury VA Medical Center, Salisbury, North Carolina Department of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North CarolinaSearch for more papers by this authorTimothy W. Brearly PsyD, Timothy W. Brearly PsyD Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MarylandSearch for more papers by this authorLarry A. Tupler PhD, Corresponding Author Larry A. Tupler PhD [email protected] [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-7372-8711 Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Durham, North Carolina Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina For further information, contact: Larry A. Tupler, PhD, Durham VA Medical Center, VISN 6 MIRECC, 3022 Croasdaile Drive, Durham, NC 27705; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected].Search for more papers by this author First published: 13 May 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12454Citations: 10 Disclosures: The authors declare no conflicts of interest, financial, or otherwise. Funding: This project was supported by the VA Mid-Atlantic (VISN 6) Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Durham and Salisbury VA Medical Centers, and Defense Health Agency (DHA). The views, opinions, and/or findings expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, or the US Government. Acknowledgments: We thank Col. Wendi M. Waits, MD, of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for her careful review of the manuscript. 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