JAMA psychiatry
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Telemedicine-based collaborative care for posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized clinical trial.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent, persistent, and disabling. Although psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy have proven efficacious in randomized clinical trials, geographic barriers impede rural veterans from engaging in these evidence-based treatments. ⋯ Telemedicine-based collaborative care can successfully engage rural veterans in evidence-based psychotherapy to improve PTSD outcomes.