2021
Tele-Mental Health Utilization Among People with Mental Illness to Access Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Costa M, Reis G, Pavlo A, Bellamy C, Ponte K, Davidson L. Tele-Mental Health Utilization Among People with Mental Illness to Access Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Community Mental Health Journal 2021, 57: 720-726. PMID: 33566269, PMCID: PMC7873669, DOI: 10.1007/s10597-021-00789-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTele-mental healthMental health servicesPercent of participantsCOVID-19 pandemicSelf-care strategiesMental health consequencesHealth utilizationHealth servicesMental illnessHealth consequencesOpen question responsesCareCOVID-19HealthQuantitative variablesQuestion responsesWorking alliancePandemicCommunity supportParticipantsIllnessInnovative strategiesMain themesCorrelational analysisResponse
2020
COVID-19 Concerns Among Persons With Mental Illness
Costa M, Pavlo A, Reis G, Ponte K, Davidson L. COVID-19 Concerns Among Persons With Mental Illness. Psychiatric Services 2020, 71: 1188-1190. PMID: 32878542, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000245.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
“I Want to Come Home”: Vietnam-Era Veterans’ Presenting for Mental Health Care, Roughly 40 Years After Vietnam
Desai MU, Pavlo AJ, Davidson L, Harpaz-Rotem I, Rosenheck R. “I Want to Come Home”: Vietnam-Era Veterans’ Presenting for Mental Health Care, Roughly 40 Years After Vietnam. Psychiatric Quarterly 2015, 87: 229-239. PMID: 26156261, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-015-9382-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedFemaleHumansMaleMental Health ServicesMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CareTime FactorsVeteransVietnam ConflictConceptsPhenomenological qualitative methodMental health clinicsExperiences of rejectionEveryday waysGovernmental institutionsPervasive stigmatizationVietnam-era veteransHealth clinicsQualitative methodsLongstanding experienceStrong bridgesSocial rejectionVeterans Health AdministrationVA Medical CenterMental health careOwn preferencesProblematic patternsExperienceVietnamMeaningLong processDiagnosis of PTSDCare seekingMedical CenterVeterans Home