ArticleCommunity mental health journal2024
Patterns & Predictors of Telehealth Utilization Among Individuals Who Use Substances: Implications for the Future of Virtual Behavioral Health Services.
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- Examining the state of telehealth for mental health and substance use care after the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: An integrative review.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Review
- Innovations at the intersection of homelessness and substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Telehealth Disparities in Outpatient Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment among Medicaid Beneficiaries during COVID-19.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- Impacts of Telehealth Adoption on the Quality of Care for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness: Retrospective Observational Analysis of Veterans Affairs Administrative Data.JMIR mental health · 2024Observational
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Abstract
Telehealth dramatically expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there remains a dearth of literature examining how this service modality is utilized by individuals who use substances. This study examined patterns of telehealth use and individual level sources of variation among clients receiving counseling in an outpatient substance use clinic in early 2021 (n = 370). Univariate statistics described the percentage of counseling visits delivered via telehealth. OLS regression explored individual level demographic and clinical characteristics that predicted greater telehealth utilization. Overall, more than two thirds (86%) of counseling visits were conducted via telehealth. Individuals with unstable housing or with a co-occurring serious mental illness used less telehealth. Findings suggest that while telehealth appears to be an acceptable way to deliver substance use counseling, patterns varied among vulnerable subgroups. As telehealth becomes further integrated into behavioral health services delivery, it is critical to uncover sources of this variation and identify potential solutions.
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