JAMA Network Open: Building the Evidence on Mental Telehealth Care and Health Outcomes

JAMA Network Open: Building the Evidence on Mental Telehealth Care and Health Outcomes

An ongoing challenge in observational studies comparing mental health outcomes for in-person vs telehealth care involves ensuring that the patients who use different modalities are similar with respect to both observed and unobserved characteristics. In this commentary piece, Jean Yoon, PhD, MHS, Health Economist of the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, emphasizes the need to better understand the mechanisms behind the association of mental telehealth care and health outcomes. She also notes that mental telehealth care is now deeply embedded in the delivery of mental health care.