Bridging the Rural Mental Health Gap: Telehealth Delivery of Specialized CBT and MBCT for Veterans With Parkinson's Disease
Overview
This paper describes the implementation of the VA New Jersey Parkinson's Disease Telepsychotherapy Hub, which provides virtual CBT and MBCT to rural Veterans with Parkinson's disease. It presents demographic data and mental health outcomes for 522 enrolled veterans over a five-year period, noting that treatment engagers experienced significant reductions in depression and anxiety alongside high satisfaction rates.
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- J. Purcell (Johnson University), Rokas Perskaudas (Johnson University), Rachael Miller (VA New Jersey Health Care System), Lauren St. Hill (VA New Jersey Health Care System), Arlene King (VA New Jersey Health Care System), Vibha Reddy (VA New Jersey Health Care System), Kait Gilleran (VA New Jersey Health Care System), Laura Marsh (Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center), Aliya Sarwar (Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center), Joel Mack (VA Portland Health Care System), John E. Duda (Philadelphia VA Medical Center), Jessica Lehosit (Virginia Department of Education), Petty Tineo (VA New Jersey Health Care System), Marilyn Hinojosa-Lindsey (Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center), Kristi Ketchum (VA Portland Health Care System), Solomon Kalkstein (Philadelphia VA Medical Center), Meredith Shouse (Virginia Department of Education), KW Maloney (VA New Jersey Health Care System), Christopher Liong (VA New Jersey Health Care System), A Makin (VA New Jersey Health Care System), Glenn Gm (Philadelphia VA Medical Center), D McHale (Philadelphia VA Medical Center), Susan O'Connor (VA Portland Health Care System), Alejandro Interian (Johnson University), Roseanne D. Dobkin (Johnson University)
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- 2026-03-01
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- 10.1111/jrh.70175
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@article{allodium:06d1f6dfb9764750,
title = {Bridging the Rural Mental Health Gap: Telehealth Delivery of Specialized CBT and MBCT for Veterans With Parkinson's Disease},
author = {J. Purcell and Rokas Perskaudas and Rachael Miller and Lauren St. Hill and Arlene King and Vibha Reddy and Kait Gilleran and Laura Marsh and Aliya Sarwar and Joel Mack and John E. Duda and Jessica Lehosit and Petty Tineo and Marilyn Hinojosa-Lindsey and Kristi Ketchum and Solomon Kalkstein and Meredith Shouse and KW Maloney and Christopher Liong and A Makin and Glenn Gm and D McHale and Susan O'Connor and Alejandro Interian and Roseanne D. Dobkin},
year = {2026},
journal = {PubMed Central},
doi = {10.1111/jrh.70175},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.70175}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Bridging the Rural Mental Health Gap: Telehealth Delivery of Specialized CBT and MBCT for Veterans With Parkinson's Disease AU - Purcell, J. AU - Perskaudas, Rokas AU - Miller, Rachael AU - Hill, Lauren St. AU - King, Arlene AU - Reddy, Vibha AU - Gilleran, Kait AU - Marsh, Laura AU - Sarwar, Aliya AU - Mack, Joel AU - Duda, John E. AU - Lehosit, Jessica AU - Tineo, Petty AU - Hinojosa-Lindsey, Marilyn AU - Ketchum, Kristi AU - Kalkstein, Solomon AU - Shouse, Meredith AU - Maloney, KW AU - Liong, Christopher AU - Makin, A AU - Gm, Glenn AU - McHale, D AU - O'Connor, Susan AU - Interian, Alejandro AU - Dobkin, Roseanne D. PY - 2026 PB - PubMed Central DO - 10.1111/jrh.70175 UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.70175 ER -
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Purcell, J., Perskaudas, R., Miller, R., Hill, L. S., King, A., Reddy, V., Gilleran, K., Marsh, L., Sarwar, A., Mack, J., Duda, J. E., Lehosit, J., Tineo, P., Hinojosa-Lindsey, M., Ketchum, K., Kalkstein, S., Shouse, M., Maloney, K., Liong, C., Makin, A., Gm, G., McHale, D., O'Connor, S., Interian, A., & Dobkin, R. D. (2026). Bridging the Rural Mental Health Gap: Telehealth Delivery of Specialized CBT and MBCT for Veterans With Parkinson's Disease. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.70175
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