Publications by authors named "Raquel D Gonzalez"
An innovative approach to aligning healthcare with what matters most to patients: A hybrid type 1 trial protocol of patient priorities care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions.
Contemp Clin Trials
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- Helping older adults with many health issues can be tough because they often take lots of medications and have complicated treatment plans.
- A study called Patient Priorities Care (PPC) aims to help by focusing on what matters most to the patients, making their healthcare experience better.
- The study is testing this new approach with older Veterans to see if it reduces their treatment stress and improves their care based on their health priorities.
Introduction: Evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) are effective for mental health conditions, but access to these services remains limited and rural Veterans are particularly underserved. Specialized implementation and dissemination programs are needed to improve access to known EBPs.
Methods: The current project sought to improve access to a known EBP-brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for depression (Brief CBT).
Acceptance and Commitment Training for Veterans with Polytrauma: A randomized controlled trial protocol.
Contemp Clin Trials
December 2021
Background: Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a signature wound of Veterans of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (i.e., OIF/OEF/OND).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe partnered with veteran-serving nonprofits in order to identify distressed rural veterans and provide them with a mental health workshop in community-based settings. Community organizations helped recruit veterans and provided space for 1-day (5-h) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) group workshops conducted in rural locations. Qualitative interviews were conducted at 1- and 3-months post-intervention to assess acceptability.
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