Treating Invisible Wounds: Improving The Cultural Competency Of Non-Va Providers Treating Rural Veterans Through Telepsychiatry

<p>Addressing the mental health needs of veterans is a national priority, especially with respect to rural veterans. There is a compendium of literature that exists in regard to medical providers becoming culturally competent in treating veteran populations. Similarly, much literature also exists on the use of telemedicine, or more specifically, telepsychiatry in healthcare. However, there is a dearth of literature that examines the relationship between providers practicing telepsychiatry and their competency to treat veteran populations, specifically veterans in rural settings. Rural veterans are especially vulnerable to mental health difficulties due to the unique disadvantages they experience in comparison to their urban counterparts. This project aimed to evaluate how an educational curriculum could increase the cultural competency of mental health clinicians towards veteran populations practicing via telepsychiatry in a non-VA organization. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Yale University School of Nursing

Year

2021

Author dc:creator

• Perrier, Tyquitta

Contributors dc:contributor

• Andree de Lisser

• Cultural competency, rural, Telemedicine, Veteran

Repository record dc:identifier

https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ysndt/1122

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:elischolar.library.yale.edu:ysndt-1121