Samantha L Connolly

Biographic Data

ID5381878
NAMESamantha L Connolly
GIVEN NAMESSamantha L
FAMILY NAMEConnolly
SIGNATURECONNOLLY S L
AFFILIATIONSVA Boston Healthcare System
ORCID0000-0002-1007-5626
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Phone‐only mental health care within the Department of Veterans Affairs

    Open AccessSamantha L Connolly, Amber B Amspoker et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2025

    OBJECTIVE: This study explores factors associated with an increased likelihood of receiving mental health (MH) care exclusively via audio-only phone visits within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). METHODS: Included patients had ≥1 VA MH outpatient encounter between October 1, 2021-September 30, 2022 and October 1, 2022-September 30, 2023. Patients were divided into a "phone only" group and an "all other" group, which encompassed all patien…

  • Provider Perceptions of Virtual Care During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

    Samantha L Connolly, Allen L Gifford et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2021References: 29

    BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a dramatic increase in virtual care (VC) across outpatient specialties, but little is known regarding provider acceptance of VC. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess provider perceptions of the quality, efficiency, and challenges of VC versus in-person care with masks. DESIGN: This was a voluntary survey. PARTICIPANTS: Mental health (MH), primary care, medical…

  • Patient and provider predictors of telemental health use prior to and during the Covid-19 pandemic within the Department of Veterans Affairs

    Open AccessSamantha L Connolly, Kelly Stolzmann et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2021Cited by: 2

    The current study examined patient and provider differences in use of phone, video, and in-person mental health (MH) services. Participants included patients who completed ≥ 1 MH appointment within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from 10/1/17-7/10/20 and providers who completed ≥ 100 VA MH appointments from 10/1/17-7/10/20. Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) are reported of patients and providers: (a) completing ≥1 video MH appointment in the pr…

  • An Economic Analysis of the Implementation of Team-based Collaborative Care in Outpatient General Mental Health Clinics

    Christopher J Miller, Kevin N Griffith et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2020References: 34

    BACKGROUND: Collaborative Chronic Care Models represent an evidence-based way to structure care for chronic conditions, including mental health conditions. Few studies, however, have examined the cost implications of collaborative care for mental health. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to conduct an economic analysis of implementing collaborative care in 9 outpatient general mental health clinics. RESEARCH DESIGN: Analyses were derived from a stepped wedge h…

  • A Longitudinal Investigation of Cognitive Self-schemas across Adolescent Development

    Open AccessBrae Anne McArthur, Taylor A Burke et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2019References: 33

  • The Collaborative Chronic Care Model for Mental Health Conditions

    Mark S Bauer, Kendra Weaver et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2019References: 30

    BACKGROUND: Extensive evidence indicates that Collaborative Chronic Care Models (CCMs) improve outcome in chronic medical conditions and depression treated in primary care. Beginning with an evidence synthesis which indicated that CCMs are also effective for multiple mental health conditions, we describe a multistage process that translated this knowledge into evidence-based health system change in the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). EVID…

  • Rumination and Overgeneral Autobiographical Memory in Adolescents

    Open AccessElissa Hamlat, Elissa J Hamlat et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2015Cited by: 1References: 53