Anthony H Ecker
Biographic Data
| ID | 7733203 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony H Ecker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony H |
| FAMILY NAME | Ecker |
| SIGNATURE | ECKER A H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7878-2589 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Phone‐only mental health care within the Department of Veterans Affairs: Associations with rurality, age, sex, and clinical severity
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…
Telemental Healthcare and HIV Care: A National Study of US Veterans with HIV during Covid-19
Rural Veterans with HIV and Alcohol Use Disorder receive less video telehealth than urban Veterans
PURPOSE: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is highly prevalent among Veterans with HIV. Rural Veterans with HIV are at especially high risk for not receiving appropriate treatment. This retrospective cohort cross-sectional study aimed to investigate patterns of mental health treatment utilization across delivery modality among Veterans diagnosed with HIV and AUD. It was hypothesized that rural Veterans with HIV and AUD would receive a lower rate of ment…
Patient and Provider Perspectives on Treating Substance Use Disorder and Co-Occurring Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
Co-occurring substance use disorder (SUD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or anxiety disorders are related to compounded impairment relative to anxiety or PTSD and SUD occurring alone. Despite these problems, treatment for this comorbidity can vary widely; and care is often fragmented across separate clinics and providers. The objective of the study was to understand the perspectives of veterans who navigate the treatment system and prov…
The Importance of Video Visits in the Time of Covid‐19
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed nearly every aspect of life recently, including mental health (MH) care. As a society, we have embraced connecting with friends and family over video to maintain our social connections. Video-to-Home (VTH) telehealth, conducting therapy over video platforms, has been demonstrated as clinically equivalent to in-person care.1 Before the pandemic, VTH was not uniformly offered. But it was gaining ground as a tool to…
Factors Affecting Adoption of Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (Calm) in Veterans’ Affairs Community‐Based Outpatient Clinics
PURPOSE: Many US military veterans experience anxiety, depression, and trauma-related disorders. A major goal of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has been to increase access to evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) such as cognitive-behavioral therapy to address veterans' substantial health burden. However, despite widespread implementation of EBPs throughout the VHA, smaller clinics that often serve rural veterans face barriers to delive…
An Evidence‐Based Model for Disseminating‐Implementing Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management in Department of Veterans Affairs’ Community‐Based Outpatient Clinics
PURPOSE: To explore the feasibility and utility of using a workshop, and supervision-consultation plus external facilitation to disseminate and implement cognitive-behavioral therapy in Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs). METHODS: This study occurred in the context of a randomized controlled trial aimed at comparing 2 methods for implementing Coordinated Anxiety Learning Management (CALM) in VA CBOCs. A 3-phase (work…
Perceived injunctive norms and cannabis-related problems: The interactive influence of parental injunctive norms and race
Cannabis use among college students is associated with negative consequences, including those that can negatively affect academic functioning. Perceived descriptive and injunctive norms are among the strongest predictors of college cannabis use and related problems, and perceived norms differentially relate to cannabis outcomes depending on the reference group (e.g., close friends, family members). However, no known studies have examined the effe…
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Perceived injunctive norms and cannabis-related problems: The interactive influence of parental injunctive norms and race
Cannabis use among college students is associated with negative consequences, including those that can negatively affect academic functioning. Perceived descriptive and injunctive norms are among the strongest predictors of college cannabis use and related problems, and perceived norms differentially relate to cannabis outcomes depending on the reference group (e.g., close friends, family members). However, no known studies have examined the effe…
An Evidence‐Based Model for Disseminating‐Implementing Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management in Department of Veterans Affairs’ Community‐Based Outpatient Clinics
PURPOSE: To explore the feasibility and utility of using a workshop, and supervision-consultation plus external facilitation to disseminate and implement cognitive-behavioral therapy in Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs). METHODS: This study occurred in the context of a randomized controlled trial aimed at comparing 2 methods for implementing Coordinated Anxiety Learning Management (CALM) in VA CBOCs. A 3-phase (work…
The Importance of Video Visits in the Time of Covid‐19
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed nearly every aspect of life recently, including mental health (MH) care. As a society, we have embraced connecting with friends and family over video to maintain our social connections. Video-to-Home (VTH) telehealth, conducting therapy over video platforms, has been demonstrated as clinically equivalent to in-person care.1 Before the pandemic, VTH was not uniformly offered. But it was gaining ground as a tool to…
Factors Affecting Adoption of Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (Calm) in Veterans’ Affairs Community‐Based Outpatient Clinics
PURPOSE: Many US military veterans experience anxiety, depression, and trauma-related disorders. A major goal of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has been to increase access to evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) such as cognitive-behavioral therapy to address veterans' substantial health burden. However, despite widespread implementation of EBPs throughout the VHA, smaller clinics that often serve rural veterans face barriers to delive…
Patient and Provider Perspectives on Treating Substance Use Disorder and Co-Occurring Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
Co-occurring substance use disorder (SUD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or anxiety disorders are related to compounded impairment relative to anxiety or PTSD and SUD occurring alone. Despite these problems, treatment for this comorbidity can vary widely; and care is often fragmented across separate clinics and providers. The objective of the study was to understand the perspectives of veterans who navigate the treatment system and prov…
Rural Veterans with HIV and Alcohol Use Disorder receive less video telehealth than urban Veterans
PURPOSE: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is highly prevalent among Veterans with HIV. Rural Veterans with HIV are at especially high risk for not receiving appropriate treatment. This retrospective cohort cross-sectional study aimed to investigate patterns of mental health treatment utilization across delivery modality among Veterans diagnosed with HIV and AUD. It was hypothesized that rural Veterans with HIV and AUD would receive a lower rate of ment…
Phone‐only mental health care within the Department of Veterans Affairs: Associations with rurality, age, sex, and clinical severity
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…
Telemental Healthcare and HIV Care: A National Study of US Veterans with HIV during Covid-19
Medicine (7 works) · Mental health (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Veterans Affairs (5 works) · Digital Mental Health Interventions (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Anxiety (3 works) · Nursing (3 works)