Journal article
Videoconferencing-Based Telemental Health: Important Questions for the COVID-19 Era From Clinical and Patient-Centered Perspectives
JMIR mental health, v 7(12), pp e24021-e24021
08 Dec 2020
PMID: 33180739
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the search for digital approaches in mental health treatment, particularly due to patients and clinicians practicing social distancing. This has resulted in the dramatic growth of videoconferencing-based telemental health (V-TMH) services. It is critical for behavioral health providers and those in the mental health field to understand the implications of V-TMH expansion on the stakeholders who use such services, such as patients and clinicians, to provide the service that addresses both patient and clinical needs. Several key questions arise as a result, such as the following: (1) in what ways does V-TMH affect the practice of psychotherapy (ie, clinical needs), (2) to what extent are ethical and patient-centered concerns warranted in terms of V-TMH services (ie, patient needs), and (3) how do factors related to user experience affect treatment dynamics for both the patient and therapist (ie, patient and clinical needs)? We discuss how behavioral health providers can consider the future delivery of mental health care services based on these questions, which pose strong implications for technological innovation, the adaptation of treatments to new technologies, and training professionals in the delivery of V-TMH services and other digital health interventions.
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- Title
- Videoconferencing-Based Telemental Health: Important Questions for the COVID-19 Era From Clinical and Patient-Centered Perspectives
- Creators
- Emil Chiauzzi - Tridiuum Inc, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesAshley Clayton - Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesJina Huh-Yoo - Department of Information Science, College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Publication Details
- JMIR mental health, v 7(12), pp e24021-e24021
- Publisher
- Canada
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000597163700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85098543767
- Other Identifier
- 991014976820704721
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- Psychiatry