Login / Signup

'The world somehow stopped moving': impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent psychiatric outpatients and the implementation of teletherapy.

Mercedes M BockChristian ScharingerPaul Lukas PlenerOswald David Kothgassner
Published in: Child and adolescent mental health (2021)
Patients with a higher degree of psychosocial disability suffer disproportionally from the crisis, so that an assessment of functioning should serve as a triage tool. Also, a screening of the perceived level of social support should be established before offering teletherapy. Additionally, the provision of strategies to enhance verbalisation and differentiation of emotions and affect might be beneficial.
Keyphrases
  • social support
  • mental health
  • depressive symptoms
  • emergency department
  • public health
  • primary care
  • multiple sclerosis
  • healthcare
  • young adults
  • palliative care
  • quality improvement