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Mental Health Service Provision During COVID-19: Results of the Third Survey of Licensed Psychologists

A third survey of the practice of licensed psychologists during the pandemic conducted in June 2021 revealed that the rapid adoption of telepsychological service provision has continued approximately 15 months after a national public health emergency was declared. Most respondents intend to make tel...

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Autores principales: Sammons, Morgan T., Elchert, Daniel M., Martin, Jana N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8370457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34423313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42843-021-00044-3
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description A third survey of the practice of licensed psychologists during the pandemic conducted in June 2021 revealed that the rapid adoption of telepsychological service provision has continued approximately 15 months after a national public health emergency was declared. Most respondents intend to make telepsychology a permanent component of their practice going forward. Other notable findings from our survey revealed that after an initial decline in caseload reported in the early days of the pandemic, the majority of psychologists surveyed now report an increase in caseload, often necessitating the establishment of a waitlist. Respondents reported that their patients/clients are more accepting of telepsychology than in our previous survey. That said, a significant minority of psychologists expressed concerns that this technology will negatively affect their future practice. Results also indicated that psychologists are encountering greater symptom acuity among their patients associated with the pandemic, including an increase in reports of suicidal thinking or behavior. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42843-021-00044-3.
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spelling pubmed-83704572021-08-18 Mental Health Service Provision During COVID-19: Results of the Third Survey of Licensed Psychologists Sammons, Morgan T. Elchert, Daniel M. Martin, Jana N. J Health Serv Psychol Article A third survey of the practice of licensed psychologists during the pandemic conducted in June 2021 revealed that the rapid adoption of telepsychological service provision has continued approximately 15 months after a national public health emergency was declared. Most respondents intend to make telepsychology a permanent component of their practice going forward. Other notable findings from our survey revealed that after an initial decline in caseload reported in the early days of the pandemic, the majority of psychologists surveyed now report an increase in caseload, often necessitating the establishment of a waitlist. Respondents reported that their patients/clients are more accepting of telepsychology than in our previous survey. That said, a significant minority of psychologists expressed concerns that this technology will negatively affect their future practice. Results also indicated that psychologists are encountering greater symptom acuity among their patients associated with the pandemic, including an increase in reports of suicidal thinking or behavior. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42843-021-00044-3. Springer International Publishing 2021-08-17 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8370457/ /pubmed/34423313 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42843-021-00044-3 Text en © National Register of Health Service Psychologists 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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