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Developing a Brief Tele-Psychotherapy Model for COVID-19 Patients and Their Family Members
Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic is negatively impacting the mental health of COVID-19 patients and family members. Given the restrictions limiting in person contact to reduce the spread of the virus, a digital approach is needed to tackle the psychological aftermath of the pandemic. We present the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8674425/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34925187 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.784685 |
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author | Biagianti, Bruno Zito, Silvana Fornoni, Chiara Ginex, Valeria Bellani, Marcella Bressi, Cinzia Brambilla, Paolo |
author_facet | Biagianti, Bruno Zito, Silvana Fornoni, Chiara Ginex, Valeria Bellani, Marcella Bressi, Cinzia Brambilla, Paolo |
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description | Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic is negatively impacting the mental health of COVID-19 patients and family members. Given the restrictions limiting in person contact to reduce the spread of the virus, a digital approach is needed to tackle the psychological aftermath of the pandemic. We present the development of a brief remote psychotherapy program for COVID-19 patients and/or their relatives. Methods: We first reviewed the literature on psychotherapeutic interventions for COVID-19 related symptoms. Based on this evidence, we leveraged ongoing clinical experiences with COVID-19 survivors and family members to design an intervention model that could be disseminated and integrated into the workflow of the mental health system. Results: This 8-session model –inspired by constructivist and hermeneutic-phenomenological therapies– serves COVID-19 patients during hospitalization, remission and recovery. This model can also be delivered to people dealing with the COVID-19 hospitalization/discharge of a family member, or the loss of a family member due to COVID-19. Conclusion: We described a remote psychotherapeutic approach to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic psychological aftermath. To date, the approach seems feasible and highly customizable to patients’ needs. Studies are underway to test its preliminary efficacy. Once proven efficacious, this treatment model could provide a blueprint for future tele-psychology wide-scale interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-86744252021-12-17 Developing a Brief Tele-Psychotherapy Model for COVID-19 Patients and Their Family Members Biagianti, Bruno Zito, Silvana Fornoni, Chiara Ginex, Valeria Bellani, Marcella Bressi, Cinzia Brambilla, Paolo Front Psychol Psychology Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic is negatively impacting the mental health of COVID-19 patients and family members. Given the restrictions limiting in person contact to reduce the spread of the virus, a digital approach is needed to tackle the psychological aftermath of the pandemic. We present the development of a brief remote psychotherapy program for COVID-19 patients and/or their relatives. Methods: We first reviewed the literature on psychotherapeutic interventions for COVID-19 related symptoms. Based on this evidence, we leveraged ongoing clinical experiences with COVID-19 survivors and family members to design an intervention model that could be disseminated and integrated into the workflow of the mental health system. Results: This 8-session model –inspired by constructivist and hermeneutic-phenomenological therapies– serves COVID-19 patients during hospitalization, remission and recovery. This model can also be delivered to people dealing with the COVID-19 hospitalization/discharge of a family member, or the loss of a family member due to COVID-19. Conclusion: We described a remote psychotherapeutic approach to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic psychological aftermath. To date, the approach seems feasible and highly customizable to patients’ needs. Studies are underway to test its preliminary efficacy. Once proven efficacious, this treatment model could provide a blueprint for future tele-psychology wide-scale interventions. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8674425/ /pubmed/34925187 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.784685 Text en Copyright © 2021 Biagianti, Zito, Fornoni, Ginex, Bellani, Bressi and Brambilla. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Biagianti, Bruno Zito, Silvana Fornoni, Chiara Ginex, Valeria Bellani, Marcella Bressi, Cinzia Brambilla, Paolo Developing a Brief Tele-Psychotherapy Model for COVID-19 Patients and Their Family Members |
title | Developing a Brief Tele-Psychotherapy Model for COVID-19 Patients and Their Family Members |
title_full | Developing a Brief Tele-Psychotherapy Model for COVID-19 Patients and Their Family Members |
title_fullStr | Developing a Brief Tele-Psychotherapy Model for COVID-19 Patients and Their Family Members |
title_full_unstemmed | Developing a Brief Tele-Psychotherapy Model for COVID-19 Patients and Their Family Members |
title_short | Developing a Brief Tele-Psychotherapy Model for COVID-19 Patients and Their Family Members |
title_sort | developing a brief tele-psychotherapy model for covid-19 patients and their family members |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8674425/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34925187 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.784685 |
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