- What is this article about?
- What methods did they use to gather their data, and were they effective?
- What were the major findings and conclusions?
How does this article relate to this question? What is the Impact of going virtual due to COVID, on the delivery of resources and services on Non-profits?
Objective: Of the many impacts of COVID‐19 on contemporary healthcare is the rapid and overwhelming shift to remote telehealth (TH) service. The precise effect of TH on treatment is yet unknown, and the possible child/ adult differences are an essential point of clarification for the utility of TH services and efforts to improve upon them.
Methods: The current study considers data reflecting pre‐, during‐, and post‐COVID‐19 lockdown over the first six months of 2020. Data comprise records of N 1⁄4 43,294 services delivered to N 1⁄4 2520 unique clients across multiple outpatient mental health sites at a Certified Community Based Mental Health Clinic (CCBHC) in Rockland County, NY, an area hard hit by COVID‐19.
Results: Results demonstrate significant differences be- tween child and adult sessions with a relative decrease in the number of child mental health services with the switch
to TH in March 2020 (onset of lockdown) and a relatively rapid shift back to face‐to‐face among child services when in‐person services resumed in May and June 2020. Results further highlight significant differences between child age and service type, with psychiatry less affected by TH than psychotherapy.
Conclusions: Implicit in the data is the ability to offer remotely, a high volume of ongoing behavioral interven- tion. Findings support TH as less preferred for children than adults while indicating that child TH is favored for psy- chiatry and support services, less so for psychotherapy. Implications for enhancing child TH delivery and directions for continued research include relational factors, platform (phone/video) and screen salience.
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