mHealth Intelligence October 17, 2023
New research shows that amid an increase in telebehavioral healthcare access, there were fewer instances of 45-plus days passing between psychotherapy visits.
The shift to telebehavioral healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic is linked to fewer disruptions in psychotherapy services, indicating telehealth can be effective in supporting the continuity of these services, a new study shows.
Published in Psychiatric Services, a journal of the American Psychiatric Association, the study aimed to assess population-level disruption in psychotherapy before and after the shift to virtual behavioral healthcare following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Institute of Mental Health supported the study.
A research team, led by Brian K. Ahmedani, PhD, director of the Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research...