Van Daele, T;
Karekla, M;
Kassianos, AP;
Compare, A;
Haddouk, L;
Salgado, J;
Ebert, DD;
... De Witte, NAJ; + view all
(2020)
Recommendations for policy and practice of telepsychotherapy and e-mental health in Europe and beyond.
Journal of Psychotherapy Integration
, 30
(2)
pp. 160-173.
10.1037/int0000218.
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a great need for the use of telepsychotherapy and other interventions using psychological theories and techniques to support both mental and physical health. E-mental health presents a wide range of opportunities in mental health care to overcome barriers for receiving conventional psychological care, especially when psychotherapists and clients find themselves in (self)quarantine resulting from a pandemic. For many psychotherapists and clients, the current situation provides a first experience with e-mental health and reliance on telepsychotherapy or other means of technology to provide or receive care, respectively. Psychotherapeutic circumstances may often be suboptimal, with psychotherapists and clients experiencing difficulties finding a private space or sufficient time for an undisturbed consultation. This article aims to highlight recommendations on how to create the best possible context in which e-mental health supplements and enhances current services for clients. These recommendations are grouped according to 3 categories of key stakeholders: psychotherapists, health services and regulatory agencies, and developers. This article focuses on (a) how to make optimal use of technology in psychotherapeutic practice; (b) how to integrate e-mental health into the health care system to allow for a safe, transparent, and effective environment for (self) care; and (c) how to develop e-mental health applications.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Recommendations for policy and practice of telepsychotherapy and e-mental health in Europe and beyond |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1037/int0000218 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1037/int0000218 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | e-mental health, telepsychotherapy, guidelines, policy, clinical practice |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Applied Health Research |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10100619 |
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