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Delivery of an online psychosocial recovery program during COVID‐19 : a survey of young people attending a youth mental health service
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Somaiya, Janaki, Thompson, Andrew D., O'Donoghue, Brian and Brown, Ellie (2022) Delivery of an online psychosocial recovery program during COVID‐19 : a survey of young people attending a youth mental health service. Early Intervention in Psychiatry . doi:10.1111/eip.13280 (In Press)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.13280
Abstract
Aims:
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the rapid move of mental health services to being delivered online. This included the delivery of a psychosocial recovery program (PRP) delivered in youth mental health services in Melbourne, Australia which consists of groups that address functional recovery. At the time, there was limited evidence about how this switch in service provision would be received by service users or what impact the pandemic was having on their mental health.
Methods:
Young people engaged with the PRP between March and May 2020 were sent a link to complete an online survey that was co-developed by young people and clinicians. Attendance data at groups were extracted as a proximal measure of feasibility and acceptability.
Results:
A total of 44 young people undertook the survey with the domains of wellbeing most impacted by lockdown being work/study, motivation and social connection. Groups provided online were generally well attended during lockdown, particularly those that had a focus on therapeutic content. Young people indicated little preference for continuing to attend groups run purely online when restrictions eased, with many expressing a preference for these to be offered face-to-face or in a combined format.
Conclusions:
These findings suggest that implementation of online psychosocial groups during periods of lockdown is both feasible and acceptable. Whilst young people found accessing groups online to be of benefit at the time, they felt that continued substitution of face-to-face groups would not necessarily be preferable and clinical services should consider these preferences in their long-term service delivery.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- , COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Australia -- Melbourne -- Psychological aspects , Youth -- Mental health services -- Australia -- Melbourne , Psychotherapy -- Data processing | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Early Intervention in Psychiatry | ||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1751-7885 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 7 February 2022 | ||||||
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| DOI: | 10.1111/eip.13280 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
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