Pivoting in the pandemic: a qualitative study of child and adolescent psychiatrists in the times of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Objectives We examined the personal and professional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development, practice, and shifting values of child and adolescent psychiatrists (CAP), in order to inform how the field may move forward post-pandemic. Methods We conducted individual semi-structured interviews of child and adolescent psychiatrists (n = 24) practicing in the US. Participants were selected as a diverse purposive sample of active members of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). We analyzed anonymized transcripts through iterative coding using thematic analysis aided by NVivo software. Results We identified three main thematic domains within participants' response to the pandemic, which have engendered a reevaluation of and a recommitment to the aims of eac

SUBMITTER: DiGiovanni M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7941638 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature