Online therapy: an added value for inpatient routine care? Perspectives from mental health care professionals.

ABSTRACT: Internet-delivered interventions can be effective in treating mental disorders. However, their rate of use in German psychiatric inpatient routine care is low. The current study aimed to investigate the attitude of mental health care professionals working in inpatient care regarding internet-delivered interventions, including presumed benefits, barriers and facilitators. In total, 176 health professionals from ten inpatient psychiatric hospitals throughout Germany were surveyed on site. The professionals' attitude towards internet-delivered interventions in inpatient care was assessed by an adapted version of the 'Attitude toward Telemedicine in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy' (ATTiP) questionnaire. To identify benefits, barriers and facilitators, we developed open-response questions that we

SUBMITTER: Sander J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7961170 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature