The Experience of Key Stakeholders During the Implementation and Use of Trauma Therapy via Digital Health for Military, Veteran, and Public Safety Personnel: Qualitative Thematic Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exposure to occupational stressors and potentially psychologically traumatic events experienced by public safety personnel (eg, paramedics, police, fire, and correctional officers), military members, and veterans can lead to the development of posttraumatic stress injuries and other mental health disorders. Providing emergency services during COVID-19 has intensified the challenges. Owing to COVID-19 restrictions, mental health service providers offering support to these populations have had to rapidly pivot to use digital versus in-person methods of service delivery.

Objective

This paper aims to explore the experience of mental health service providers regarding digital health service delivery, including the current state of digital mental health service delivery

SUBMITTER: Smith-MacDonald L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8391743 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature