Remote mental health care interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic: An umbrella review.

ABSTRACT: Mitigating the COVID-19 related disruptions in mental health care services is crucial in a time of increased mental health disorders. Numerous reviews have been conducted on the process of implementing technology-based mental health care during the pandemic. The research question of this umbrella review was to examine what the impact of COVID-19 was on access and delivery of mental health services and how mental health services have changed during the pandemic. A systematic search for systematic reviews and meta-analyses was conducted up to August 12, 2022, and 38 systematic reviews were identified. Main disruptions during COVID-19 were reduced access to outpatient mental health care and reduced admissions and earlier discharge from inpatient care. In response, synchronous telemental healt

SUBMITTER: Witteveen AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9661449 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature