The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health and substance use health (MHSUH) workforce in Canada: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The increased need for mental health and substance use health (MHSUH) services during the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need to better understand workforce capacity. This study aimed to examine the pandemic's impact on the capacity of MHSUH service providers and to understand reasons contributing to changes in availability or ability to provide services.

Methods

We conducted a mixed method study including a pan-Canadian survey of 2177 providers of MHSUH services and semi-structured interviews with 13 key informants. Survey participants answered questions about how the pandemic had changed their capacity to provide services, reasons for changes in capacity, and how their practice had during the pandemic. Thematic analysis of key informant interviews was conduct

SUBMITTER: Tulk C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9907177 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature