Mental Health: Telehealth and remote consultation in mental health

• Equitable psychiatry, telehealth, and the covid-19 pandemic: Analysis of national data. Yeatman T, Enticott J, Lakra V, Meadows G. Frontiers in Public Health, 2023, 11:1014302

Barriers and facilitators

• To tele- or not to telehealth? Ongoing covid-19 challenges for private psychiatry in Australia. Looi JCL, & Pring W. Australasian Psychiatry, 2020, 28(5), 511-513.
• Barriers and facilitators that influence telemedicine-based, real-time, online consultation at patients' homes: Systematic literature review. Almathami HKY, Win KT, & Vlahu-Gjorgievska E. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020, 22(2), e16407.
• Patients' perspective on mental health specialist video consultations in primary care: Qualitative preimplementation study of anticipated benefits and barriers. Bleyel C, Hoffmann M, Wensing M, et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020, 22(4), e17330.
• Identifying and addressing mental health providers' perceived barriers to clinical video telehealth utilization. Perry K, Gold S, & Shearer EM. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2020, 76(6), 1125-1134.
• Path analytic modeling of psychologists' openness to performing clinical work with telepsychology: A national study. Pierce BS, Perrin PB, & McDonald SD. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2020, 76(6), 1135-1150.
• Association of characteristics of psychiatrists with use of telemental health visits in the medicare population. Choi S, Wilcock AD, Busch AB, et al. JAMA Psychiatry, 2019, 76(6), 654-657.

Client interaction

• Are there interactional differences between telephone and face-to-face psychological therapy? A systematic review of comparative studies. Irvine A, Drew P, Bower P, et al. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020, 265, 120-131.

Evaluation

• Efficacy of synchronous telepsychology interventions for people with anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and adjustment disorder: A rapid evidence assessment. Varker T, Brand RM, Ward J, et al. Psychological Services, 2019, 16(4), 621-635.
• Evaluating the implementation of home-based videoconferencing for providing mental health services. Interian A, King AR, St Hill LM, et al. Psychiatric Services, 2018, 69(1), 69-75.

Implementation models

• Development of a virtual partial hospital program for an acute psychiatric population: Lessons learned and future directions for telepsychotherapy. Hom MA, Weiss RB, Millman ZB, et al. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 2020, 30(2), 366-382.
• *Use of tele-mental health in conjunction with in-person care: A qualitative exploration of implementation models. Uscher-Pines L, Raja P, Qureshi N, et al. Psychiatric Services, 2020, 71(5), 419-426.
• Remote consultations in the era of covid-19 pandemic: Preliminary experience in a regional Australian public acute mental health care setting. Kavoor AR, Chakravarthy K, & John T. Asian journal of psychiatry, 2020, 51, 102074-102074.
• A case of misalignment: The perspectives of local and national decision-makers on the implementation of psychological treatment by telephone in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies service. Rushton K, Fraser C, Gellatly J, et al. BMC Health Services Research, 2019, 19(1), 997.
• Application and effectiveness of telehealth to support severe mental illness management: Systematic review. Lawes-Wickwar S, McBain H, & Mulligan K. JMIR Mental Health, 2018, 5(4), e62.
• Recent advances in delivering mental health treatment via video to home. Fletcher TL, Hogan JB, Keegan F, et al. Current Psychiatry Reports, 2018, 20(8), 56.
• Evaluation of an electronic consultation service in psychiatry for primary care providers. Archibald D, Stratton J, Liddy C, et al. BMC Psychiatry, 2018, 18(1), 119.
• Telemental health care, an effective alternative to conventional mental care: A systematic review. Langarizadeh M, Tabatabaei MS, Tavakol K, et al. Acta Informatica Medica, 2017, 25(4), 240-246.

International experience

• Telemedicine for mental health in the United States: Making progress, still a long way to go. Barnett ML, & Huskamp HA. Psychiatric Services, 2020, 71(2), 197-198.
• Recommendations for policy and practice of telepsychotherapy and e-mental health in Europe and beyond. Van Daele T, Karekla M, Kassianos AP, et al. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 2020, 30(2), 160-173.
• Rural mental health service utilization in a Texas telepsychology clinic. Tarlow KR, McCord CE, Du Y, et al. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2020, 76(6), 1004-1014.
• *Telepsychiatry use in U.S. Mental health facilities, 2010-2017. Spivak S, Spivak A, Cullen B, et al. Psychiatric Services, 2020, 71(2), 121-127.
• Telepsychiatry and comprehensive mental health India. Victor AM. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 2019, 55(3), 459-463.
• Telepsychiatry for stable Chinese psychiatric out-patients in custody in Hong Kong: A case-control pilot study. Cheng KM, Siu BW, Au Yeung CC, et al. Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2018, 24(4), 378-383.

Rapid deployment

• Rapid telepsychology deployment during the covid-19 pandemic: A special issue commentary and lessons from primary care psychology training. Perrin PB, Rybarczyk BD, Pierce BS, et al. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2020, 76(6), 1173-1185.
• Rapid conversion of an outpatient psychiatric clinic to a 100% virtual telepsychiatry clinic in response to covid-19. Yellowlees P, Nakagawa K, Pakyurek M, et al. Psychiatric Services, 2020, appips202000230.

Risk management

• Perceived risks and use of psychotherapy via telemedicine for patients at risk for suicide. Gilmore AK, & Ward-Ciesielski EF. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2019, 25(1), 59-63.
• Perceived benefits of psychotherapy via telemedicine based on suicide risk severity. Ward-Ciesielski EF, Peros O, Conigliaro A, et al. General Hospital Psychiatry, 2018, 55, 100-101.
• Procedures for risk management and a review of crisis referrals from the Mindspot clinic, a national service for the remote assessment and treatment of anxiety and depression. Nielssen O, Dear BF, Staples LG, et al. BMC Psychiatry, 2015, 15(1).

Supervision

• Psychotherapy: A video-conferencing peer consultation group for psychotherapy by early-career psychiatrists. Clemens NA. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 2015, 21(4), 304-305.

Therapeutic alliance

• Telepsychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder: Impact on the working alliance. Watts S, Marchand A, Bouchard S, et al. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 2020, 30(2), 208-225.
• *Technology-based mental health treatment and the impact on the therapeutic alliance. Lopez A, Schwenk S, Schneck CD, et al. Current Psychiatry Reports, 2019, 21(8), 76.

Training

• Telepsychology: A primer for counseling psychologists. Cooper SE, Campbell LF, & Smucker Barnwell S. The Counseling Psychologist, 2019, 47(8), 1074-1114.

Treatment adherence

• Effectiveness and adherence of telephone-administered psychotherapy for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Castro A, Gili M, Ricci-Cabello I, et al. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020, 260, 514-526.

Workforce

• Remote telepsychiatry workforce: A solution to psychiatry's workforce issues. Gardner JS, Plaven BE, Yellowlees P, et al. Current Psychiatry Reports, 2020, 22(2), 8.

Acceptability

• Short-term acceptability by patients and psychiatrists of the turn to psychiatric teleconsultation in the context of the covid-19 pandemic. Colle R, Ait Tayeb AEK, de Larminat D, et al. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2020, 74(8), 443-444.
• *Patients' and providers' experiences with video consultations used in the treatment of older patients with unipolar depression: A systematic review. Christensen LF, Moller AM, Hansen JP, et al. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 2020, 27(3), 258-271.

Client perspectives

• 'I didn't know what to expect': Exploring patient perspectives to identify targets for change to improve telephone-delivered psychological interventions. Rushton K, Ardern K, Hopkin E, et al. BMC Psychiatry Vol 20 2020, ArtID 156, 2020, 20.

Practitioner perspectives

• Suddenly becoming a “virtual doctor”: Experiences of psychiatrists transitioning to telemedicine during the covid-19 pandemic. Uscher-Pines L, Sousa J, Raja P, et al. Psychiatric Services, 2020, 
• Psychotherapist experiences with telepsychotherapy: Pre covid-19 lessons for a post covid-19 world. MacMullin K, Jerry P, & Cook K. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 2020, 30(2), 248-264.
• Clinician telehealth attitudes in a rural community mental health center setting. McClellan MJ, Florell D, Palmer J, et al. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 2020, 44(1), 62-73.
• Telepsychiatry: Implications for psychiatrist burnout and well-being. Vogt EL, Mahmoud H, & Elhaj O. Psychiatric Services, 2019, 70(5), 422-424.
• Online counseling: An exploratory survey of Italian psychologists' attitudes towards new ways of interaction. Cipolletta S, & Mocellin D. Psychotherapy Research, 2018, 28(6), 909-924.
• Experiences and attitudes among psychiatric mental health advanced practice nurses in the use of telemental health: Results of an online survey. Baird MB, Whitney L, & Caedo CE. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 2018, 24(3), 235-240.

Access to healthcare

• *Using telehealth to remediate rural mental health and healthcare disparities. Myers CR. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2019, 40(3), 233-239.
• Development of a telehealth-coordinated intervention to improve access to community-based mental health. Contreras S, Porras-Javier L, Zima BT, et al. Ethnicity & Disease, 2018, 28(Suppl 2), 457-466.
• *Increasing mental health care access, continuity, and efficiency for veterans through telehealth with video tablets. Jacobs JC, Blonigen DM, Kimerling R, et al. Psychiatric Services, 2019, 70(11), 976-982.

Hospitalisation and readmissions

• The effect of telepsychiatric modalities on reduction of readmissions in psychiatric settings: A systematic review. Koblauch H, Reinhardt SM, Lissau W, et al. Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare, 2018, 24(1), 31-36.

Medication adherence

• Telemedicine interventions for medication adherence in mental illness: A systematic review. Basit SA, Mathews N, & Kunik ME. General Hospital Psychiatry, 2020, 62, 28-36.
• *Improving medication adherence with telemedicine for adults with severe mental illness. Schulze LN, Stentzel U, Leipert J, et al. Psychiatric Services, 2019, 70(3), 225-228.

• To tele- or not to telehealth? Ongoing covid-19 challenges for private psychiatry in Australia. Looi JCL, & Pring W. Australasian Psychiatry, 2020, 28(5), 511-513.
• Suddenly becoming a “virtual doctor”: Experiences of psychiatrists transitioning to telemedicine during the covid-19 pandemic. Uscher-Pines L, Sousa J, Raja P, et al. Psychiatric Services, 2020, 
• Psychotherapy at a distance. Markowitz JC, Milrod B, Heckman TG, et al. American Journal of Psychiatry, 2020, 
• Telepsychiatry and other cutting edge technologies in covid-19 pandemic: Bridging the distance in mental health assistance. Di Carlo F, Sociali A, Picutti E, et al. International Journal of Clinical Practice, n/a(n/a), e13716.
• Psychological support and psychotherapy via digital devices in covid-19 emergency time: Some critical issues. Tullio V, Perrone G, Bilotta C, et al. Medico-Legal Journal, 2020, 88(2), 73-76.
• The covid-19 pandemic and treating suicidal risk: The telepsychotherapy use of CAMS. Jobes DA, Crumlish JA, & Evans AD. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 2020, 30(2), 226-237.
• The covid-19 telepsychology revolution: A national study of pandemic-based changes in U.S. Mental health care delivery. Pierce BS, Perrin PB, Tyler CM, et al. American Psychologist, 2020, 
• Digital Mental Health and COVID-19: Using Technology Today to Accelerate the Curve on Access and Quality Tomorrow. Torous J, Jan Myrick K, Rauseo-Ricupero N, et al. JMIR Mental Health, 2020, 7(3), e18848.
• Patients' and providers' experiences with video consultations used in the treatment of older patients with unipolar depression: A systematic review. Christensen LF, Moller AM, Hansen JP, et al. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 2020, 27(3), 258-271.
• Psychiatrist experience of remote consultations by telephone in an outpatient psychiatric department during the covid-19 pandemic. Olwill C, Mc Nally D, & Douglas L. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2020, 1-8.
• Psychotherapist experiences with telepsychotherapy: Pre covid-19 lessons for a post covid-19 world. MacMullin K, Jerry P, & Cook K. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 2020, 30(2), 248-264.
• Rapid conversion of an outpatient psychiatric clinic to a 100% virtual telepsychiatry clinic in response to covid-19. Yellowlees P, Nakagawa K, Pakyurek M, et al. Psychiatric Services, 2020, appips202000230.
• Rapid telepsychology deployment during the covid-19 pandemic: A special issue commentary and lessons from primary care psychology training. Perrin PB, Rybarczyk BD, Pierce BS, et al. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2020, 76(6), 1173-1185.
• Remote consultations in the era of covid-19 pandemic: Preliminary experience in a regional Australian public acute mental health care setting. Kavoor AR, Chakravarthy K, & John T. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2020, 51, 102074-102074.
• The Role of Telehealth in Reducing the Mental Health Burden from COVID-19. Zhou X, Snoswell CL, Harding LE, et al. Telemedicine Journal & E Health, 2020, 23, 23. 
• Short-term acceptability by patients and psychiatrists of the turn to psychiatric teleconsultation in the context of the covid-19 pandemic. Colle R, Ait Tayeb AEK, de Larminat D, et al. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2020, 74(8), 443-444.
• Telepsychotherapy with youth at clinical high risk for psychosis: Clinical issues and best practices during the covid-19 pandemic. DeLuca JS, Andorko ND, Chibani D, et al. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 2020, 30(2), 304-331.

Assessment

• Measuring psychiatric symptoms remotely: A systematic review of remote measurement-based care. Goldberg SB, Buck B, Raphaely S, et al. Current Psychiatry Reports, 2018, 20(10), 81.

Art therapy

• Telehealth-based creative arts therapy: Transforming mental health and rehabilitation care for rural veterans. Levy CE, Spooner H, Lee JB, et al. Arts in Psychotherapy, 2018, 57, 20-26.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

• Outcomes of telephone-delivered low-intensity cognitive behaviour therapy (liCBT) to community dwelling Australians with a recent hospital admission due to depression or anxiety: MindstepTM. Lawn S, Huang N, Zabeen S, et al. BMC Psychiatry Vol 19 2019, ArtID 2, 2019, 19.
• A randomized noninferiority trial evaluating remotely-delivered stepped care for depression using internet cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and telephone CBT. Mohr DC, Lattie EG, Tomasino KN, et al. Behaviour Research and Therapy Vol 123 2019, ArtID 103485, 2019, 123.
• Telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapy for depression in Parkinson disease: A randomized controlled trial. Dobkin RD, Mann SL, Gara MA, et al. Neurology, 2020, 94(16), E1764-E1773.

Gambling intervention

• *Can a brief telephone intervention for problem gambling help to reduce co-existing depression? A three-year prospective study in New Zealand. Ranta J, Bellringer M, Garrett N, et al. Journal of Gambling Studies, 2019, 35(2), 617-633.

Mindfulness

• Cost-utility of individual internet-based and face-to-face mindfulness-based cognitive therapy compared with treatment as usual in reducing psychological distress in cancer patients. Compen F, Adang E, Bisseling E, et al. Psycho-Oncology, 2020, 29(2), 294-303.

Problem solving

• *Telephone intervention-problem solving (tips) for schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Responses of stable outpatients over nine months. Beebe L, Smith KD, & Oppizzi LM. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2018, 39(7), 561-567.

Suicide prevention

• The covid-19 pandemic and treating suicidal risk: The telepsychotherapy use of CAMS. Jobes DA, Crumlish JA, & Evans AD. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 2020, 30(2), 226-237.

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Consultation liaison

• Enhancing palliative care patient access to psychological counseling through outreach telehealth services. Guzman D, Ann-Yi S, Bruera E, et al. Psycho-Oncology, 2020, 29(1), 132-138.

Depression

• Effectiveness and adherence of telephone-administered psychotherapy for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Castro A, Gili M, Ricci-Cabello I, et al. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020, 260, 514-526.

Elderly

• Video calls for reducing social isolation and loneliness in older people: A rapid review. Noone C, McSharry J, Smalle M, et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020, (5).
• *Patients' and providers' experiences with video consultations used in the treatment of older patients with unipolar depression: A systematic review. Christensen LF, Moller AM, Hansen JP, et al. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 2020, 27(3), 258-271.
• *The use of technology for mental healthcare delivery among older adults with depressive symptoms: A systematic literature review. Harerimana B, Forchuk C, & O'Regan T. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2019, 28(3), 657-670.

Intellectual disability

• Telepsychiatry in intellectual disability psychiatry: Literature review. Madhavan G. Bjpsych Bulletin, 2019, 43(4), 167-173.

LGBTIQ+

• *Reducing the treatment gap for LGBT mental health needs: The potential of telepsychiatry. Whaibeh E, Mahmoud H, & Vogt EL. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 2019, 16, 16.

Postnatal

• *Telephone-based nurse-delivered interpersonal psychotherapy for postpartum depression: Nationwide randomised controlled trial. Dennis C-L, Grigoriadis S, Zupancic J, et al. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 2020, 216(4), 189-196.
• The effectiveness of telemedicine interventions to address maternal depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nair U, Armfield NR, Chatfield MD, et al. Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare, 2018, 24(10), 639-650.

Psychosis

• Telehealth interventions for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and clinical high-risk for psychosis individuals: A scoping review. Santesteban-Echarri O, Piskulic D, Nyman RK, et al. Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare, 2020, 26(1-2), 14-20.

Youth

• Telepsychotherapy with youth at clinical high risk for psychosis: Clinical issues and best practices during the covid-19 pandemic. DeLuca JS, Andorko ND, Chibani D, et al. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 2020, 30(2), 304-331.
• Perspectives of young adults on receiving telepsychiatry services in an urban early intervention program for first-episode psychosis: A cross-sectional, descriptive survey study. Lal S, Abdel-Baki A, Sujanani S, et al. Frontiers in Psychiatry Vol 11 2020, ArtID 117, 2020, 11.

Veterans

• Dual use of a patient portal and clinical video telehealth by veterans with mental health diagnoses: Retrospective, cross-sectional analysis. Abel EA, Shimada SL, Wang K, et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2018, 20(11), e11350.
• Improvement of postinpatient psychiatric follow-up for veterans using telehealth. Brearly TW, Goodman CS, Haynes C, et al. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2020, 77(4), 288-294.