@article{ref1,
title="Tele-mental health utilization among people with mental illness to access care during the CoViD-19 pandemic",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2021",
author="Costa, Mark and Reis, Graziela and Pavlo, Anthony and Bellamy, Chyrell and Ponte, Katherine and Davidson, Larry",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic arrived at the United States, mental health services moved towards using tele-mental health to provide care. A survey about resilience and tele-mental health was developed and conducted with ForLikeMinds' members and followers. Correlational analysis was used to examine relationships between quantitative variables. A phenomenological approach was used to analyze open questions responses. Sixteen percent of participants were coping well with the pandemic; 50% were coping okay; and 34% said that they were coping poorly. Three main themes emerged from the qualitative analysis: accessibility to care; self-care strategies; and community support and relationship. The responses from participants seems to reflect the combination of two main factors-the challenges they were facing in accessing care through tele-mental health plus the mental health consequences from COVID-19. This survey reflects the importance of building innovative strategies to create a working alliance with people who need care through tele-mental health.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-021-00789-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-021-00789-7"
}