TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Tele-mental health utilization among people with mental illness to access care during the CoViD-19 pandemic
JO  - Community mental health journal
A1  - Costa, Mark
A1  - Reis, Graziela
A1  - Pavlo, Anthony
A1  - Bellamy, Chyrell
A1  - Ponte, Katherine
A1  - Davidson, Larry
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0010-3853
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-021-00789-7
ID  - ref1
ER  -