Archive for Month: August

Evaluation of telepsychiatry during the COVID-19 pandemic across service users, carers and clinicians: an international mixed-methods study

Background

Worldwide uptake of telepsychiatry accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

To conduct an evaluation of the opinions, preferences and attitudes to telepsychiatry from service users, carers and clinicians in order to understand how telepsychiatry can be best used in the peri/post-COVID-19...

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Living alone and mental health: parallel analyses in UK longitudinal population surveys and electronic health records prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Background

People who live alone experience greater levels of mental illness; however, it is unclear whether the COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionately negative impact on this demographic.

Objective

To describe the mental health gap between those who live alone and with others...

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Predictors of positive patient-reported outcomes from ‘Early Intervention in Psychosis: a national cross-sectional study

Background

The components of care delivered by Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) services vary, but the impact on patient experience is unknown.

Objective

To investigate associations between components of care provided by EIP services in England and patient-reported outcomes.

Methods

2374 patients from EIP...

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