Telepsychiatry to Provide Mental Health Support to Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Crisis: A Cross-Sectional Survey among 321 Healthcare Professionals in France - Archive ouverte HAL
Article Dans Une Revue International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Année : 2021

Telepsychiatry to Provide Mental Health Support to Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Crisis: A Cross-Sectional Survey among 321 Healthcare Professionals in France

Stephane Sanchez
Valentine de L’estoile
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Laura Ollivier
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Aude Letty
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Gilles Berrut
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Emmanuel Mulin
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Résumé

Pandemics are difficult times for the mental health of healthcare professionals, who are more likely to present with PTSD-like symptoms. In the context of a highly contagious communicable disease, telemedicine is a useful alternative to usual care, and should be considered as a means to support healthcare professionals’ mental health. This is a multicenter (n = 19), cross-sectional study, based on a 27-item questionnaire, aiming to investigate the acceptability to healthcare workers of a telepsychiatry service as a means of providing mental health support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Between October and December 2020, 321 responses were received, showing that women, caregiving staff, and those directly involved in the care of COVID-19 patients are less favorable to the idea of receiving remote support. In our population, barriers were related to the clinical setting or ethics, and most of the respondents would not accept a drug prescription by telepsychiatry. Although telepsychiatry should be a part of the armamentarium of mental health management, it is not suitable as a stand-alone approach, and should be combined with conventional face-to-face consultations.

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hal-03599649 , version 1 (07-03-2022)

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Clément Cormi, Stephane Sanchez, Valentine de L’estoile, Laura Ollivier, Aude Letty, et al.. Telepsychiatry to Provide Mental Health Support to Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Crisis: A Cross-Sectional Survey among 321 Healthcare Professionals in France. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, 18 (19), pp.10146. ⟨10.3390/ijerph181910146⟩. ⟨hal-03599649⟩
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