IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 4811: Provision of Psychotherapy during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Czech, German and Slovak Psychotherapists

IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 4811: Provision of Psychotherapy during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Czech, German and Slovak Psychotherapists International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17134811 Authors: Elke Humer Christoph Pieh Martin Kuska Antonia Barke Bettina K. Doering Katharina Gossmann Radek Trnka Zdenek Meier Natalia Kascakova Peter Tavel Thomas Probst Psychotherapists around the world are facing an unprecedented situation with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). To combat the rapid spread of the virus, direct contact with others has to be avoided when possible. Therefore, remote psychotherapy provides a valuable option to continue mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study investigated the fear of psychotherapists to become infected with COVID-19 during psychotherapy in personal contact and assessed how the provision of psychotherapy changed due to the COVID-19 situation and whether there were differences with regard to country and gender. Psychotherapists from three European countries: Czech Republic (CZ, n = 112), Germany (DE, n = 130) and Slovakia (SK, n = 96), with on average 77.8% female participants, completed an online survey. Participants rated the fear of COVID-19 infection during face-to-face psychotherapy and reported the number of patients treated on average per week (in personal contact, via telephone, via internet) during the COVID-19 situation as ...
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