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Delivering exposure therapy via telehealth: Benefits and challenges
Author(s) -
Schiavone Elena,
Freeman Jennifer,
O'Connor Erin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30527
Subject(s) - telehealth , pandemic , covid-19 , anxiety , social isolation , isolation (microbiology) , telemedicine , psychology , medicine , psychotherapist , psychiatry , political science , health care , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , biology
Since the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic, the need for anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) treatment for youth has persisted, if not increased. This pandemic has introduced new triggers, intensified existing worries, and infused broader uncertainty. New triggers include illness concerns (i.e., worries about contracting or spreading COVID‐19), social isolation, disruption of routine, and increased family conflict. In contrast, however, the pandemic has increased access to care for some via the expansion of telehealth services. This article details the benefits and challenges the authors have experienced delivering exposure therapy, a treatment that involves gradually confronting feared stimuli, via telehealth.