Practitioner Use of and Attitudes toward Video-Conferencing for the Delivery of Evidence-Based Telemental Health Interventions

<p>Compared to telehealth delivery of interventions for physical health issues, the implementation of evidence-based psychosocial interventions using technology has less support. Video-conference delivery (VCD) has the potential to increase accessibility to effective treatments, although its use remains limited and understudied. This study employed a mixed methods approach in surveying mental health practitioners about their attitudes regarding the use of video-conference methods to deliver evidence-based interventions. One hundred and eleven practitioners were sampled from several national and regional practice organizations and administered quantitative surveys about their use of and attitudes towards VCD of evidence-based interventions. The relationship between clinician-level technology access, experience, and training with technology fluency and acceptability of using VCD was examined. A subset (n = 20) of respondents were then selected for qualitative interviews to further investigate accessibility, appropriateness, and feasibility of delivering evidence-based interventions via video conference. The results of this study have important implications for telemental health dissemination efforts which seek to extend services to underserved populations. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Psychology (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Year dc:date.available

2020

Author dc:creator

• Parisi, Kathryn

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Quetsch, Lauren B.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Behrend, Douglas A.
• Feldner, Matthew T.

• evidence-based interventions
• implementation
• telemental health
• telepsychology
• video conference
• Clinical Psychology
• Mental and Social Health

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/3611

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uark.edu:etd-5176